As Pope Francis visits the most Catholic country in Asia in terms of percentage, local pastors and religious have said his decision to come to one of the world’s peripheries is appreciated and can help boost the local church and encourage young people to stay on the right path.
Every year, Paula Chong celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Good Health, a meaningful day to Indian Catholics that marks the appearance of the Blessed Mother to two peasant boys in Velankanni, India, in the 16th century.
New York’s Catholic bishops are warning that the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the state’s constitution is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” that endangers the unborn and could degrade parental rights.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio recalled how, in 2006, as a winter storm heaped drifts of wet snow on Brooklyn, a national teachers union leader came to visit. Randi Weingarten, then the president of the United Federation of Teachers, urged him to drop his support of a bill in the Legislature to allow […]
Former President Donald Trump pledged his administration would require the government or insurance companies to pay for in vitro fertilization treatments, commonly known as IVF, in comments to multiple media outlets.
While the selection of a running mate in recent decades has had little discernible electoral impact on elections, experts told OSV News the selection of vice presidential candidates can be a signal of how a presidential candidate intends to campaign or govern, including in areas of interest to Catholics such as abortion, climate, immigration and labor.
On the occasion of Pope John Paul II’s 1984 visit to Fairbanks, Alaska, at the start of a trip to Far East nations, President Ronald Reagan highlighted the pontiff’s work to ensure “rights and dignity of the individual and for peace among nations,” and committed the United States to that cause.
My spontaneous trip to Indiana to attend the 10th National Eucharistic Congress began months before in Eucharistic Adoration. I asked the Lord, “Why have you created; what is your Holy Will for me?” and when I closed my eyes, he presented his mother, Our Lady of Grace.
Tom Lucia, the chief creative officer of OLV Charities, still has his 1980s Marvel comic books celebrating the lives of St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Kolkata.
With Pope Francis’s 2025 Jubilee of Hope rapidly approaching, the Vatican official charged with organizing the event has stressed the importance of forgiveness and solidarity amid a global climate of anger and resentment.
