May 14, 2025

Open the Door to Joy

Maureen O'Brien May 14, 2025

How has your life been influenced by suggestions from people from your own faith community? Can you practice one of those suggestions today?

older man sitting peacefully on a bench overlooking an ocean

Maintain Your Peace

Monsignor Frank Bognanno May 14, 2025

Don’t be in such a hurry that you lose your inner peace. It’s bad for your physical and mental health.

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he leads, for the first time, the midday recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer May 11, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Quietly, without flashiness, Pope Leo strives toward unity

OSV News May 14, 2025

Following the April 21 death of Pope Francis, a great curiosity hovered across the world as the College of Cardinals entered into mourning and prepared to elect a new pope.

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