Report: Russia weaponizes orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine
OSV News
February 17, 2025
A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism.
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US bishops call for prayer after deadly DC air collision claims dozens of lives
OSV News
January 31, 2025
U.S. Catholic bishops — joined by Pope Francis — are calling for prayer after a deadly aviation crash in the nation’s capital claimed dozens of lives.
Trump cancels refugee program in order condemned by Catholic leaders
OSV News
January 24, 2025
The State Department has canceled all refugee travel to the U.S., following a Jan. 20 executive order by newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
Mark Anthony Zarate, OFM: Being One with the Poor in the Philippines
Barb Fraze
January 23, 2025
Father Mark Anthony Zarate, OFM, is bringing the energy of a young priest to an urban Philippine parish of 10,000 Catholics.
Only God Can Change Hearts
Roch Niemier, OFM
January 11, 2025
Francis himself realized that prayer or fasting cannot change one’s heart. Only God can.
‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 10, 2025
In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
Thin Places Everywhere
Bruce Epperly
January 10, 2025
Celtic spiritual guides identified certain geographical places as “thin places,” where heaven and earth meet and we can experience the nearness of God.
A Time to Rebuild
Franciscan Media
December 30, 2024
St. Francis told us to “begin again,” but first we need to rebuild the ruins in and around us.
All That Is, Is Divine
Mark Forrester
December 29, 2024
A natural theology doesn’t worship creation but sees and hears within creation a witness of praise to the creator. All that is created by the divine has a divine providence.
3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song
OSV News
December 25, 2024
As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.