God’s Dream for Our Lives

Bruce Epperly November 8, 2023

God’s call unites our inner and outer journeys, and what is private is eventually revealed in the challenges of daily life and social involvement.

People visit a Christmas market in the city of Fuheis near Amman, Jordan, Dec. 18, 2021. Churches in Jordan are canceling 2023 Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza as violence in the Palestinian enclave mounts, the leaders of Jordan's Council of Church Leaders announced Nov. 5. (OSV News photo/Muath Freij, Reuters)

Jordan’s Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza

OSV News November 8, 2023

Churches in Jordan are canceling Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza as violence in the Palestinian enclave mounts.

Expect the Unexpected

Bruce Epperly November 7, 2023

Unplanned moments awaken us to holy adventures in which guidance appears out of nowhere and mysticism leads to mission.

Healing with Our Indigenous Brothers and Sisters

Adrienne Castellon EdD October 24, 2023

Native American cultures have much to offer the Catholic faith, especially with regard to care for God’s creation. With healing and dialogue, we can take steps to deepen our faith and build up God’s kingdom.

graphic of woman covering her face, surrounded by angry mouths

Living Big and Taking Compassion a Step Further

Pauline J. Albert, PhD October 24, 2023

When was the last time that someone aggravated you? What was your response?

Women react outside St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza Oct. 20, 2023, after an explosion went off the night before. Several hundred people had been sheltering at the church complex, many of them sleeping, at the time of the explosion. The Hamas Ministry of Interior in Gaza blamed the explosion on an Israeli airstrike but responsibility for it had not yet been independently verified. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Al-Masri, Reuters)

Christians Appeal as Gaza Church Campus Is Left In Ruins

OSV News October 24, 2023

An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least 17 people dead, though numbers have not yet been officially confirmed.

The father of Alma Al Majayda, 3, killed in an Israeli airstrike, reacts while carrying her body during the child’s funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Oct. 19, 2023, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)

Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of ‘carnage’

OSV News October 20, 2023

The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine’s ambassador to Denmark said.

Newly Unified ‘Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe’ is Established in Atlanta, GA

Kerting Baldwin EdD, APR October 17, 2023

Approximately 700 men from six United States provinces came together in a unified Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in mid-October, during their synodal Chapter of Unity in Kansas City, MO.

Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis, is pictured after an interview in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 9, 2020. Antonia Acutis spoke at gatherings in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington and Texas during a Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2023, tour. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

Mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis visits U.S., invites all to encounter Christ

OSV News October 6, 2023

The mother of an Italian teen on the road to sainthood recently toured several U.S. parishes to kindle increased devotion to the Eucharist, which was “the center of life” for her late son.