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Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph is getting into the Super Bowl spirit as the Kansas City Chiefs prepa...
02/09/2025

Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph is getting into the Super Bowl spirit as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

The Kansas City and Philadelphia bishops are making a Super Bowl wager as their cities' NFL teams meet in the Super Bowl.

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels -- although just under ...
02/09/2025

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels -- although just under one quarter of the nation's Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.

(OSV News) — Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just under one quarter of the nation’s Catholics are in…

Ahead of national and international celebrations of matrimony, Bishop Robert E. Barron said that marriage is "a source o...
02/09/2025

Ahead of national and international celebrations of matrimony, Bishop Robert E. Barron said that marriage is "a source of hope for all generations."

(OSV News) — Ahead of national and international celebrations of matrimony, Bishop Robert E. Barron said that marriage is “a source of hope for all generations.” Bishop Barron, chair of…

Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California now have a new, celestial protector: a 20-foot statue of the Bles...
02/08/2025

Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California now have a new, celestial protector: a 20-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Unveiled this past December, the statue sits atop one of the park's three mountains.

(OSV News) — Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California have a new protector. No, it is not…

"It was a jarring moment when I realized I didn’t love God. Or, rather, I didn’t love God as I should — simply because o...
02/08/2025

"It was a jarring moment when I realized I didn’t love God. Or, rather, I didn’t love God as I should — simply because of who he is."

The only one who can keep us from heaven is ourselves.

The 11th National Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2029, building "on the grace" received in Indianapolis at the 10t...
02/08/2025

The 11th National Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2029, building "on the grace" received in Indianapolis at the 10th congress held last July, said Jason Shanks, CEO of the National Eucharistic Congress Inc.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The 11th National Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2029, building “on the grace” received in Indianapolis at the 10th congress, said Jason Shanks, CEO of the…

This year's Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23, and the Oscars ceremony will take place in Los Angeles ...
02/08/2025

This year's Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23, and the Oscars ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2. Here are capsule reviews of the 10 films contending for Best Picture.

(OSV News) — This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23. Following, in alphabetical order, are capsule reviews of the 10 films contending for Best Picture. The Oscars…

A group of U.S. pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6, taking part in...
02/08/2025

A group of U.S. pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6, taking part in the Jubilee of the Armed Services, Police and Security Personnel.

ROME (CNS) — A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled the world on…

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is laying off a third of its Migration and Refugee Services staff after Trump's susp...
02/08/2025

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is laying off a third of its Migration and Refugee Services staff after Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement program

(OSV News) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued layoff notices to about a third of the staff in its Migration and Refugee Services Office on Feb. 7 after it…

Some staff of Migration and Refugee Services Office will be laid off as a result of freezing of federal funds for refug...
02/08/2025

Some staff of Migration and Refugee Services Office will be laid off as a result of freezing of federal funds for refugee resettlement programs. Watch your local Catholic news source for the OSV News story.

Trump changes government's position in a Supreme Court case on a Tennessee gender transition ban for minors. Biden admin...
02/08/2025

Trump changes government's position in a Supreme Court case on a Tennessee gender transition ban for minors. Biden administration had appeals a lower court ruling upholding the ban.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration Feb. 7 changed the government’s position in a Supreme Court case concerning a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender…

U.S. Sunday Mass attendance levels, an attack on a priest in Spokane, the Super Bowl and more: Read the Week in Review ↓
02/07/2025

U.S. Sunday Mass attendance levels, an attack on a priest in Spokane, the Super Bowl and more: Read the Week in Review ↓

This week featured a variety of stories that ranged from West Coast to East Coast, and everywhere in between. In my part of the Midwest, we’re gearing up to watch…

The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said...
02/07/2025

The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox Churches to the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orth

Is U.S. Mass attendance back up to pre-pandemic levels? Gina Christian catches you up on the news of the day in the OSV ...
02/07/2025

Is U.S. Mass attendance back up to pre-pandemic levels? Gina Christian catches you up on the news of the day in the OSV Newscast. Listen ↓

Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 7, 2025. In this episode: In-person Sunday Mass attendance is back to pre-pandemic levels -- but it's still just at 24%, according to the Center for Applied ...

The Regnum Christi Federation, which includes the Legionaries of Christ, says the Vatican has given the federation's sta...
02/07/2025

The Regnum Christi Federation, which includes the Legionaries of Christ, says the Vatican has given the federation's statutes "definitive approval."

Health care professionals who help expectant mothers have a vocation that is an ode to life, Pope Francis said during a ...
02/07/2025

Health care professionals who help expectant mothers have a vocation that is an ode to life, Pope Francis said during a Feb. 6 audience with obstetricians, gynecologists and other health care professionals.

Health care professionals who help expectant mothers have a vocation that is an ode to life, Pope Francis said.

With uncertainty about USAID’s future, a former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services says an end to the Catholi...
02/07/2025

With uncertainty about USAID’s future, a former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services says an end to the Catholic agency’s funding from USAID could be life-or-death matter for many.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Amid ongoing uncertainty about the future of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the former head of Catholic Relief Services told OSV News that cutting off USAID funding…

The fight against human trafficking requires a global response and coordinated efforts at every level, Pope Francis said...
02/07/2025

The fight against human trafficking requires a global response and coordinated efforts at every level, Pope Francis said in a message for the Feb. 8 International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The fight against human trafficking requires a global response and coordinated efforts at every level, Pope Francis said. He urged everyone, “especially representatives of governments and…

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Crowds gather ahead of the March for Life on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington, D.C. Jan. 24, 2025. (OSV News video/Bob Roller) Visit osvnews.com for news coverage!

Captain Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department shares how they discovered that the tabernacle (with the Eucharist) and church items from Corpus Christi Catholic Church survived the Pacific Palisades, California fires. 📹: Bob Roller, OSV News More photos: https://www.osvnews.com/2025/01/16/a-tour-of-the-destroyed-corpus-christi-church-in-pacific-palisades/

Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades Fire, Capt. Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department picked his way through the rubble and recovered the tabernacle Jan. 11. The Blessed Sacrament was intact. (OSV News video/Bob Roller) https://www.osvnews.com/2025/01/14/fire-captain-makes-way-through-ruins-of-incinerated-church-to-find-tabernacle-intact/

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Beneath the nation's fascination with horror films -- which translates into a multibillion-dollar industry -- lurks a hidden quest for the divine, a theologian with expertise on the genre told OSV News. #Halloween #HorrorFilm #Movies Marquette University Read the full story: https://www.osvnews.com/2024/10/31/jesuit-scholars-search-for-films-theology-of-horror-finds-the-sacred-in-the-screams/

Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s war is “prophetic,” showing that “the defense of God-given dignity … happens at the price of one’s body and blood,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. OSV News accompanied Archbishop Gudziak on a sweeping, 1,560-mile tour of Ukraine Sept. 2-12, a cross-country pastoral visit that included several stops in the Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kharkiv regions, placing the archbishop at points within 30 miles of the front lines. Read the full story on our website: https://www.osvnews.com/2024/09/24/gudziak-ukraines-struggle-against-russia-is-prophetic-defense-of-god-given-dignity/ Archeparchy of Philadelphia - Філадельфійська Архиєпархія УГКЦ

Retired FBI senior agent James Bogner, the new head of the U.S. bishop's National Review Board, shares his thoughts on eradicating sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Read the interview↓ https://www.osvnews.com/2024/08/12/new-review-board-chair-we-cant-be-satisfied-until-there-is-zero-abuse-in-church/

Dave Baudry of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee told OSV News that he was "blown away" by the power of the Holy Spirit at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis -- and he can't wait to take that fire home to his parish. #EucharisticRevival National Eucharistic Revival

Cheryl Dixon of the Diocese of Forth Worth, Texas shares her takeaways from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. #EucharisticRevival https://www.osvnews.com/2024/07/29/congress-calls-on-catholics-to-walk-with-one-evangelize-through-spiritual-companionship/

The Saturday Eucharistic Procession during the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 20, 2024 has been hailed by many people as the highlight of the week. Here's a look back. #EucharisticRevival #EucharisticProcession https://www.osvnews.com/2024/07/20/tens-of-thousands-flood-indianapolis-streets-for-largest-u-s-eucharistic-procession-in-decades/

"He who sings, prays twice." Pilgrims at the National Eucharistic Congress shared their favorite eucharistic hymns with OSV News. #EucharisticRevival #EucharisticCongress

🎶 We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you...🎶 The Gloria being sung at Sunday Mass July 21 for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Lucas Oil Stadium. (OSV News video/Bob Roller) #EucharisticCongress

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