Young people don’t come to church for its members, but for God, star French sister-influencer says
PARIS (OSV News) — At just 29, Sister Albertine Debacker is proving that habit and hashtag can go hand in hand. The French nun has become an unexpected but powerful voice […]
Agreement reached to protect confession in Wash. mandatory reporter law
(OSV News) — Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in a federal lawsuit over the state’s mandatory reporter law they said could force priests to […]
Liturgical music can draw people to Christ, heal divides, says Hispanic Catholic composer
(OSV News) — “Every culture, every language” has value in the celebration of the Mass — and bilingual liturgical music can help heal divides, while drawing faithful into an encounter with […]
Military bishop: Amid world’s storms, feelings of despair, ‘remember we are not alone’
EMMITSBURG, Md. (OSV News) — Auxiliary Bishop Gregg M. Caggianelli of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services in an Oct. 5 homily recalled a recent conversation with a Naval officer […]
Experts: ‘Dilexi Te’ reinforces Catholic teaching that care for the poor is essential to holiness
(OSV News) — The words of “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) — the apostolic exhortation on love for the poor released by the Vatican Oct. 9 — come from […]
Just societies respect religious liberty, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Religious freedom is “a cornerstone of any just society” and contributes to building peace, Pope Leo XIV said. Welcoming a delegation to the Vatican Oct. 10 […]
Consecrated men, women point the path to peace, salvation, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Consecrated men and women can wake up the world, being small beacons of light pointing the way to God’s plan of peace and salvation for humanity, […]
Restorative justice conference attendees learn how Catholic Church can help usher in hope
ATLANTA (OSV News) — Lawyers, former inmates and leaders of justice reform were among the nearly 140 participants who attended a restorative justice conference rooted in Catholic social teaching. Advocates […]
Thank God for his many blessings
Scripture Readings for Oct. 12, 2025, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 5:14-17Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-42 Tm 2:8-13Lk 17:11-19 A writer once said that the two most popular prayers […]
More than 230 pilgrimages across the US mark 10 years of ‘Laudato Si”
(OSV News) — If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, how many steps — how many journeys — does it take to save the planet? To […]