Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, spoke about the late Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, founder of Catholic Rural Life (CRL), at the May 8 celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He called the founder “perhaps the most influential leader in Catholic agrarianism.”
A change in name for the Boy Scouts of America will not affect affiliated Catholic scout troops, the executive director of the Catholic Church's official committee overseeing Scouting programs in the U.S. told OSV News.
For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil -- May 11 will be a day of celebrating the inauguration of the southern facade's mosaics, all created by Father Marko Rupik.
Blind, unbridled consumerism and selfishness -- not the number of people on the planet and having children -- are the root causes of the world's problems, Pope Francis said.
A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools' freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.
More than 2,500 Catholic bishops, priests, women religious, academics, laypeople and Catholic groups have called for a cease-fire in Gaza in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.
No mom would ever want to spend Mother’s Day like this: in a hospital room with a 7-year-old son paralyzed from the waist down and told by doctors he might never walk again.
Muy pronto estos días de mayo se centrarán en el Día de los Caídos. Pensamos en el Día de los Caídos como un largo fin de semana festivo y el comienzo no oficial del verano. Es todo esto, pero no podemos perder de vista el hecho de que esta festividad nacional es una pausa para saludar a los hombres y mujeres que han servido a nuestro país en las fuerzas armadas, y algunos de ellos han dado el máximo sacrificio para traer la paz a nuestro mundo y proteger las numerosas libertades que a menudo y fácilmente damos por sentadas.
The latest admonition comes from a 60-year-old social psychologist whose book hit the No. 1 spot on The New York Times’ hardcover non-fiction bestseller list.