Celebrating his first Christmas as the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy during a Christmas Eve Mass on ...

GRECCIO, Italy (OSV News) – Eight centuries ago St. Francis of Assisi came to this hillside village to show the world that ...

(OSV News) – People have a deep desire to return to their lives despite the dire and complex situation in Gaza following two ...

Church officials confirmed that the remaining 130 students were released on Dec. 21, ending a monthlong ordeal that began ...

“Jesus Christ, who was born for us, brings us peace, brings us God’s love,” he said before heading back to the basilica for ...

Stirring such an examination of conscience is a product of what has become a reliable Christocentric prism through which Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV asked children to pray in front of their Nativity scenes this Christmas and, especially, to pray “that all the ...

It would be unthinkable to say that any Catholic in 2025 has had more news coverage, influence or impact than Pope Leo XIV, ...

The following is the full text of the Angelus address given by Pope Leo XIV Dec. 21, 2025, at St. Peter’s Square. Dear ...

Father Kunnappallil, who comes from India, told OSV News that the song speaks to something universal.

That’s what Advent should be – though I would have preferred it without the broken ribs. Even so, lying in a hospital bed, resting, and being still meant quiet time for prayer, reflecting on God’s ...

In 2023, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness in America an epidemic – and issued an 82-page report ...