OSV News Showcase | October 27, 2023
Good evening! As we observe the day of prayer and fasting requested by Pope Francis and try to wrap our minds around the fact that (as of this writing) the Lewiston, Maine, shooter is still at-large, we can only whisper up our plea to heaven that this chaotic earth might yet be put right through […]
Pope at Angelus: By Loving Others, ‘We Reflect the Father’s Love Like Mirrors’
Pope Francis addresses nearly 20,000 faithful at his Sunday Angelus address on Oct. 29. On Sunday, Francis expressed that the love of God and the love of neighbor are inextricably bound together. He also thanked the faithful for observing the international day of prayer and fasting on Friday, while he implored for the release of […]
Waiving the statute of limitations makes matters worse in Rupnik affair
There will be time for a cold and surgically precise reconstruction of what we know about the whole sordid Rupnik affair – it will be a long read and gruesome – but for now, let […]
Pope at Angelus: By loving others, ‘we reflect the Father’s love like mirrors’
Pope Francis addresses nearly 20,000 faithful at his Sunday Angelus address on Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2023 / 12:05 pm (CNA). During his Sunday Angelus message, Pope Francis expressed that the love of God and the love of neighbor are inextricably bound together. “Love of God and neighbor […]
Pope Francis at Synod Closing Mass: ‘To Adore God and to Love Our Brothers and Sisters With His Love, That Is the Great and Perennial Reform’
National Catholic Register Bishops process into St. Peter’s Basilica for the closing Mass of the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 29. ‘Only through silent adoration will the Word of God live in our words; only in his presence will we be purified, transformed and renewed by the fire of his Spirit,’ […]
Minnesota Bishop Issues Letter About Steps Needed for Sister Annella Zervas’ Cause
Patrick Norton tells his incredible story of meeting who he believes was Sister Annella Zervas at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in the St. Benedict Monastery cemetery in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Around 150 people gathered for an event where a letter was read from the local bishop about steps being taken to look into opening […]
Burkina Faso: regional workshop for peace in the Sahel.
Peace in the Sahel will be at the heart of discussions at a forum to be held in Rome in June 2024. The conflict in the Sahel does not receive as much international attention as it should. In preparation for this major event, a five-day workshop was recently held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Read all […]
Fr Faltas: Pope Francis, the only leader to call for a ceasefire
The Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, quoted today by Pope Francis, tells Vatican News that ‘None of the powerful have listened, no-one hears the needs of the people of Gaza.’ Read all
Casualties mount in Ukraine as Russia stays away from peace talk
A third round of Ukrainian-backed peace talks opened in Malta, but without Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February last year. The deliberations came amid a staggering death toll, with overnight Russian and Ukrainian attacks continuing and tensions over new European Union sanctions against Russia. Read all
Bishop Strickland: Cling to the truth of Jesus Christ amid all the turmoil in our world
On this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland calls on people to have hope in Christ because He has conquered evil, and discusses the development of doctrine.