Religious education students at Sacred Heart Parish, Punta Gorda, dressed as saints as part of All Saints Day project, Nov. 2, 2026. Children dressed as saints take part in a celebration at St. Jude Parish, Sarasota, Nov. 1, 2026. FORT MYERS BEACH | According to…
(OSV News) – Surrounded by the tombs and monuments of Rome’s largest cemetery, Pope Leo XIV offered All Souls’ Day Mass Nov. 2, saying prayer for the dead helps lead our loved ones toward full communion with the Lord. “Dear brothers and…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (OSV News) – Five Franciscan friars killed in present-day Georgia for defending Church teaching in 1597 were beatified Oct. 31 in a Mass where Church leaders considered their witness amid historical complexities and contemporary challenges. The Mass at the Savannah Convention…
Pope Leo XIV is beginning a lengthy trip to Latin America just three weeks after surgery for lung cancer - a tour that includes a much-anticipated "homecoming" to Peru where he was a priest for many years. The Vatican says no…
Watch the Mass of Thanksgiving live w/ Bishop CaggianoThursday, May 15, 7 PM from St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport Following the Gospel, Laura Grozier, Executive Director of Saint Catherine Center, presented the six Confirmands to the bishop who asked each of them to…
A priest who previously served at a Grayslake church has been removed from ministry over an allegation of inappropriate contact, the Archdiocese of Chicago said, the latest clergy member with Lake County ties to be removed. Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal…
The Most Rev. Sean Walter Rowe, the 28th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States, plans to celebrate the Eucharist Nov. 15 at the site of Holy Innocents Church, whose buildings were destroyed in the 2023 Lahaina wildfire.
In the previous piece, we covered the Torah’s attitude toward animals regarding their quality of life. But there is another, far more familiar layer to this: their death for our consumption. Jewish animal welfare websites often claim veganism is the…
The Vatican has embraced social media as a new evangelization frontier. During COVID-19 lockdowns, online religious content surged and many sermons and celebrations moved online. Content on the short-video app TikTok ranges from reflections and holy water tutorials to comedy…
The Vatican News story notes that the meeting was “brief, consisting of greetings and a few lighthearted exchanges.” Pope Leo gave Dylan a rosary, and ol’ Bob in turn presented the Supreme Pontiff with a copy of his semi-autobiographical, semi-fictional…
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