Rhode Islanders are celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s declaration that the healing of a baby born in their state back in 2007 was indeed miraculous, and advances the sainthood cause of a 19th-century Spanish priest.
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From Boston to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, faithful across the nation are reaching out to bring material and spiritual aid to those impacted by the devastating July 4 flash floods in the Texas Hill Country.
The modern educational toolkit, of both teachers and students, now includes the use of artificial intelligence. Experts and teachers from coast-to-coast told OSV News AI is poised to transform Catholic education.
The Archdiocese of San Antonio is calling for prayers for all affected by the historic flooding wreaking havoc in parts of the archdiocese, it said in a July 4 statement.
Kai Weiss is spending part of the summer in Krakow, Poland, helping college-age students immerse themselves in the thought and culture of St. John Paul II. It is a role in which he would not have imagined himself prior to summer 2024, when he was a “perpetual pilgrim” on the inaugural National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Monterey, California, as the bishop of Austin, Texas.
An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and eucharistic adoration following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders.
When Pope Leo XIV gave newly appointed metropolitan archbishops their pallium on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, he told them it symbolizes their responsibility to care for their people and to promote unity.
Over four days, from June 26 to 29, the French Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Paray-le-Monial was concluding celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Jesus to French Visitation religious sister, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, showing his heart to her.
Walking under sunny skies with low humidity, a group of 15 pilgrims was ahead of schedule June 20 when they walked into the parking lot of the Finksburg Branch of Carroll County Public Library a little before 9:30 a.m.