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Sights & Sounds: Chinese Catholics celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
The Chinese Catholic community in Harrison, NJ, joyfully celebrated the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept 20. Popularly known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, it fell this year on … Learn More
Cardinal Tobin: Holy Rosary our greatest weapon in struggle for peace
If you are faithful to your morning and evening prayers, and make your morning offering, and carry your rosary in your pocket so that you will remember to say even … Learn More
Fr. Alex Gaitán lauded as voice for human dignity during memorial Mass
Hundreds gathered at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Jersey City on Sept. 29 for a Mass in memory of Father José Alexander Gaitán Montes, C.M.F. Father Gaitán, who served since … Learn More
In secular France, Pope Leo made case for faith in public life
On the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years, Pope Leo XIV stepped into one of the country’s perpetual underlying tensions: the place of religion in a … Learn More
2026 Eucharistic Rosary Congress to be held across archdiocese
During the Eucharistic Rosary Congress from Oct. 7 – 13, thousands of people from across the Archdiocese of Newark will come together before the Blessed Sacrament. Through prayer and adoration, … Learn More
Why are the archangels celebrated on September 29?
Belief in archangels is an essential part of the Catholic faith, as the work of these archangels can be seen throughout the Bible. The Bible mentions only three archangels, Michael, … Learn More
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- Pope moves St. Peter’s archpriest to Italian diocese without naming successor
by Junno Arocho Esteves on October 3, 2026 at 12:29 pmThe Vatican announced Cardinal Mauro Gambetti will now lead the Italian Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The post Pope moves St. Peter’s archpriest to Italian diocese without naming successor first appeared on OSV News.
- 800 years after St. Francis’ death, Franciscans to mark his ‘Transitus’ — so what is it?by Kimberley Heatherington on October 3, 2026 at 9:00 am
Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi -- friars; nuns; laypeople -- mark the saint's journey from life to death, his "Transitus" as it is known in Latin. The post 800 years after St. Francis’ death, Franciscans to mark his ‘Transitus’ — so what is it? first appeared on OSV News.
- Relevant Radio’s ‘Father Rocky’ named new director of Our Lady of Champion shrineby Gina Christian on October 2, 2026 at 11:00 pm
A priest known for his nationwide radio ministry has been tapped to lead the first and only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the U.S. The post Relevant Radio’s ‘Father Rocky’ named new director of Our Lady of Champion shrine first appeared on OSV News.
- Vatican meeting on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ to focus on listening, not past debates, officials sayby Junno Arocho Esteves on October 2, 2026 at 9:42 pm
The Oct. 7-14 meeting is titled "Ten Years After 'Amoris Laetitia': Proclaiming the Gospel With Families Today." The post Vatican meeting on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ to focus on listening, not past debates, officials say first appeared on OSV News.
- The work of St. Francis in the vineyardby Father Joshua J. Whitfield on October 2, 2026 at 8:54 pm
Readings for Oct. 4, 2026, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The post The work of St. Francis in the vineyard first appeared on OSV News.
