5 years ago, Pope Francis prayed in St. Peter’s Square for an end to the pandemic
There were many harrowing images during the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic that shut down most of the globe and in time resulted in millions of deaths. One of the most remarkable … Learn More
Union Catholic students and alum save lives with blood donations
Union Catholic High School partnered with New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS) for a special blood drive on Friday, March 21, as the school surpassed 1,500 blood donations over the past … Learn More
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Sights & Sounds: Saint Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral celebrates 175 years
One of the treasures of the Archdiocese of Newark is Saint Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral. Newark’s first bishop, James Roosevelt Bayley, designated St. Patrick’s Church a “pro-cathedral” (temporary cathedral) in 1853, just … Learn More
5 years ago, Pope Francis prayed in St. Peter’s Square for an end to the pandemic
There were many harrowing images during the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic that shut down most of the globe and in time resulted in millions of deaths. One of the most remarkable … Learn More
Union Catholic students and alum save lives with blood donations
Union Catholic High School partnered with New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS) for a special blood drive on Friday, March 21, as the school surpassed 1,500 blood donations over the past … Learn More
500+ Sacred relics from Jesus, Padre Pio, and more coming to Montclair
The relics will soon return. Last year, 200 sacred relics were exhibited at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey. The event was a huge success as … Learn More
Catholic school official, high school student testify in Trenton on nursing funding
Lack of full-time state-funded nurses would have serious impacts on nonpublic schools, New Jersey lawmakers heard March 25 in testimony delivered by Catholic school representatives in Trenton. Bonnie Milecki, assistant … Learn More
Pope knew he ‘might not make it,’ physician says
For Pope Francis’ medical team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day. “For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of some of the people … Learn More
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- Tragic earthquake hits war-torn Myanmar, leaving communities with little aidby OSV News on March 28, 2025 at 8:36 pm
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse and raising concerns about a significant death toll. The post Tragic earthquake hits war-torn Myanmar, leaving communities with little aid first appeared on OSV News.
- ‘This is a miracle to them’: How the church is helping to erase medical debtby Kimberley Heatherington on March 28, 2025 at 7:57 pm
Groups of Catholics are committed to erasing American medical debt because they are grimly acquainted with the damage it can do. The post ‘This is a miracle to them’: How the church is helping to erase medical debt first appeared on OSV News.
- St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after his priestly ordinationby Gina Christian on March 28, 2025 at 7:35 pm
(OSV News) — On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts. The Spanish saint’s book on prayer, “The Way,” has been on the… The post St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after his priestly ordination first appeared on OSV News.
- Suffering, questioning and divine sparks in ‘Burning Psalms’by Peter Jesserer Smith on March 28, 2025 at 7:26 pm
“Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz”Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Ben Yehuda Press (2025).256 pages, $19.95 No place evokes the depth of human evil more than Auschwitz. Theologians — at a safe… The post Suffering, questioning and divine sparks in ‘Burning Psalms’ first appeared on OSV News.
- The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 1by John Mulderig on March 28, 2025 at 6:23 pm
NEW YORK (OSV News) – Beginning with its 2017 pilot episode and a first full season that kicked off in 2019, showrunner Dallas Jenkins’ Gospel-based TV series “The Chosen” has… The post The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 1 first appeared on OSV News.