The news was announced by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a Nov. 20 media release. The post Austin’s Bishop Garcia named head of now-permanent racial justice committee first appeared on OSV News.
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Presentation of Mary. The cycle of these three Marian feasts: the Birthday of Our Lady (September 8), the Holy Name of Mary (September 12) and her Presentation in the Temple (November 21), parallel with the first three feasts of our Lord in the liturgical cycle: the birth … Read more
Pope Leo XIV meets with the leadership and staff of Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s global charitable network operating in more than 200 countries, on Nov. 21, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 21, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday met with the leadership and staff of … Read more
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, meets Pope Leo XIV, along with a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers, at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 21, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA). U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, joined a delegation of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and teenagers forcibly taken … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — “Even in our anguish, hope can take root and healing can begin anew” through Jesus Christ, said the nation’s Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops in a new… The post Advent fast reminds us Christ brings hope and healing amid brokenness, say bishops first appeared on OSV News.
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Bernward of Hildesheim (960-1022), a Benedictine bishop, architect, painter, sculptor, and metalsmith. He was the Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany from 993 till 1020. Bernward encouraged the arts; commissioned religious paintings and sculpture, refurbished existing buildings, built new ones, and made altar vessels of gold and silver by hand, and dabbled … Read more
The priests’ release was credited in part to Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, pictured here celebrating the seventh Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 2, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Nov 20, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). Two Catholic priests in Belarus will be released from … Read more
Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 19, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). In reply to journalists’ questions last night as he left Castel Gandolfo, which he now regularly visits, Pope Leo XIV described what his typical Tuesday day off is like. The pontiff shared that he does “a little … Read more
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Mechtilde (1241-1298), who was born to a noble family in Heifta, Saxony, and was placed in a Benedictine convent at age seven. Mechtilde was a mystic, and aided St. Gertrude with her Book of Special Graces or The Revelation of St. Mechtilde.