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What is Christianity? Final documents’Pope Benedict XVI, Elijah Warrior (Editor), Georg Gänswein (Editor)Ignatius Press (2023)216 pages, $24.95 When Pope Benedict XVI passes away at the end of 2022, many will praise his professorial theological contributions to our understanding of Catholic thought, and mourn his passing as a great thinker of our time. Those who believed …

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(OSV News) – During the National Migration Week, celebrated from September 18 to 24, the bishop of El Paso, Texas, Mark J. Seitz, president of the United States Bishops Committee Also for Immigration, emphasized the right “Against the powerful powers that force people to move.” Although often used, the terms “migrant” and “refugee” are defined …

Bishop Seitz: Jesus asks us to ‘respond with love’ and resist the ‘powerful forces’ that force immigrants to leave their homes. Read More »

ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (OSV News) – One of the biggest changes in the formation of priests in the Catholic Church in a generation is taking place in St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. The sixth edition of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly Formation, or PPF, which began …

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HUBERTUS, Wis. (OSV News) – During a public gathering in June, Pope Francis looked at St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), patroness of the missions, continued her words about the “effort” for the evangelization. He announced that he would write an apostolic letter dedicated to the saint known as “The Little Flower.” “The church needs hearts …

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(OSV News) – The National Eucharistic Congress, together with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Augustine Institute, released a seven-part video to help parishes in creating small communities to grow in faith and to love the Holy Eucharist. . The group was hosted by Montse Alvarado, president and CEO of EWTN News, and …

The ‘Jesus and the Eucharist’ series begins to inspire love for the Holy Eucharist Read More »

Welcome to today’s OSV News Showcase! I just returned from visiting the relics of St. Jude, is on a US tour and now flying around both cities, where I live. For better or worse, I have decided to bring my first two children, ages 7 and 10. I will write about this in a comment …

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(OSV News) — Her friends and family call her ‘Phina.’ He is a Venezuelan who was born in the state of Táchira in 1969 and has lived in Queens, New York for ten years. For over 10 years, he has been restoring sacred images, which he has done with great faith and dedication. Recently, Phina …

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) – “The US pro-life force must end the legalization” in this country, but all Catholics have a personal right to stand with women who are difficult or difficult pregnancies, said the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. ‘ Committee on Relief Activities. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, called …

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett discussed the importance of academic freedom and offered career advice in a lecture to law students at the US University Columbus School of Law. Also in Washington Sept. 21. At an event hosted by the school Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, …

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By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) – In an unusual moment for France, the president of the country confirmed that he will attend the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Marseille Sept. 23. “It’s my right to go,” Emmanuel Macron said on Sept. 15, adding that he will not go “as a Catholic” but …

France was confused about the future pope; Anyone know the time ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Read More »