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Pope Leo XIV to wash the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thu...

The Mass of the Lord's Supper will once again take place at the Basilica of St. ...

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week...

(OSV News) — In the days ahead of Holy Week, several Catholic leaders issued mes...

USCCB president asks Catholics to ‘pray ardently’ for a...

Catholics during Holy Week should continue to "pray ardently" for a de-escalatio...

In primetime address, Trump cites nuclear threat as pol...

Pope Leo XIV is among the world leaders who have urged Trump to end the conflict...

‘Behold your mother’: Jesus’ love and confidence

Ahead of Good Friday April 3, this is the third reflection in a series on Jesus’...

Israeli police prevent Latin patriarch, custos, from en...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Father F...

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s first Palm Sunday homily

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's Palm Sunday homily given March ...

On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out fro...

At his first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV declared that Jesus, the King of Peace, e...

Jerusalem Church leaders decry ‘expanding wreckage’ of ...

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an Easter message c...

Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘Wh...

Dr. Thomas W. McGovern, author of "What Christ Suffered: A Doctor's Journey Thro...

Marriage or the priesthood? Pope Leo XIV shares advice ...

"Life reveals itself as a continual act of trusting in the Lord and abandoning o...

Vatican ‘unequivocally’ condemns slavery, counters ‘par...

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations condemned modern a...

Pope assures archbishop of Canterbury of his prayers in...

The Prince and Princess of Wales were among 2,000 guests gathered at Canterbury ...

Hundreds rally with bishops to protest mass detention a...

On March 24, the feast day of St. Óscar Romero, hundreds joined in a march and v...

Who was Venerable Father Flanagan, Boys Town founder?

Written by Deacon Omar F.A. Gutierrez, Archdiocese of Omaha (OSV News) — In the ...

‘Venerable’ Boys Town founder Father Flanagan ‘a model ...

Archbishop McGovern summed up Father Flanagan's legacy as that of "such a good p...

Universal health coverage is not a luxury but ‘a moral ...

"Healthcare must be accessible to the most vulnerable ... because their dignity ...

Pope Leo XIV meets head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial ...

"We also addressed the alarming rise in antisemitism worldwide and the urgent ne...

Belgian bishop says he will ‘make every effort’ to orda...

The question is "no longer whether" married men can be ordained, but "when" and ...

Gaudí’s hidden dimension: Visionary Sagrada Familia’s a...

(OSV News) — As Barcelona prepares for the centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s death in ...