2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (654+ words) Scripture readings for Aug. 16, 2026, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 This Sunday, one thing becomes clear: God really doesn’t check passports or papers. That is one of the messages of this Sunday’s scripture, and it couldn’t be…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (694+ words) A priest who was removed as an Archdiocese of Washington exorcist is relaunching his nonprofit deliverance ministry, while remaining a priest in good standing in his home diocese. Msgr. Stephen Rossetti announced July 13 that his St. Michael Center for Spiritual…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (656+ words) ROME (OSV News) — Preparations are in full swing for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, where Pope Leo XIV is expected to join young Catholics from around the world for the second World Youth Day ever held in Asia....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (863+ words) PHILADELPHIA — They stood feet from Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge as cars and commuter trains blared by, yet about 300 Catholics encountered a night of Catholic faith that looked, sounded and felt like what Benjamin Franklin might have experienced in 1776, and some…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (555+ words) ROME — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.” “Jesus doesn’t want you to be ‘young couch potatoes,’ complacent or…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (286+ words) ROME — Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1250+ words) Of the approximately 30 million viewers of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s television program “Life Is Worth Living,” a large percentage did not identify as Catholic. Among them is Robert Oppenheim, who will be attending the archbishop’s beatification Sept. 24 in St. Louis. Oppenheim…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (385+ words) Q: What is the current situation with marriages and the SSPX? I have heard different things about whether or not weddings at SSPX chapels are valid. A: From the time of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was a fairly limited pathway for a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) Ed Roberts is keeping busy this summer preparing for the first Catholic Men of Delmarva conference, which is scheduled for Oct. 3 at Saint Mark’s High School. The conference, billed as a one-day spiritual retreat, is starting to gain traction in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (908+ words) PARIS — Ten years after the killing of Father Jacques Hamel shocked France and the world, the Catholic Church in France is preparing to honor his memory with prayer and remembrance. The 86-year-old French priest was attacked July 26, 2016, while celebrating Mass…...