We keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church's walls, kept apart from the forces that drive society. That's a large reason why we have secularized ...

The Octave contains another feast just before its climax: Pope St. Sylvester I (285-335) on New Year's Eve. Your browser does not support the audio element. We keep ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- El ex presidente estadounidense Jimmy Carter murió el 29 de diciembre en su casa de Plains, Georgia. A los 100 años, Carter, que había estado en cuidados paliativos desde ...

A: The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a Jubilee Year every 25 years, although the pope can also declare an "extra" ...

Indulgences are attached to certain prayers or pious acts which the faithful who are properly disposed -- that is, spiritually healthy and free from attachment to sin -- may fulfill in order to free ...

MUAN, South Korea (OSV News) -- A passenger plane arriving from Bangkok exploded after skidding off the runway at a South Korean airport in Muan Dec. 29, crashing into a concrete fence and claiming ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Holy Family, though made up of saints and God incarnate, faced real challenges and offers a model for navigating the "dramatic" moments that test all families, Pope Francis ...

NAZARETH, Israel (OSV News) -- An indulgence granted during the Jubilee Year is not just an occasion to "get something" but rather is a sign of the Holy Year, of the moment where the faithful must put ...

IHIALA, Nigeria (OSV News) -- In a dark sign of descending security in Africa's most populous country, a Catholic priest has been shot dead on the open road in southeast Nigeria on Boxing Day.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Offering his condolences, Pope Francis praised former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Christian faith and his lifelong mission to advance peace. The pope "was saddened to learn of ...