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Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ' to return to theaters
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (276+ words) (OSV News) " In anticipation of the May 2027 release of Mel Gibson's "The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One," its 2004 predecessor, "The Passion of the Christ," will return to theaters Sept. 10-17. The film is being distributed jointly by Lionsgate and Fathom…...
Archbishop John Carroll: A Catholic bridge-builder in a fledgling nation
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1190+ words) Editor's note: This is part of a series exploring the lives of Great American Catholics ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary celebration. (OSV News) " As the Revolutionary War drew to a close and the 13 former British colonies were being transformed…...
Man hikes up Massachusetts mountain with 130-pound cross
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (1035+ words) Bill Doyle / The Catholic Free Press(OSV News) "Carrying a 130-pound wooden cross up Mount Wachusett in central Massachusetts was more than a physical feat for Noah Hajdu " it was to honor Jesus Christ. To prepare for the June 6 climb,…...
Mary Immaculate, patroness of the United States
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (517+ words) (OSV News) " On May 17, 1846, the U. S. bishops, 23 in number, consecrated the United States of America to the patronage of the Blessed Mother under the title of the Immaculate Conception. The story behind this action, the story of the Immaculate Conception evolving…...
Pope Leo to address National Eucharistic Pilgrimage at closing Mass in Philadelphia
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (916+ words) (OSV News) "The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends July 5 with a closing Mass, procession and celebration in Philadelphia, which will begin with a special video message from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo will speak to "pilgrims gathered in Philadelphia, those participating virtually,…...
Pope overhauls Vatican finance watchdog, revises Rome vicariate reforms in busy day of decrees
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (397+ words) ROME (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV spent what is traditionally his weekly day off on Tuesday issuing a flurry of legislation and appointments June 30, overhauling the Vatican's financial watchdog agency, revising the governing structure of the Vicariate of Rome and…...
Vance calls the Vatican's views on immigration "troubling'
20+ hour, 19+ min ago (541+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " Vice President JD Vance said during a June 30 interview that he sees some of the Vatican's views on immigration as "troubling." Pope Leo XIV has stated that while "every country has a right to determine who and…...
Polish, Ukrainian cardinals call for reconciliation amid historical tensions between nations
20+ hour, 32+ min ago (1075+ words) WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) "Four years after Poles welcomed millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's full-scale invasion, Catholic leaders from both countries are urging their peoples not to let historical disputes undo that solidarity as disputes over World War II history…...
SSPX carries out unauthorized consecration of 4 bishops despite pope's warning against it
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (643+ words) (OSV News) "Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St. Pius X went ahead July 1 with the unauthorized consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in "c'ne, Switzerland, with Mass broadcasted live and thousands of…...
Dorothy Day: Catholic Worker founder pioneered a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (946+ words) (OSV News) " In one of his more snarky stories about clerical life " it's called "The Forks" " the American Catholic writer J. F. Powers capsulizes the fraught relationship between a stuffy, self-important pastor and his young curate in a single, prickly sentence: "He…...