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Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, and other prelates led prayers during a service Feb. 16 prayer ...

He created a 300-person Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant choir and orchestra. Then he took a break.

As the war in Ukraine reaches the tragic threshold of three years, OSV News is profiling Catholics who have become quiet ...

A senior Ukrainian Orthodox Church official recently warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks the Kremlin is in a 'holy war' with the West.

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and ...

Scripture makes references to Jesus as a carpenter in the Gospels describing His life. We know that His earthly father Joseph was a carpenter and likely taught Jesus the skills of this trade before ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fountain of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, cover the whole world and ...

After three years of war, collegiate scholars and those who teach them pray for sustainable peace in their country while ...