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Reading 1 Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 After Paul's escorts had taken him to Athens,they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothyto join him as soon as possible.Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said:"You Athenians, I see that in every respectyou are very religious.For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines,I even […]

Reading 1 Acts 16:22-34 The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas,and the magistrates had them strippedand ordered them to be beaten with rods.After inflicting many blows on them,they threw them into prisonand instructed the jailer to guard them securely.When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost celland […]

Reading 1 Acts 16:11-15 We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace,and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi,a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony.We spent some time in that city.On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the riverwhere we […]

Reading 1 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 When Peter entered, Cornelius met himand, falling at his feet, paid him homage.Peter, however, raised him up, saying,"Get up. I myself am also a human being."Then Peter proceeded to speak and said,"In truth, I see that God shows no partiality.Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightlyis […]

Reading 1 Acts 16:1-10 Paul reached also Derbe and Lystrawhere there was a disciple named Timothy,the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer,but his father was a Greek.The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,and Paul wanted him to come along with him.On account of the Jews of that region, Paul […]

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — The need for quality journalism and media ethics is increasingly high, experts underlined at the academic conference “Media for Man” organized by Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. “At this point, it is a matter of people’s security,” the organizers said. “I’m both thrilled and terrified […]

(OSV News) — When Katie Chihoski walked the graduation stage at the University of Mary April 27, she was holding both her hard-earned bachelor’s degree in social work and her 18-month-old daughter Lucia. She is the first graduate of the University of Mary’s St. Teresa of Calcutta Community for Mothers, a program that the […]

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Adding another distinguished medal to her already sizable collection, Katie Ledecky — the most decorated woman in swimming history — was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3 in a White House ceremony. A native of the Washington area and a parishioner of the Church of the […]

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — La práctica espiritual de la reparación “puede estar un poco olvidada o erróneamente juzgada obsoleta” hoy en día, pero es esencial para la promoción de la justicia y la sanación, incluso en nombre de aquellos que han sufrido abusos en la Iglesia, dijo el Papa Francisco. Con un compromiso […]

(OSV News) — A pesar de las limitaciones físicas, el inmigrante José Saavedra, 59, se preocupa por su capacitación profesional, batalla para ser independiente y superar el dolor por la pérdida de su esposa y tiene el empuje para progresar en la vida. “Quedarse sin piernas de la noche a la mañana no es […]

(OSV News) — Holding her 18-month-old son Ahmad in her arms, Ayah Issa, 32, broke into a smile when she saw Sister of Charity Aleya Kattakayam at the entrance of the Caritas Baby Hospital Bethlehem. “My darling Sister!” Issa, who wears a hijab, exclaimed, hugging the nun and handing Ahmad to Kattakayam, originally from […]

(OSV News) — The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has renewed Pope Francis’ recent call for an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange as a means of honoring Christ’s deliverance of humanity from sin and death. As part of his weekly video message, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk issued an April 28 plea that, in particular […]

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Joe Biden condemned unrest on some college campuses across the country amid protests of the war in Gaza, arguing that “dissent must never lead to disorder.” The same week in Washington, the White House announced 19 Americans would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, […]