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Reading I 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes, a man of advanced age and noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork.  But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement, he spat out the meat, and went forward of his own accord to the instrument of […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Reading 1 1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of Alexander's officers] there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome. He became king in the year one hundred and thirty seven of the kingdom of […]

Reading 1 Malachi 3:19-20a Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven,  when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble,  and the day that is coming will set them on fire,  leaving them neither root nor branch,  says the LORD of hosts.  But for you who fear my name, there will arise […]

Reading I Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne bounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land, bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree. And as he alighted, he filled every place with death; he still […]

Reading 1 Wisdom 13:1-9 All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan; But either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circuit of the […]

Catholics' call to welcome the stranger stems from the Bible, the bishops noted in their statement, which is titled "For You Too Were Once Aliens."  The post New York state’s bishops call on faithful to stand with immigrants and refugees first appeared on OSV News.

More than a quarter of the global population still lacks access to seven basic needs identified as fundamental by the late Pope Francis. The post Global poverty, religious restrictions, discrimination against women remain high, report says first appeared on OSV News.

"Kivu is … full of precious resources that has always been contested," said Father Giovanni Piumatti. "That is why these Islamist groups receive backing." The post Terrorists kill civilians at church-run hospital in Congolese village of North Kivu first appeared on OSV News.

The report also documented 516 anti-Christian hate crimes; however, when "theft and break-ins at religious sites are included, the figure rises to 1,503." The post New report notes ‘significant rise’ in ‘personal attacks’ on Christians in Europe first appeared on OSV News.

At the end of the Catholic Biblical Federation's audience with Pope Leo XIV, Mary Sperry presented him with a preview copy of The Catholic American Bible, slated for publication in 2027. The post Help everyone access the Bible, including online, pope urges first appeared on OSV News.

"As tensions resurface today in the face of war, this great step between Poles and Germans, taken just 20 years after World War II, deserves to be remembered." The post Polish, German bishops remember ‘great act of forgiveness’ that happened 20 years after WWII first appeared on OSV News.

"Are we willing to be the one who turns back, the one who gives thanks, and in doing so draws near to Christ and to each other?" The post Eucharist gives strength to scale divisions, ‘makes us one in Christ,’ says Bishop Massa first appeared on OSV News.

The study groups Pope Francis had established to provide an in-depth reflection on controversial, complex or "emerging" questions raised during the Synod of Bishops on synodality have published interim reports. The post Synod study groups release ‘interim’ reports as most continue working first appeared on OSV News.