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Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the LordReadings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Solemnity of the Ascension Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Paul VI, Pope – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, […]

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – AscensionReadings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Reading I Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the […]

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – AscensionReadings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Reading I Acts 18:1-8 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius […]

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 Timothy to join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: "You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. For as I walked around […]

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

This is what I want my children to know: If they ever fear that love has gone forever, love has not left. Even in death, life is changed, but not ended. Love never leaves. The post On Ascension, absence and true love first appeared on OSV News.

The Chicago Archdiocese has planned a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate Pope Leo XIV, a native son of the Windy City, at the White Sox stadium. The post Special Pope Leo video message to feature at Chicago celebration first appeared on OSV News.

The Missouri Supreme Court May 27 overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state's abortion restrictions, leaving its ban in place for now. The post Missouri Supreme Court leaves abortion ban in place, for now  first appeared on OSV News.

Pastor in Sebree, Ky., named Missionary of Mercy by Holy See, said his role is "to show others that the face of God is love and mercy." The post Missionaries of Mercy’s role is to show face of God ‘is love and mercy,’ says Kentucky pastor first appeared on OSV News.

The time Robert F. Prevost, the future U.S.-born pope, spent at Villanova University included Villanovans for Life and the pro-life movement's opening salvos. The post Future pope helped found Villanovans for Life, marched against Roe first appeared on OSV News.

Workers have completed a gigantic botanical reproduction of Pope Leo's shield on the sloped lawn in front of the Vatican's governing office. The post Vatican gardeners plant botanical reproduction of pope’s coat of arms first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — As civilian casualties from multiple conflicts have soared, the Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has called for a renewed respect for human dignity and international law,… The post Holy See calls for respect for human dignity, international law as civilian deaths soar first appeared on OSV News.

"You got away with a short sermon," Archbishop McKnight said, "but only because I have a big heart of gratitude that will take some time (to express)." The post ‘Pope Francis gave me to you — I belong to you now,’ says Kansas City’s new archbishop first appeared on OSV News.