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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest Reading 1 Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Moses said to the people: "Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever […]

Reading I Numbers 20:1-13 The whole congregation of the children of Israel  arrived in the desert of Zin in the first month,   and the people settled at Kadesh. It was here that Miriam died, and here that she was buried. As the community had no water, they held a council against Moses and Aaron.  The […]

Reading 1 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 As I watched:Thrones were set upand the Ancient One took his throne.His clothing was bright as snow,and the hair on his head as white as wool;his throne was flames of fire,with wheels of burning fire.A surging stream of fireflowed out from where he sat;Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,and […]

Reading I Numbers 12:1-13 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the marriage he had contracted with a Cushite woman. They complained, “Is it through Moses alone that the LORD speaks? Does he not speak through us also?” And the LORD heard this. Now, Moses himself was by far the meekest man […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest Reading 1 Numbers 11:4b-15 The children of Israel lamented, "Would that we had meat for food! We remember the fish we used to eat without cost in Egypt, and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now we are famished; we […]

The settlement was reached between the Newark Archdiocese and the plaintiffs and did not involve Bishop DiMarzio, who denied the claims. The post Newark Archdiocese settles abuse claims against retired bishop who denies allegations first appeared on OSV News.

"When you are in your darkest moments you want people to turn to the church, not the pub or a psychologist." The post Families invited to share their vision for church at Sydney’s synod consultations first appeared on OSV News.

At age 10, Blessed Frassati received his first holy Communion; two years later, he asked to be able to receive Communion daily. The post For these young adults, soon-to-be-saint Frassati has ignited their faith amid fellowship first appeared on OSV News.

The Trump administration's crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border has affected not only migrants unable to cross into the U.S. but also those who help them. The post Amid ‘reverse migration,’ sisters in Mexico accompany migrants trapped by US policies first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — To explain the dropping U.S. fertility rate, Catholic fertility and family policy experts are pointing to marriage. “One of the biggest drivers of the American fertility drop is… The post Catholic family experts tie marriage to dropping US fertility rate first appeared on OSV News.

Photographs and videos of Gazans, particularly children, malnourished and on the point of death filled the news in late July and early August. The post Ambassadors call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gazan civilians first appeared on OSV News.

As the world marks this anniversary, the Church must renew its commitment to nonviolence, disarmament and lasting peace, they said. The post U.S. bishops in Japan call for peace worldwide 80 years after atomic bombings first appeared on OSV News.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law Aug. 6, 1965, surrounded by many Civil Rights leaders who had fought hard for its passage. The post Black Catholics reflect on 60 years of the Voting Rights Act and challenges today first appeared on OSV News.