Read more about the article Bishop: ‘God, I pray for everybody in the whole diocese. Be with them’
Mass to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Bishop J Mark Spalding’s ordination as bishop and installation as Bishop of Nashville at the Cathedral of the Incarnation Thursday Feb. 2, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.

Bishop: ‘God, I pray for everybody in the whole diocese. Be with them’

Bishop Spalding celebrates anniversary of his episcopal ordination, installation

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Read more about the article Polish family who sheltered Jews recalled on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wiktoria Ulma is pictured writing at a table with her oldest daughter, Stasia. Józef and Wiktoria Ulma secretly gave shelter to eight Jews for almost two years in German-occupied Poland, hiding them from the murderous Nazi regime during the Second World War. The Ulmas are on the path to beatification with the Vatican declaring them martyrs Dec. 17, 2022. The Nazis killed the family and the Jews they were sheltering early in the morning March 24, 1944, right before Easter. (OSV NEWS photo/courtesy Polish Institute of National Remembrance)

Polish family who sheltered Jews recalled on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Family’s martyrdom paves way for beatification

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Read more about the article Where in the world is Catholic Mass attendance highest?
People are pictured in a file photo praying during a Mass for immigration reform at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in the Corona neighborhood of the New York borough of Queens. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) gathers results of a poll conducted by the World Values Survey and reports findings on Mass attendance worldwide, noting that pre-and-post-pandemic factors and economic correlations affect those numbers. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Gregory A. Shemitz)

Where in the world is Catholic Mass attendance highest?

Nigeria ranks first with 94% of Catholics attending Mass weekly or daily

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Read more about the article <strong>Father John Henrick recalled as ‘good friend to all of us’</strong> [Photo Gallery]
A Celebration of Life for Father John Charles Henrick was celebrated by Bishop J. Mark Spalding Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Christ the King in Nashville. Several priests of the Diocese of Nashville served as concelebrants. Father Henrick, former pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch Church in Antioch, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22, at the age of 87. Deacon Joe Holzmer blesses the congregation with incense.

Father John Henrick recalled as ‘good friend to all of us’ [Photo Gallery]

‘John, I say to you, the dawn has come, and both you and heaven have won’

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