St. Henry FIRST LEGO League teams shine
Robotics program introduces students to science, technology, engineering, math
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, a chief surgeon at Rome's Gemelli's hospital, who operated on Pope Francis June 7, 2023, speaks to reporters at the hospital as seen in this screengrab of the news conference broadcast live by Vatican Media. He said the pope was recoverying well from a three-hour surgery for a hernia. (CNS screengrab/Courtesy Vatican Media)
Pope Francis undergoes successful three-hour surgery for hernia
The abdominal surgery was performed ‘without complications’
A look at Pope Francis' June 7 general audience.
Pope plans to write document dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux
‘The Church needs hearts like Thérèse’s, hearts that draw people to love and bring people closer to God’
El Papa Francisco saluda a los visitantes en la Plaza San Pedro desde el papamóvil antes de su audiencia general semanal en el Vaticano el 17 de mayo de 2023. (Foto de CNS/Lola Gomez)
Pope returns to hospital for medical checkup, promptly dismissed
Pope’s health ‘not like at the beginning of the pontificate’
These simple words from Jeremiah 1:5 adorn a stone memorial, located on the grounds of St. Philip of the Apostle Catholic Church in Somerville, Tenn., titled "A Monument to the Unborn". It commemorates all the victims of abortion, and was officially dedicated following Mass on Memorial Day, May, 29, 2023. (OSV News photo/Amelia Carlson, courtesy St. Philip of the Apostle Catholic Church)
Catholic parish dedicates memorial to unborn victims of abortion Memorial Day weekend
‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born, I consecrated you’
A nun is consoled during a Sept. 13, 2018, protest in Cochin, India. The protest was to demand justice after a former religious superior accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of raping her. Indian nuns questioned the church's silence in the rape case and expressed support for the complainant nun after a court acquitted Bishop Mulakkal of all charges Jan. 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Sivaram V, Reuters)
Pope accepts resignation of bishop acquitted of rape, nun files appeal
The Vatican made the announcement June 1.
Pope Francis speaks to members of the Latin American Business Council during an audience at the Vatican June 1, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Profit-at-all-costs is not a good business model, pope says
Business leaders should promote a ‘culture of encounter’
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory celebrates a Mass on the the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 31, 2023. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese of the Military Services, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was the homilist. The Mass was offered to mark the feast day and to pray for the October world Synod of Bishops in Rome. (OSV News photo/Patrick G. Ryan for Catholic Standard)
Archbishop: Months leading to synod is a time for faithful to live response to divine grace ‘more intensely’
‘Let us find in you our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life’
The exhumed body of Sister Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, lies in repose in the church at the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Mo., May 21, 2023. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)
Nun’s incorruptible remains highlight rich heritage of Black Catholics in U.S., say experts
‘Black history is and always has been Catholic history in the U.S.’
Marijuana plants are pictured in a file photo. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., signed a bill into law May 30, 2023, legalizing recreational marijuana use in Minnesota just a month after a similar law went into effect in Delaware. To date, 23 states, two U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have now enacted measures to regulate cannabis for adult non-medical use. (OSV News photo/Blair Gable, Reuters)
Minnesota, Delaware are the latest states to legalize recreational marijuana
‘Part of the unethical character of the drug flows from the fact that we are treating something good … as if it were an evil to be avoided’
