CHRIST OUR HOPE: A Christmas message from Bishop Knestout
(English and Spanish)

December 23, 2024
CHRIST OUR HOPE: A Christmas message from Bishop Knestout(English and Spanish)

10 things to know about Jubilee 2025

December 23, 2024
10 things to know about Jubilee 2025

Greeting cards in God’s name from St. Nicholas Nightingales

December 21, 2024
Greeting cards in God’s name from St. Nicholas Nightingales

‘We can do small things with greater love’:
Church of the Visitation, Topping, helps children around the world

December 21, 2024
‘We can do small things with greater love’:Church of the Visitation, Topping, helps children around the world

A message from Bishop Knestout about a special collection for Catholic Charities (English and Spanish)

December 20, 2024
A message from Bishop Knestout about a special collection for Catholic Charities (English and Spanish)

Pope declares 16 new saints killed during French Revolution

December 19, 2024
Pope declares 16 new saints killed during French Revolution

Generosity in giving back and giving Catholic

December 19, 2024
Generosity in giving back and giving Catholic

Basilica hosts beginning of Filipino Christmas tradition

December 18, 2024
Basilica hosts beginning of Filipino Christmas tradition

LOCAL

LOCAL

Greeting cards in God’s name from St. Nicholas Nightingales

It’s that time of year again – when all that glitters is sometimes gold. In the weeks before Christmas, the…

‘We can do small things with greater love’: Church of the Visitation, Topping, helps children around the world

Parishioners at Church of the Visitation, Topping, have been busy elves, making, purchasing, and packing Christmas gifts for two programs,…

Generosity in giving back and giving Catholic

During the 2024 #iGiveCatholic campaign, the diocese’s Catholic Community Foundation reports that $922,647 was raised for 61 participating diocesan organizations.…

Basilica hosts beginning of Filipino Christmas tradition

A homegrown choir and some homemade decorations helped Filipinos in western Virginia celebrate a favorite Christmas tradition from their homeland…

NATIONAL

NATIONAL

Trump names CatholicVote’s Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president…

Pope Francis appoints 5 auxiliary bishops for Chicago

CHICAGO (OSV News) — The number of active auxiliary bishops in the Archdiocese of Chicago has more than doubled with…

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception named a Jubilee Year site

(OSV News) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, the nation’s patronal church, has…

Catholic University faces $30M ‘structural deficit’ amid higher education headwinds

(OSV News) — The Catholic University of America is facing a “structural deficit of $30 million” that the school “must…

GLOBAL

GLOBAL

Pope, bishops, hundreds of faithful pray for victims of shocking Christmas market attack

MAGDEBURG, Germany (OSV News) — Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an…

Amid unprecedented chaos in Haiti, missionaries bring Christmas hope

(OSV News) — In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many…

10 things to know about Jubilee 2025

(OSV News) – Signs around the Eternal City declare “Roma si trasforma” – “Rome is transforming” as an explanation for…

Pope will receive outgoing US President Biden at Vatican Jan. 10

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to…

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