LOCAL
October 4, 2024 Bishop Barry C. Knestout is encouraging support for our diocesan community in Southwest Virginia, the Diocese…
Bishop Barry C. Knestout has appointed 15 priests to serve as deans across the diocese. Each of the three vicariates…
Maureen Powers, of St. Mary’s, Blacksburg, says her journey as a religious education teacher started in New Jersey and was…
As summer turns to fall, there are silver bells ringing in the distance – less than three months from now,…
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court Oct. 7 began its new term, which is scheduled to include cases involving…
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — A Philadelphia priest assaulted in his rectory said the attack marked a “turning point” that forced…
(OSV News) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites the faithful to join in a novena for mental health…
MIAMI (OSV News) — Hurricane Helene’s broad impact across an entire swath of the U.S. South means resources will be…
GLOBAL
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio…
(OSV News) — As the Israel-Hamas war expands into Lebanon, an agency of the Holy See has launched an emergency…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Rushing” to open the diaconate to women in the Catholic Church would short-circuit a necessary reflection…
