Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options
A girl who was part of a procession holds the flag of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin March 17, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Ireland each year for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. But in the midst of the concerts, parades and art installations, one figure is strikingly absent—Patrick himself.
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia prays at the grave of a fallen Ukrainian soldier at a military cemetery near the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2024. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Borys Gudziak
Some voices advocate for immediate peace in Ukraine at any cost, but the world—and both political and religious leaders—must reject the illusion of a pacifism that ignores the harsh realities of evil and injustice.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a meeting during a European leaders' summit at Lancaster House in central London March 2, 2025. (OSV News photo/Justin Tallis, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The European bishops were careful to note that their expression of solidarity was extended to Ukrainians “who have been suffering from Russia’s unjustifiable full-scale invasion for more than three years.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In Part I of this exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, the Vatican’s foreign minister says speculation about the pope’s resignation is “at this time, not appropriate, and it’s certainly not in the cards.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Simon Caldwell - OSV News
British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor, recently converted to the Catholic faith, said he was “grateful” that Vance raised his case when he warned Europe about retreating from freedom.
Arts & CultureBooks
Maurice Timothy Reidy
The novelist and memoirist André Aciman chronicles his formative year in Rome as a teenager in 'Roman Year.'