Articles & Columns
Articles & Columns
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The Chrism Mass is One of Many Highlights of Holy Week
The focus of the homily I presented during the 2025 Chrism Masses in the diocese surrounded the first petition I...
U.S. Bishops Welcome Pope Leo XIV
May 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – Upon the news that the Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as...
What happens after a new pope is elected?
By OSV News What happens after the College of Cardinals elects a new pope? Quite a lot, both behind the scenes and in...
Forget the chimney—everyone was watching the seagull watching the chimney
ROME (OSV News) -- As the world stared at a small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, watching for the iconic puff of...
Bishops offer thanks ahead of new pope’s balcony greeting
By OSV New PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- As the world waited to learn the identity of the next pope, bishops were already...
Bishop Rice’s Statement – Pope Leo XIV, Our New Holy Father
by The Most Rev. Edward M Rice Since the funeral of Pope Francis, on April 26, I have been alternating between the...