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As House reveals China’s fentanyl role, Catholic experts say US has just one path out of the crisis
(OSV News) — Catholics working to address the nation’s fentanyl problem told OSV News a new congressional report naming China — and blaming its government — as the key source of the drug is important but old news, and that healing rising rates of addiction ultimately demands divine assistance.
Was there a total solar eclipse when Jesus died?
In Luke 23:44-45 of the New American Bible Revised Edition — the Bible translation heard at U.S. Catholic Masses — the verses explicitly refer to a solar eclipse preceding Jesus’ death: “It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun.”
‘Awe-inspiring’ total solar eclipse offers chance ‘to reflect on God’s grandeur’
(OSV News) — Have you got your glasses?
Fifty days of Easter spirit
(OSV News) – Most people don’t think in terms of Easter spirit. Yet the Easter season is a time that is filled with a spirit of joy and hope.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.
‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ patriarch of Jerusalem says on Palm Sunday
JERUSALEM (OSV News) — When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus’ entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, “crushed by so much hatred” in the months following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The definitive guide to Holy Week
(OSV News) — What are you doing for Holy Week?
Prayers, well-wishes pour out as Kate, the Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer
(OSV News) — Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury has praised the “compassion and sense of service” of Britain’s Princess of Wales after she revealed that she is undergoing treatment for cancer.
National group Awake: ‘All God’s people deserve to be safe in church,’ not just kids
(OSV News) — The Catholic Church in the U.S. has made “real progress in protecting children today from abuse,” but “unfortunately, this is just not true for adults,” a leading Catholic survivor advocate told OSV News.