Category: Religion
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USCCB calls for Walking with Moms in Need to be in ‘every parish’
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of its program supporting mothers in need in the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued… Read More
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Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday parties celebrate author's quirks, talents — and love of birds
Long before Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and chickens at 207 E. Charlton… Read More
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37 wooden churches of Russian North saved in 2024
Russia, March 18, 2025 Photo: obsheedelo.ru Volunteers from the project Common Cause: Revival of Wooden Churches of the North and specialists from the Kizhi… Read More
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Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian
A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on… Read More
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Spiritual Psalter by St. Ephraim the Syrian republished in English by Damascene Press
Cooperstown, New York, March 18, 2025 Photo: damascenepress.org Damascene Press is republishing the best-selling collection of St. Ephraim the Syrian’s prayers compiled by St. Theophan… Read More
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Persecuted UOC hierarch released from nighttime house arrest after two years
Cherkasy, Cherkasy Province, Ukraine, March 19, 2025 Photo: news.church.ua The persecuted Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkasy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has finally been released… Read More
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England: Help ROCOR parish acquire its own church building
Hastings, England, March 18, 2025 The building being purchased. Photo: justgiving.com The parish of the All-Merciful Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of… Read More
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Romania: relics of newly canonized St. Dometie of Râmeț uncovered
Râmeț Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, March 19, 2025 Photo: reintregirea.ro The relics of another one of the Romanian Church’s newly canonized saints of the… Read More
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Constantinople’s Estonian Church supports ban of Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Tallinn, March 19, 2025 Photo: Met. Stephanos of Constantinople’s EAOC. Photo: err.ee In a new statement from its Public Relations Department, the Patriarchate of… Read More
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Cross River FOMWAN Educates Members on Spiritual Benefits of Ramadan
As part of efforts to intensify religious activities in the holy month of Ramadan, the Cross River State chapter of the Federation of Muslim Women… Read More