LOS ANGELES (OSV News) Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his disappointment with the Los Angeles Dodgers decision to re-invite and honor a controversial group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
The Dodgers announcement came after the franchise initially rescinded their invitation due to backlash from political and religious leaders across the nation.
Taking to his social media accounts while
DUBLIN (OSV News) Once a Catholic giant, Ireland is becoming less religious, census data shows. Just over half of the residents of the Irish capital, Dublin, now self-identify as Catholic, according to data released May 30 by the country s Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The data forms part of preliminary results from a census of the population taken in 2022, and also shows that the percentage of Irish residents who describe themselves as Catholics has fallen to 69% down from 79% of the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) As first Communion season winds down and wedding fever rises, Catholic counters are busy.
The Central Office of Church Statistics, a department of the Vatican Secretariat of State, keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.
The statistics are one way of showing adherence to the church, including the continuing practice of the faith over time, said the introduction to the chapter Practice of Rel
(OSV News) The Holy See has declared Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth to be pontifical commissary of the Monastery of Saint Joseph of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, according to a decree from the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life dated May 31, 2023 and published on the website of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Bishop Olson will assume his office upon communication of the decree, it said.
This role, the decree says, gives Bishop Olson full gover
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The most powerful and effective method of evangelization is to live according to what one teaches and preaches, Pope Francis said. I can recite the Creed by heart, I can talk about everything we believe in, but if your life is not consistent with that, it will get you nowhere, he told people at his weekly general audience in St. Peter s Square May 31.
What attracts people to the Gospel, he said, is seeing consistency in the way Christians live, seeing that we, Christia