Gretchen Crowe
@GretchenOSV
Editor-in-Chief, OSV News; past-president, Catholic Media Assn; author, Legacy of Mercy; Pauline Cooperator; domestic church builder w/ @HeinleinMichael; Mama
In a story blending faith, art and providence, a Chicago woman’s chance encounter in Assisi, Italy, has brought a striking mosaic of Blessed Carlo Acutis to a parish named for him. 📸: OSV News photo/Simone Orendain @archchicago osvnews.com/mosaic-of-1000…
Jordanian aid air drops start delivering food and essential supplies to starving Gazans after pressure on Israel for 'tactical pause' in fighting trib.al/JgHWhmd
Not good news from @CDCgov: United States fertility rate--which now stands at less than 1.6 babies per woman--has now fallen below where the Japanese rate was in 1988.
"The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with fewer than 1.6 children being born per woman," federal data released by @CDCgov shows. cbsnews.com/news/us-birth-…
Stopped by Santa Maria sopra Minevra to say hello to soon-to-be-saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, who has arrived just in time for the Jubilee of Youth this week. He is side-by-side with Catherine of Siena - what an amazing spiritual dynamic duo!
As special envoy of Pope Leo XIV at the celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of the apparitions of St. Anne in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, Brittany, France, Robert Cardinal Sarah says: "Do not desecrate France with barbaric and inhumane laws that bear the mark of Death. Do not…
Father Jim Heyd of Chicago gives pilgrims in St. Anne Illinois (and all of you!) a blessing with the St. Anne relic.
Procession with a St. Anne relic around the town of St. Anne, Illinois, on the feast of Sts Anne and Joachim.
A Carlo Acutis mosaic in Chicago, a scooter-riding catechist in Singapore and more in this weekly roundup of OSV News stories: Read the Week in Review ↓ osvnews.com/alligator-alca…
My Sacred Heart Major Seminary teaching contract was terminated by Abp. Weisenburger this week. I have retained counsel. Except to offer my prayers for those affected by this news and to ask for theirs in return, I have no further comment at this time. Prof. Edward Peters
For couples struggling with infertility, these doctors want them to know: NaProTechnology offers answers. The treatment model evaluates, diagnoses and treats underlying causes of infertility and other gynecological and reproductive issues using a natural family planning method…
Ireland's abortion rates rise 62% over 5 years; Catholic advocates call it 'a tragedy' osvnews.com/irelands-abort…
Patriarch’s visit hailed ‘a miracle,’ while parishioners in Gaza feel horror, desperation @OSVNews osvnews.com/patriarchs-vis…
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles July 20 to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention center recently opened the Florida Everglades. In a social media post,…
Sunday PM about 25 Knights on Bikes stopped at entrance of Alligator Alcatraz and prayed a rosary for the detainees. Archdiocese is still waiting for approval to access to provide Mass for detainees
Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed thy hand hast provided; Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.
Our 3yo calls “ogres” “yogurts” and I just love him so much
This has got to stop.
UPDATE: Two Orthodox Christians confirmed dead at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City. Their funerals will be held today at St. Porphyrios Church, Latin Patriarchate CEO confirmed to @jsudireports @OSVNews osvnews.com/breaking-holy-…
Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV said in a video message played before a charity soccer match. osvnews.com/stop-the-hatre…