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‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (803+ words) (OSV News) "After Jeanine Thomas was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, she knew she needed to create a film about her friend Herbert Heller, a Holocaust survivor. "When you're faced with really wondering if you have tomorrow, when you do…...
Military bishop: Amid world’s storms, feelings of despair, ‘remember we are not alone’
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (591+ words) EMMITSBURG, Md. (OSV News) " Auxiliary Bishop'Gregg M. Caggianelli of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services in an Oct. 5 homily recalled a recent conversation with a Naval officer who came across a painting depicting Jesus protecting a sailor at the helm of a…...
Legacy of Japan’s champion of medicine, faith who persevered after atomic bomb endures
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1473+ words) (OSV News) "Takashi Nagai was a medical doctor and atomic bomb survivor. But it was his radical conversion to Christ that started a new chapter in the life of a man who " thanks to his faith and medical genius " would…...
Father Lafleur: Forgotten story of chaplain to POWs in WWII and his ‘incredible selflessness’
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1074+ words) (OSV News) " There was nothing elegant about St. Peter's in Chains, the small chapel where Servant of God Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24, 1942. It was a simple wooden hut, built in the middle of a…...
U.S. bishops in Japan call for peace worldwide 80 years after atomic bombings
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1269+ words) (OSV News) " As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its commitment to nonviolence, disarmament and lasting peace, said U.S. prelates attending commemoration events in Japan. In a joint statement…...
When nuns perished during adoration in wartime Warsaw, white doves rose into the sky
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (737+ words) WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) "Apparently, it is God's will that we die here," said Mother Janina Byszewska, the superior of the Benedictine Nuns of the Most Blessed Sacrament community, which found itself in the midst of the fighting of the…...
Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanisław Streich is one of quiet courage
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) On Feb. 27, 1938, during a Sunday morning Mass for children, Father Streich was gunned down by a radical communist during the consecration of the Eucharist. The post Story behind beatification of Poland's Father Stanis'aw Streich is one of quiet courage first…...
Passion play in Poland’s ‘Valley of Death’ reminder of dark past, invincible Christian hope
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (523+ words) Passion play in northwestern Polish city recalls one of the first mass murders of World War II. The post Passion play in Poland's "Valley of Death' reminder of dark past, invincible Christian hope first appeared on OSV News. (OSV News) " In…...