As we prepare to begin Holy Week, Bishop Joseph Espaillat, Episcopal Vicar of the Bronx, asks: “I want to challenge you this Lent, brothers and sisters: what are you going to do to draw closer to the Lord?”
In this in-between stretch of Ordinary Time, between the high feast of Christmas and the solemn preparation of Lent, we find ourselves in a new place as we settle into the New Year.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
By all appearances, January's consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
In today's Gospel, we learn a lot about what Jesus came to do. All of us need the healing mercy of our Lord. Father Salvo talks about those in greatest need of healing: the Pharisees.