The Middle East, particularly the Palestinian-dominated Bethlehem is now catching up with the world in celebration of Christmas. Just recently, this little town in the West Bank which is famous for being the birth place of Jesus Christ, lit up...
Pope John Paul II’s first class relic has arrived in Mexico this week to complete a five-month pilgrimage on all 90 Mexican Dioceses, hoping that the powerful intercession of the Polish Pope would help curb violence on Mexico due to...
Pope Benedict XVI sends his condolences to to King Harald V of Norway and to the friends and families of the victims through Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B for the recent terrorist attacks in the country that happened...
It shocked me. It shocked you. It shocked the whole world. One of the world’s most peaceful country was attacked by a 32 year old, right-wing Christian terrorist named Anders Behring Breivik in his attempt to tell Europe that Muslims...
Nightline on ABC News, a public affairs program of the ABC Television Network have produced a special about the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is very rare to see such Catholic related topics tackled on secular shows these days. That’s why...
NBC’s “The Today Show” kicks off the official start of summer season for most western hemisphere countries by doing a live show at the Vatican. This Morning, host Matt Lauer met Pope Benedict XVI during a special audience with his...
Hours before the Beatification of Pope John Paul II, OTWOMD decided to assist online users and Catholic Netizens who want to watch the Beatification ceremony but without access to television. Various website have already announced that they would have online...
Last year, we celebrated World Youth Day’s 25th year anniversary wherein thousands of young people gathered in the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI during the Palm Sunday celebrations. Its been another year and time fly so fast.. it’s already the...
Rita da Cascia is a 2004 TV Movie produced by Lux Vide starring Vittoria Belvedere as St. Rita of Cascia and Martin Crewes as Paolo Mancini. The movie was released on September 24, 2004 and has English and Italian versions....
Today, October 17, 2010, marks a milestone in Australian history as Australia’s first saint was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in St. peter’s Square in Rome together with five other new saints, Blesseds Stanis?aw So?tys (Polish), Andre Bessette (Canadian), Candida...
In honor of Saint Francis of Assisi’s feast day today, OTWOMD is featuring the most loved and popular movie about the life of Saint Francis, “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” filmed entirely on Italy in 1972 by “Romeo and Juliet” director,...
The Transitus is a devotion, a semi liturgical celebration, held annually on the evening of October 3 to commemorate the passing or “transit” of Saint Francis of Assis from this earthly life to the next life in heaven. The event...
The body of Thérèse was exhumed in the cemetery on 6th September 1910, in the presence of the Bishop and about a hundred others. The remains were placed in a lead coffin and transferred to another tomb. A second exhumation...
Here is the homily Benedict XVI delivered at the beatification ceremony of Cardinal John Henry Newman, which took place today in Birmingham on the fourth and last day of the Pope’s visit to the United Kingdom. * * * “He...
Benedict XVI is expressing deep sorrow over the abuse of children by clergy, and gratitude for the efforts underway to address and correct this problem. The Pope stated this today during his homily in a Mass at the Cathedral of...
LONDON, SEPT. 17, 2010 – Pope Benedict XVI has met with many audiences today including school kids, religious leaders and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams of the Anglican Church in Lambeth Place in London – Here is the address...
Susan Boyle got her wish to sing for the Pope when she helped mark the end of his open air mass in Scotland on Thursday. The committed Catholic’s rendition of the hymn, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace joining...
Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air Mass in Glasgow, attended by tens of thousands of people, on the first day of his visit to Britain. About 70,000 people attended the celebratory event in Bellahouston Park. In his homily, the...