Haiti’s prime minister resigns; nation’s chaos impacts everyone, including church March 12, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Amid the worst security crisis in Haiti in several years — one that has been particularly hard for church members — Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned after weeks of mounting chaos in the Caribbean nation.
Vatican’s top diplomat says Russia and Ukraine must negotiate March 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis was not asking Ukraine to consider surrendering to Russia when he called for negotiations to end the war, but he was calling for both Russia and Ukraine to cease hostilities and engage in peace talks, the Vatican’s top diplomat said.
For persecuted Christians, hope is ‘our weapon, our shield,’ major archbishop says March 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Amid persecution, Christians must “be a sign of hope,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
8 things to do during Eucharistic adoration March 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Suggestions for what to do during private eucharistic adoration.
Sister Sharon Slear advances passion for women’s empowerment March 12, 2024By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools It’s no stretch to call School Sister of Notre Dame Sharon Slear a crusader for empowering women and the underdog.
New Catholic trade schools prepare vocational careers and spiritual vocations March 12, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Schools, World News Students pursue paths in construction, business, education and information technology. Graduates gain a foundation — once certified — for jobs immediately upon graduation or college study.
Ukrainian Catholic bishops, ambassador say Ukraine has ‘no choice but to defend’ itself March 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops, led by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, have said their nation will continue to fight Russian aggression, “notwithstanding the suggestions for need for negotiations coming from representatives of different countries, including the Holy Father himself.
Church leaders decry biggest kidnapping of pupils in Nigeria since Chibok girls’ abduction March 11, 2024By Tonny Onyuolo OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Recent kidnappings of hundreds of people in Nigeria, including almost 300 schoolchildren March 7 in Kuriga in the central part of the country, have left church leaders and parents, including Catholics, speechless in the face of another wave of senseless violence.
Polish diocesan phase closes in cause of Catholic midwife who delivered babies at Auschwitz March 11, 2024By Filip Mazurczak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Stanislawa Leszczynska, a Polish midwife imprisoned at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi Germany-occupied Poland, delivered 3,000 babies of different nationalities and treated them and their mothers with heroic humanity.
Radio Interview: The Oscars March 11, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty and guest co-host Ann Augherton of the Arlington Catholic Herald talk with John Mulderig of OSV News and Daughter of St. Paul Sister Rose Pacatte about the best films of the year.
Jesus wants all people to be saved, pope says at Angelus March 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said.
Zelenskyy, Ukrainian church, respond to pope’s call for negotiations March 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis’ comment that Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and engage in negotiation to end its war with Russia was dismissed by the Ukrainian government and church leaders.
