Ending poverty, arms race and regulating AI are key priorities, Cardinal Parolin tells UN September 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Ending poverty, ensuring nuclear disarmament and regulating artificial intelligence, or AI, were among the issues highlighted by the Holy See at the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future, held Sept. 22-23 in New York at U.N. headquarters.
Stop wars ‘while there is still time,’ pope says September 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Wars are destroying the world, and religious leaders must join together to urge their governments to “stop while there is still time,” Pope Francis said.
Belgium volunteers, church officials roll up their sleeves for Pope Francis’ visit September 25, 2024By Luuk van den Einden OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Numerous volunteers and professionals are doing everything in their power to make Pope Francis’ visit to Belgium go smoothly.
Church ‘needs to find a different way’ to address survivors, says Rosica accuser September 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News OSV News recently spoke with Father Michael Bechard, who alleges in a civil lawsuit filed in March with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that he was sexually abused by Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, a Vatican media expert, founder of a prominent Canadian national Catholic television network and organizer of the 2002 Toronto World Youth Day.
‘Disappointed’ Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner September 25, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is “disappointed” that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner Oct. 17, a New York Catholic charities fundraiser that has become a staple for presidential nominees in election years.
Supporters of Partners in Education raise funds and awareness for scholarship program September 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools The back-to-school event also marked the start of PIE Giving Day with the goal to create 60 new scholarships, Viviano said. Members of the PIE board would match each gift up to $25,000 – a goal that was met that same day.
Franciscan Monastery in Washington is sacred ground leading people to Christ, cardinal says September 24, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Sept. 22 Mass to mark the 125th anniversary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington by reminding the faithful the church building is “something far more precious than a simple structure or a functional edifice.”
Thousands come to venerate relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Manchester, England September 24, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The example of Blessed Carlo Acutis — an Italian boy who is expected to become the “first millennial saint” — reveals how a commitment to the love of Christ results in a fulfilled rather than a wasted life, an English bishop said.
Caritas ‘shocked’ by murder of director in Democratic Republic of Congo September 24, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced.
‘We need to not be afraid to talk about suicide,’ says Catholic mental health expert September 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News As National Suicide Prevention Month draws to a close, a Catholic mental health expert told OSV News that open, ongoing conversations about suicide are crucial.
Pope resumes meetings after day of rest September 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis met with the bishops of Mozambique Sept. 24, a day after he had canceled his scheduled audiences because of “a mild flu-like condition.”
Gudziak: Ukraine’s struggle against Russia is ‘prophetic defense of God-given dignity’ September 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s war is “prophetic,” showing that “the defense of God-given dignity … happens at the price of one’s body and blood,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
