Pope writes to children about mission, invites them to Vatican in November October 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Peering just over the windowsill of Pope Francis’ studio above St. Peter’s Square, five children aged 7-10 joined the pope to announce a special gathering of children at the Vatican in November.
Bishops must promote communion, unity with pope, new U.S. cardinal says October 2, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Every bishop in the world has made a promise to live and work in communion with the pope, a promise that includes obedience, said new U.S. Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the first of 20 cardinals to receive his red hat from Pope Francis at a consistory Sept. 30.
Synod on Synodality faces task of helping Catholics evangelize effectively, say experts October 2, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News How the church equips Catholics to carry out this mission to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ is a concern for the Oct. 4-29 gathering of bishops convened by Pope Francis in Rome — often called the “synod on synodality.”
Catholic singer recalls how winning battle with shyness, relying on faith brought success October 1, 2023By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Guelmis Tavárez has a successful career in the Catholic music industry, but that success didn’t come without a fight against the extreme shyness he suffered from a young age and his reliance on his faith to evolve into the musical artist he is today.
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people October 1, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Like the WPA, the American Climate Corps was created by an executive order of the president, after it initially faced funding-based opposition when included in early versions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Biden has credited the measure with lowering energy costs, increasing energy security, creating new jobs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
‘Not soldiers but knights’: Catholic mother mourns son and ‘brilliant’ generation slain in Ukraine September 30, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News The 27-year-old Ukrainian soldier, a graduate of Ukrainian Catholic University, was killed by Russian mortar fire in June 2022 during a battle in the region of Mykolaiv and Kherson, in Ukraine’s south.
Aliens, demons or PSYOPS? Catholics study, debate UFO allegations September 30, 2023By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News When former intelligence official David Grusch testified before Congress in July that the U.S. government had retrieved crashed UFOs and covertly attempted to reverse engineer their alien technology, some Catholics already were primed to debate the compatibility of extraterrestrial intelligence and church doctrine.
New cardinals have great hopes for synod on synodality September 30, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News – Many of the prelates Pope Francis will make cardinals Sept. 30 will be taking part in the synod on synodality or have been very active in its preparatory phases as leaders of their dioceses.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, remembered for ‘extraordinary’ legacy and Barrett controversy, dies at 90 September 29, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, U.S. Congress, World News Longtime U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., died the evening of Sept. 28, at her Washington residence, according to her office. She was 90.
New cardinals say building church unity is urgent need September 29, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to Catholic News Service Sept. 29, the eve of his induction into the College of Cardinals, the French prelate insisted the key to Catholic unity is “not to take refuge in ideologies.”
New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to universal church September 29, 2023By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to reporters a few days before receiving their red hats, many of the 21 new cardinals said their induction into the College of Cardinals was less about them and more about their local church and its contribution to the universal church.
Cupich: Embracing ‘integral ethic of solidarity’ key to living the Gospel in polarized times September 29, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Cardinal Cupich said Cardinal Bernardin believed that the spectrum of life cuts across many issues, including genetics, abortion, capital punishment, modern warfare and the care of the terminally ill. Nonetheless, all these diverse issues are rooted in a single principle of Catholic faith: that the loss of even one human life is a momentous event.