Catholics turn to Mary and saints amid Los Angeles wildfires January 14, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Saints, World News Several Catholics who have fled the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have been praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Champion, who once saved a rural Wisconsin shrine from a devastating inferno.
Thief steals precious crown from statue of Mary at Philadelphia church January 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an historic golden crown from a beloved statue of Mary.
N.Y. becomes first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal appointments January 14, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments.
When temperatures plunge, charities worry most about risks to homeless January 14, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News When outdoor conditions turn brutal, the difference between life and death can be the work of Catholic agencies and organizations serving an estimated 653,104 homeless Americans — a number that marked a record high in 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported.
Russia killing clergy, banning religions in occupied Ukraine, says foreign minister January 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Since the start of their February 2022 full-scale invasion, Russian forces have killed close to 70 clergy and destroyed more than 630 places of worship in Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs.
Calls multiply for release of kidnapped Nigerian nuns; security in region dramatically deteriorates January 13, 2025By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Calls have multiplied in Nigeria for the release of Sister Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Sister Grace Mariette Okoli. Both religious were kidnapped Jan. 7 along Ufuma Road as they returned from their vocational associations’ meeting held in Ogboji, a town in Anambra state.
Pope appoints three U.S. experts, two of them women, as dicastery members January 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts — two women and an abbot — to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, a position once reserved for cardinals and bishops.
Italian bishops say don’t automatically exclude gay men from seminary January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Italian bishops’ new program of priestly formation, approved by the Vatican, repeats a prohibition against admitting to the seminary men with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies,” but also says that being gay does not automatically exclude a candidate.
U.S. sister killed in the Amazon honored at Rome ‘new martyrs’ shrine January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News “It’s quite an honor for her to be here with the likes of St. Oscar Romero,” Tom Stang said after a relic of his sister was placed on an altar in Rome alongside a relic of the martyred archbishop from El Salvador.
Pope calls for inclusion of Romani people in the church January 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News God has not abandoned the Romani people even if it often seemed that the society and even Catholic Church had, Pope Francis said.
Best gift a child can receive is faith, pope says at baptisms January 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
Pope offers prayers for those impacted by L.A. wildfires January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News “I am praying for all of you,” Pope Francis said, using his televised Sunday Angelus address to speak directly to the people impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.
