Pope offers prayers for prisoners of war and victims of torture April 17, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis appealed to countries at war to release prisoners and offered special prayers for those who have endured torture.
Experts: Attack on Texas priest, other incidents show parishes need to get serious on security April 17, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An assault on a Texas priest — along with recent incidents at Catholic churches in the U.S. and Canada — highlights the need for parishes to implement more robust security measures, experts told OSV News.
In age of excess, temperance helps one experience real joy, pope says April 17, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Exercising the virtue of temperance is not a recipe for a boring life, Pope Francis said, but rather it is the secret to enjoying every good thing.
Pope, Council of Cardinals continue discussion of women in the church April 17, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals continued their discussions about the role of women in the church, listening to women experts, including a professor who spoke about how culture impacts women’s roles and status.
Court allows Idaho to temporarily ban some hormones, surgeries for transgender minors April 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The Supreme Court temporarily allowed Idaho April 15 to enforce a ban on certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
Experts: U.S. officials must aim to prevent ‘tit-for-tat’ escalation between Israel, Iran April 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the White House responds to Iran’s attack against Israel, Catholic experts said U.S. officials should seek to prevent further escalation in the region.
Religious, civic leaders urge calm after second Sydney stabbing declared ‘terrorist attack’ April 16, 2024By Marilyn Rodrigues OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Australian religious and political leaders have called for calm and unity after the attempted murder of an Assyrian Orthodox clergyman at his church’s altar in Sydney’s western suburbs, just days after a separate knife attack claimed six lives in Sydney’s Bondi Junction mall.
Encouragement, eucharistic adoration key to fostering priest vocations, report shows April 16, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University released the 2024 “Survey of Ordinands to the Priesthood,” a report made directly to the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishop Seitz: U.S. thriving depends on a more Christian and loving treatment of migrants April 16, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As part of the immigration conference “Responding to Changing Realities at the U.S. Border and Beyond,” held April 11 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Peter K. Kilpatrick, the university’s president, interviewed Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
New York bill expands hate crime criteria to help protect houses of worship April 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Legislation in New York state would expand the state’s criteria for a hate crime to include trespassing on houses of worship.
N.J. pastor says parish ‘heartbroken’ over arson fire at their church, prays for perpetrator April 16, 2024By Jaimie Julia Winters OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After an early morning fire April 4 reportedly set by a resident damaged the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Verona, the church could reopen its doors for Mass the weekend of April 20-21, said Father Peter G. Wehrle, pastor.
Catholic approach to migration seen as a chance to be ‘prophetic’ April 16, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Continuing to minister to migrants at the border and beyond while advocating for policies that uphold people’s dignity is a way the U.S. Catholic Church follows God’s call, said experts during an April 11 migration conference at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
