Letter signed by 18 bishops urges U.S. to redirect military spending to fund human needs January 23, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News At least 18 Catholic bishops have signed on to a call by PAX Christi USA for the U.S. government to redirect military spending to fund human need.
Jerusalem church official: Gaza situation ‘extremely catastrophic’ January 23, 2024By Barb Fraze OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The situation in the Gaza Strip is “extremely catastrophic,” and people are dying not only from violence but from preventable illnesses, said the CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Faith and ‘greatest prayer ever’ help Catholic parents forgive son’s killer January 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News John and Sharon Echaniz are living out the reality of that offer of forgiveness, relying on their deeply held Catholic faith to implement what John called in his statement “those pesky words near the end” of the Lord’s Prayer — “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Church’s surrogacy teaching rooted in the primacy of the rights of the child January 22, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News “Donum Vitae” is a document that, nearly 40 years ago, made explicit the church’s teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy — a teaching that in January 2024 made headlines after Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban on surrogacy while speaking with members of the diplomatic corps assigned to the Holy See.
St. John Paul II National Shrine exhibit tells story of Ulma family’s ‘sacrificial love’ January 21, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News An exhibit on the martyred Ulma family currently on display at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington is a worthy tribute to the Polish family whom Pope Francis said is “for all of us a model to imitate in striving for goodness and in the service of those in need.”
Women religious still healing wounds 30 years after war in Croatia January 21, 2024By Chris Herlinger OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Before the “Homeland War” of the 1990s, the residents of Vukovar, Croatia, thought it a peaceful city. But a devastating tragedy interceded — and three decades later, the city lives in an uneasy peace, shrouded in memories of horrific tragedy and loss.
Speakers see need to introduce Vatican II to new generation January 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry To understand how the Catholic Church interacts with contemporary world, young people must learn the significance and historical context of the Second Vatican Council, the head of the Vatican office for new evangelization said.
Amid cold and snow, national March for Life pledges solidarity with moms and children January 19, 2024By Peter Jesserer Smith Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Against gray skies and falling snow, thousands of people flocked Jan. 19 to the nation’s capital for the national March for Life, gathering them under the theme “for every woman, for every child,” showing their resolve amid the piercing cold to make abortion eventually “unthinkable” in the U.S.
With Christ at center, pro-life efforts will persevere, says U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair January 19, 2024By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Jesus Christ’s words in the Gospel reading for Jan. 18, “I am with you always until the end of the age,” are critical as “an instruction for how to live in this broken world” and “bring goodness to it,” the U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said in his homily at the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life.
Catholic universities must be more than a business, pope says January 19, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Respect for the dignity of every person and for his or her values is as much a part of the identity of a Catholic university as faith is, Pope Francis said.
Lifting children out of poverty is key element of ‘consistent ethic of life,’ say speakers January 19, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Social Justice, World News The proposed enhanced Child Tax Credit released Jan. 16 by a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill received an enthusiastic, if guarded, response from members of a Georgetown University panel held the same day.
Passionist provinces turn to solar energy to power ministry and care for creation January 19, 2024By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Two provinces of the Congregation of the Passion and a lay-run Catholic nonprofit have all taken the lead in switching to solar energy to power their work as part of their response to Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” which teaches on the relationship between God, humans and the Earth in caring for creation.
