Senate passes bipartisan defense spending bill, setting up looming clash with House GOP August 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. Senate passed a national defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024 shortly before their August recess without language in the Republican-led House’s version of the bill barring abortion or coverage for gender transitions.
U.S. bishops recognize three pro-life advocates for their longtime efforts August 1, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. bishops have recognized three pro-life advocates for their longtime efforts by presenting them with People of Life awards.
DeSantis trades barbs with pro-life group over interview comments on abortion August 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida traded barbs with a national pro-life group July 31 over comments he made on enacting abortion policy at the federal level.
Ukraine officially moves Christmas observance to Dec. 25 in ‘huge cultural shift’ August 1, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill moving the official observance of Christmas Day to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, when Moscow and the Russian Orthodox Church mark the holiday.
Key to Eucharistic revival is ‘to reclaim, understand why we go to Mass,’ priest says August 1, 2023By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Theology on Tap is now popular enough in Indianapolis that it has outgrown each bar or restaurant where it has taken place.
African youth coming for World Youth Day set for bringing hope, change to Western world July 31, 2023By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Catholic bishops and priests stress that the youth from Africa, where Christianity is on the upsurge, are the “now” and the “future” of the global church.
Pope to Russia: Destroying grain, creating hunger is ‘grave offense to God’ July 31, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Destroying grain is a “grave offense to God,” Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in Russia as “my brothers” and urging them to resume cooperating with a United Nations’ initiative to guarantee the safe transport of grain out of Ukraine.
Ukraine Orthodox priests call for break with Moscow after cathedral attack July 31, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have called for breaking ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, following a Russian attack on Odesa that destroyed a historic cathedral while killing two and injuring at least 22, including four children.
The ‘life-changing’ experience of World Youth Day July 31, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Jessica Smith’s kids, ages 16 to 22, will be among the 400,000 registered young adults and as many as 2 million general pilgrims anticipated to attend World Youth Day this year with Pope Francis.
Ancient word: Jews, Christians study shared past in Vatican manuscripts July 30, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Some 20 Jewish and Christian scholars began a three-month hybrid course in mid-July at the Vatican Library to dig into more than 1,000 years of teachings contained in more than 800 ancient Hebrew manuscripts from the 9th to 16th centuries housed in its collections.
U.S. official calls state of religious freedom in Nigeria ‘abysmal,’ says country in ‘slow -motion genocide’ July 30, 2023By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, has described religious freedom conditions in Nigeria as “abysmal.”
WYD Ukrainian Catholics want world to know ‘what Ukraine’s sacrifice really means’ July 29, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, young Ukrainian Catholics from the U.S. are traveling to World Youth Day with a mix of hope, excitement and urgency.
