Vatican pushes nations to ensure religious freedom in Jerusalem September 19, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican urged the international community to press for a “special statute” to guarantee religious freedom in the city of Jerusalem in any agreements regarding a peace deal between Israel and Palestine.
Three more pro-life activists convicted on federal charges for blockade at abortion clinic September 19, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Three more pro-life activists, including one famous in the 1980s for her abortion clinic “rescues,” were convicted Sept. 15 on federal felony charges of conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for a blockade at a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.
Planned Parenthood resuming Wisconsin abortions a ‘real step backward for human rights,’ say bishops September 19, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of Wisconsin’s bishops, expressed “deep sadness and dismay” that Planned Parenthood plans to resume abortions in Wisconsin starting Sept. 18.
Pro-life advocates respond to Trump’s criticism of some state abortion bans as ‘terrible’ September 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life leaders criticized comments made by former President Donald Trump that appeared to reject proposals of a national abortion limit at 15 weeks and called some state abortion bans “terrible.”
Bishops’ commission voices ‘deep concern’ over proposed EU ethics law September 19, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A commission representing the European Union’s Catholic bishops has expressed “deep concern” over a draft EU law on the use of embryos, cells and “substances of human origin,” warning it could facilitate genetic and gender interference across the bloc’s 27 member-states.
Catholic religious sisters share their witness of ‘living radically the presence of the Gospel’ September 19, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Sister Norma spoke as part of a Sept. 14 online panel co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.
U.S. shrines boast massive numbers of saint relics September 18, 2023By Jim Graves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News What is a saint’s relic? A relic can be one of three things: part of the body of a saint (a first-class relic); an item, such as a piece of clothing, used by a saint (a second-class relic); or an object touched to a first or second class relic (a third-class relic).
Bishop Flores: Synod aims to make church more effective in advancing Christ’s Gospel September 18, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News October’s general assembly in Rome for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops on synodality aims to address human reality — not abstractions — in order to more effectively share Jesus Christ and his Gospel with others, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores, a U.S. member of the global assembly’s preparatory commission.
Catholic activists call on Congress to fully fund migrant services for ‘common good’ September 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic activists called on Congress to ensure funding for migrant services is protected in upcoming appropriations bills at a Sept. 13 event near the U.S. Capitol.
Expert reveals the challenge behind Mother Teresa’s ‘Gospel on five fingers’ September 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News For those who have never heard Mother Teresa’s famous “Gospel on five fingers,” simply imagine the petite and wizened founder of the Missionaries of Charity counting out these words on the digits of a hand — your hand: “You. Did. It. To. Me.”
Sietz: Jesus compels us to ‘respond with charity,’ address ‘coercive forces’ driving migrants September 17, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Catholic Church in the U.S. marks National Migration Week Sept. 18-24, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, highlighted the need to “address the coercive forces driving people to migrate.”
Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology September 17, 2023By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News To foster skills needed for responsible device use, the archdiocese’s Office for the Mission of Catholic Education developed a series of aspirational goals to help Catholic school students strive for digital well-being and personal holiness as part of a multiyear action plan, with a special focus on preschool to eighth grade schools.
