Sisters’ ‘Soul Box’ exhibit provides solace to families of victims slain by gun violence July 7, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News For the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offering well-intentioned “thoughts and prayers” to grieving families after every mass shooting is sometimes not enough.
New prefect affirms natural truth about marriage, condemns polarization July 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said.
Russia launches ‘barbaric attack’ on civilians near Ukrainian Catholic University July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 50 miles from the Polish border.
Catholic leaders call for prayer, action after wave of July 4 holiday shootings across US July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders throughout the country are calling for prayer and action after gun violence scarred the July 4 holiday weekend in several states.
Freedom of expression must never be an excuse to despise others, pope says July 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Any book that is considered sacred by its people must be respected out of respect for the human person who holds it sacred, Pope Francis said.
Beloved high school teacher robbed before gun-slaying on Catholic University campus, says family July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News An apparent murder on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington was “not a random incident,” and poses “no present danger” to the university community, according to police and university officials.
Be transformed by the Eucharist, pope asks Catholics July 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholics must place the Eucharist at the center of their lives to transform their relationships with God and their neighbors, Pope Francis said.
Pope institutes commission to share the stories of new martyrs July 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Vatican will establish a new commission to identify and catalogue Christians who have died for their faith in the last 25 years, Pope Francis said.
Local communities must be included in fight against hunger, pope says July 5, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News In order to eradicate hunger in the world, committed and experienced action must be taken that includes local and traditional cultures and peoples, Pope Francis said.
New Haven churches merged into new parish named for Knights of Columbus founder July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News A priest on the road to sainthood, who has united millions of Catholic men across the world, is drawing faithful together in the town where he first served.
Pope’s ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a ‘big, big grace’ amid fears, frustrations July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war.
Vatican aims to return Ukrainian children, not mediate war, says cardinal July 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate the war, Pope Francis’ peace envoy said upon his return from his mission to Moscow.
