One year of war: Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church shares hopes, sorrows February 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With the first anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine just days away, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke about gratitude and powerlessness in the face of a “blind, absurd, sacrilegious war.”
U.S. bishops’ collection for Eastern Europe’s Catholics increasingly crucial as war rages in Ukraine February 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, War in Ukraine, World News On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, faithful across the country are being asked to donate to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe.
Citing finances, N.Y. Archdiocese to close 12 schools at end of academic year February 21, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News The Archdiocese of New York has announced that 12 of its Catholic schools will close at the end of the 2022-23 academic year and four others will be merged into two schools due to the schools’ financial outlook.
Ukrainian Catholics hail Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv for bravery, ‘amazing boost of hope’ February 20, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News U.S. President Joe Biden’s unexpected Feb. 20 visit to Kyiv, calmly walking alongside Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as air raid sirens wailed in the capital, is being hailed as a surprise and a signal to the world, Ukrainian Catholic leaders told OSV News.
Emotional LA sheriff details arrest of suspect in shooting death of Bishop O’Connell; motive remains unclear February 20, 2023By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News A 65-year-old Hispanic man was taken into custody the morning of Feb. 20 by Los Angeles County sheriff deputies as the prime suspect in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles.
World often turns a deaf ear to God’s word, pope says February 20, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Persecution has led to people spreading — not forgetting — the Gospel to the many places they go, Pope Francis said.
Every Catholic has something to contribute to the church, pope says February 20, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholics need to ask themselves whether their communities are a “concrete sign of unity and love” or simply a group of people who happen to live near each other or, worse, a collection of folks ranked according to wealth, Pope Francis said.
Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it’s ‘very important’ children share parents’ religious beliefs February 20, 2023By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35 percent of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.
LA’s ‘peacemaker’ Bishop David O’Connell found shot and killed in his own home February 19, 2023By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, has died. He was 69.
Professor sees religious tapestry woven across the millennia in Lent’s history, traditions February 19, 2023By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News When Thomas Neal, a professor of spiritual theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, reflects on the history and traditions of Lent, he sees a religious tapestry woven across the millennia.
Georgetown panel examines dangers to democracy, Catholics’ role in healing divisions February 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Catholics have a responsibility to address rising threats to democratic norms in civic and social life, panelists said at a Feb. 16 event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life.
Holy Land tourism begins to return to normalcy after pandemic, but Ukraine war presents other setbacks February 18, 2023By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As Israel lifted all bans and restrictions connected with COVID, the country has witnessed a gradual return of tourism, especially in the last quarter of 2022.
