Popular catacomb tours at New York cathedral offer lessons in city’s Catholic history October 28, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “Catacombs by Candlelight” perhaps conjures images of a subterranean tour in Rome led by a guide wearing a headlamp. In New York, it’s the name of a revenue-generating history lesson told while exploring the cemetery and burial vaults of one of the city’s oldest Catholic churches.
Kissinger at Al Smith Dinner underscores AI growth as one of world’s pressing challenges October 23, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In a time of international tensions and domestic divisions, it is crucial for leaders to bridge the gap between political strategy and practical tactics, said centenarian statesman Henry A. Kissinger, who headlined the 78th dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Oct. 19.
Cupich: Embracing ‘integral ethic of solidarity’ key to living the Gospel in polarized times September 29, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Cardinal Cupich said Cardinal Bernardin believed that the spectrum of life cuts across many issues, including genetics, abortion, capital punishment, modern warfare and the care of the terminally ill. Nonetheless, all these diverse issues are rooted in a single principle of Catholic faith: that the loss of even one human life is a momentous event.
Vatican U.N. ambassador, Ukrainian Catholic archbishop discuss Catholic teaching on peace in wartime February 21, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The church is called to pray, preach the Gospel and be attentive to God’s word in all circumstances, but even more so in the time of war, explained both the Vatican’s ambassador to the United Nations and the U.S. archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.