With several high-profile cases involving financial mismanagement by priests emerging in recent years, two researchers have found some surprising reasons behind clerical embezzlement — and, they told OVS News, financial pressure isn’t usually one of them, as their long-term data shows.
New Catholic-Jewish resource looks to ‘translate hate’ and counter antisemitism
Catholic and Jewish leaders have created a new tool to tackle record-high levels of antisemitism through education and awareness.
Gudziak: Russia’s war on Ukraine undermines global, nuclear security
Russia’s war on Ukraine undermines global security, while standing to encourage nuclear proliferation, Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told OSV News.
With Assad’s fall, Syria’s papal nuncio prays for nation’s reconciliation, new prosperity
The apostolic nuncio to Syria says he hopes the war-torn nation will “move toward reconciliation” and at least “some prosperity” under democratic rule, following former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ouster in a lightning offensive by rebel groups.
Catholic Health Association ‘shocked and grieved’ by brazen killing of health insurance CEO
The Catholic Health Association of the United States said the national organization, along with the Catholic health community, is “shocked and grieved” by the public killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at the hands of a masked gunman.
Zollner: Work, ‘change of attitude’ needed to make zero tolerance for abuse universal in church
The proposal — co-written by members of the institute and the Seattle-based Ending Clergy Abuse human rights organization — called for a global extension of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ protocol of permanently removing from ministry credibly accused priests or deacons.
Broglio: Ukraine’s 1994 nuclear disarmament a ‘truly prophetic gesture’ marred by war
Ukraine’s 1994 unilateral nuclear disarmament was “a truly prophetic gesture in favor of global peace,” although Russia has long since abandoned its pledge at the time to honor Ukraine’s sovereignty, said the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Judge approves New York diocese’s $323 million bankruptcy settlement
A Catholic diocese on New York’s Long Island has seen its long-running bankruptcy filing finally concluded, enabling hundreds of sexual abuse claims to be settled.
Archbishop Sheen’s canonization ‘inevitable’ amid growing devotion, says foundation head
Despite a few high-profile delays in recent years, the canonization of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen — the popular, scholarly archbishop and 20th-century pioneer of Catholic broadcasting — is “inevitable,” said the head of the foundation supporting his cause.
U.S. basilicas, churches to ring bells at the moment Notre Dame Cathedral reopens
As Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris officially reopens Dec. 7-8, bells will ring in churches an ocean away in the United States to celebrate the historic moment.
Catholic agency ‘will follow’ Lebanon’s displaced ‘wherever they settle’ after ceasefire
The head of a Catholic humanitarian agency in Lebanon told OSV News the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to be intact, as he and his team vow to assist those displaced by the conflict “wherever they settle.”
Caritas Georgia head: ‘We are being torn apart’ amid political upheaval, protests
The head of a Catholic humanitarian agency told OSV News the nation of Georgia is “being torn apart” after the ruling party suspended European Union membership talks — and “the poor will remain hungry,” she warned.