Faith and ‘greatest prayer ever’ help Catholic parents forgive son’s killer January 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News John and Sharon Echaniz are living out the reality of that offer of forgiveness, relying on their deeply held Catholic faith to implement what John called in his statement “those pesky words near the end” of the Lord’s Prayer — “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
Suspected gunman arrested during weekday Mass in California January 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News A weekday Mass at a California parish was interrupted as police pursued an alleged armed suspect who had fled into the church.
Two U.S. prelates call for ‘immediate and total’ ceasefire in Gaza Strip January 17, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Two U.S. prelates are urging an “immediate and total” ceasefire in the war that has convulsed the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days, while condemning Hamas and urging the release of Israeli hostages taken by the Palestinian militants.
Catholic aid agency’s staff remain in Yemen amid coalition strikes January 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Staff from Caritas Poland will remain in Yemen following U.S. and U.K.-led strikes on Houthi rebels, mission head Radoslaw Sterna told OSV News.
Catholic publisher pulls priest’s book over plagiarism allegation January 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Loyola Press announced Jan. 10 it would pull from publication “60 Seconds for Jesus” by Father Jim Sichko, a priest of the Diocese of Lexington, Ky., and a papal Missionary of Mercy known for his motivational talks, generous donations and active social and mainstream media presence.
Women religious gear up for battle against human trafficking with prayer, education January 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News As the nation marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Jan. 11, women religious in the U.S. are combating modern slavery with prayer and education.
‘No’ to same-sex blessings, say two Eastern Catholic bishops, citing canon law and catechism January 9, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Two Eastern Catholic bishops have issued statements with in-depth theological and canonical reasons for their rejection of a controversial Vatican document on pastoral blessings for same-sex couples and other unmarried couples.
Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for ‘movement toward freedom,’ says archbishop January 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the feast of the Epiphany highlights Ukrainians’ fight for “something new: the movement toward freedom,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Supreme Court reinstates Idaho’s near-total abortion ban to hear case backed by Catholic groups January 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, which the court temporarily reinstated after the Justice Department asserted the law conflicted with a federal statute on emergency medical care.
Newly translated Padre Pio letters are coming to your email inbox January 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The St. Pio Foundation has announced the release of “Epistolary,” a collection of 365 letters written by St. Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio, to his spiritual directors and students.
U.S. bishops asked to hold new rounds of Synod on Synodality listening sessions January 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, World News Dioceses across the U.S. are asked to hold additional listening sessions in the next few months, following a request from the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops which is preparing for the second session of the global Synod on Synodality in October.
‘Padre Pio’ actor Shia LaBeouf fully enters the Catholic Church New Year’s Eve January 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Shia LaBeouf, a Hollywood veteran and star of director Abel Ferrara’s film “Padre Pio,” received the sacrament of confirmation, completing his initiation into the Catholic faith, during the New Year holiday weekend, according to announcements posted Jan. 2 to Facebook and Instagram by the Capuchin Franciscans’ Western American Province.
