Trump orders expanded access to IVF, a practice contrary to Catholic teaching February 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to expand access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a practice contrary to Catholic teaching.
Dolan: Flight diverted, grounded in Canada shows ‘Jesus is in charge, not us’ February 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A diverted trip, a grounded flight and an unexpected stay in Canada showed that “Jesus … is in charge, not us,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York in a Feb. 15 homily.
Shevchuk: Christ, in need and danger, ‘is waiting for you’ in Ukraine February 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Major Archbishop Shevchuk shared his thoughts on justice, peace, hope and evangelization amid the war, which has been declared a genocide in two joint reports from the New Lines Institute and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.
Annual collection ‘ever more urgent’ for church in Ukraine, former Soviet states, says bishop February 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News An annual collection for the Catholic Church in nations once under Soviet control is “ever more urgent,” especially as Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine enters its fourth year — and as the church still works to rebuild in nations scarred by decades of communism, said Bishop Gerald L. Vincke of Salina, Kan.
Archbishop Broglio: Vatican decree on St. Teresa of Kolkata feast ‘an occasion of joy’ February 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The leader of the nation’s Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis’ move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and “contemporary witness” of faith.
Pope Francis names Ohio pastor of four parishes as bishop of Sioux City, Iowa February 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Uncategorized, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop R. Walker Nickless, 77, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, and appointed Father John E. Keehner Jr., pastor of four parishes, to succeed him.
CRS, Caritas warn of global impact of USAID shutdown February 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services and Caritas agencies throughout the world are warning that the Trump administration’s freezing of the U.S. Aid for International Development — which has provided major funding for the groups for over six decades — will harm millions globally.
Report: Russia weaponizes Orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine February 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism, finding that Russia is weaponizing Orthodox Christianity as part of a genocidal attack on Ukraine — persecuting Catholics, other Christians and other faith communities in the besieged nation.
Pope accepts resignation of archbishop of Cincinnati, bishop of Sioux City, Iowa February 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey of Chicago as his successor.
Cardinal Tobin orders review of Seton Hall president’s actions regarding McCarrick February 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Colleges, News, World News Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., announced he has engaged a law firm to investigate whether the current president of Seton Hall University, Msgr. Joseph R. Reilly, “acted appropriately” regarding disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Bishop Barron: Marriage ‘a source of hope’ and ‘antidote to loneliness’ February 7, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Ahead of national and international celebrations of matrimony, Bishop Robert E. Barron said that marriage is “a source of hope for all generations.”
U.S. Sunday Mass attendance back to pre-pandemic levels February 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just under one quarter of the nation’s Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.
