Two U.S. bishops have launched the National Catholic Mental Health Campaign, amid a global crisis in mental health and a decline in mental health resources in the U.S.
‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity
Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change — and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society.
Healing addiction requires faith, science and a pastoral commitment to love, say experts
The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame teamed up with the nonprofit Catholic in Recovery to present a Sept. 27 webinar on “Addiction and Recovery: Accompaniment Toward Wholeness and Healing,” part of the institute’s “Conversations That Matter” series.
Russian attack on Ukrainian village shows ‘danger to the world at large,’ says archbishop
A Russian attack that killed one fifth of a Ukrainian village’s residents shows a danger Russia “presents not only to Ukrainians, but to the world at large,” a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop told OSV News.
‘Laudate Deum’ a ‘timely call’ to ‘choose life or death,’ say Catholic ecological advocates
Pope Francis’ latest plea to urgently address global warming and climate change is being hailed by Catholic ecological advocates as “a great call to action.”
‘Hard work’ of standup comedy a labor of love, faith for Jen Fulwiler
The “hard work” of making others laugh is a labor of love and faith for standup comic Jen Fulwiler, a former atheist and Catholic convert delivering a “fresh take on modern life as a woman” to audiences throughout the nation with her 2023 “Maternal Instinct” comedy tour.
U.S. bishop commends refugee allocations, urges bipartisan support for resettlement
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, commended the Biden administration’s refugee admissions allocations for fiscal year 2024 as “an ambitious and meaningful goal as we reflect not only on the global need but also the challenges facing American communities, including labor shortages, a lack of affordable housing, and high inflation.”
‘Not soldiers but knights’: Catholic mother mourns son and ‘brilliant’ generation slain in Ukraine
The 27-year-old Ukrainian soldier, a graduate of Ukrainian Catholic University, was killed by Russian mortar fire in June 2022 during a battle in the region of Mykolaiv and Kherson, in Ukraine’s south.
Basilian Sisters given Catholic Extension’s top honor for ‘powerful witness’ amid peril in Ukraine
Catholic Extension has named the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great as the 2023-2024 recipients of its highest honor, the Lumen Christi Award. The Chicago-based nonprofit, which since 1905 has supported Catholic faith communities in the nation’s poorest regions, announced the decision in a Sept. 27 press release.
U.S. Catholic archbishop receives award from Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia received the Cross of Ivan Mazepa from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sept. 21 in Washington. Zelenskyy visited the U.S. capital for meetings after addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York Sept. 19.
‘¿Qué va a pasar?’: El fallo sobre DACA mantiene a los ‘Dreamers’ en el limbo legal
Un reciente fallo judicial se ha convertido en otra curva de una “montaña rusa” para cientos de miles de personas que llegaron a Estados Unidos cuando eran niños sin permiso legal, dijo una experta en inmigración.
‘What’s going to happen?’: DACA ruling keeps ‘Dreamers’ in immigration limbo
A recent court ruling has become another bend in a “rollercoaster” ride for hundreds of thousands of individuals who arrived in the U.S. as children without legal permission, said an immigration expert.