Brooklyn, N.Y., priest removed from parish for mishandling $1.9 million in funds November 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Fiscal Services, News, World News A Brooklyn, N.Y., priest has been removed as pastor after an investigation revealed he had transferred close to $2 million in parish funds to bank accounts affiliated with the embattled New York City mayor’s former chief of staff.
Gudziak: Ukraine still stands due to ‘miraculous endurance’ of its people, God’s grace November 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion reached the 1,000-day mark Nov. 19, Ukraine still stands as “a testament to the miraculous endurance of our people, to God’s grace,” said Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Survivor advocates call for universal ‘zero tolerance’ of clerical abuse November 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A watchdog group in the U.S. is applauding calls to make “zero tolerance” for clerical abuse the rule for the worldwide Catholic Church.
Archbishop Pérez: Cubans are ‘suffering immense hardships’ and ‘need our help’ November 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News After back-to-back natural disasters in recent weeks, the Cuban people “are suffering immense hardships and … need our help,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia.
Destruction grows daily as Israel-Hamas war enters second year, say Catholic relief agency leaders November 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the Israel-Hamas war enters its second year, expanding to a wider region of the Middle East, two Catholic agency leaders based in Jerusalem and Beirut are warning the conflict is decimating the populations they serve.
U.S. bishops: ‘We stand in firm solidarity’ with immigrants November 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News With immigration an ongoing issue after the 2024 U.S. general election, three U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Nov. 14 statement of pastoral concern pledging support for immigrants.
Traditional Latin Mass will no longer be celebrated at cathedral in Tyler, Texas November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Mass according to the 1962 Missal will no longer be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, Texas, after Nov. 30, but it will continue at a nearby parish in care of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
COP 29: Sustainable climate financing needed for vulnerable nations, say Catholic relief experts November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international debt.
Oakland Diocese files Chapter 11 plan to give more than $160 million to settle abuse claims November 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Diocese of Oakland, Calif., filed a formal Chapter 11 reorganization plan Nov. 8 in an effort to settle some 345 claims of sexual abuse.
Caritas in Cuba brings ‘love and solidarity’ to victims of back-to-back earthquake, hurricane November 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Catholic aid workers in Cuba are responding to back-to-back natural disasters on the island, after a hurricane and an earthquake struck the island within four days of each other.
Gang attack on convent reveals Haiti’s ‘desperate’ situation, says Miami archbishop November 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An attack on a convent and adjacent hospital in Haiti “shows how desperate” that nation has become “and will continue to be,” Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami told OSV News.
Voters reject states’ recreational marijuana, psychedelic drug legalization efforts November 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News A bid to legalize recreational marijuana fell short in Florida, while North Dakota and South Dakota have rejected doing so, according to general election projections.
