‘Sober St. Patrick’s Day’ a ‘rip-roaring’ way to revere Ireland’s beloved saint March 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News “Sober St. Patrick’s Day” is set to mark its 13th year of celebrating Irish arts, culture and food — minus the alcohol — following New York’s annual parade for the beloved patron saint of the Irish and Irish diaspora, whose feast has become one of the year’s biggest days for drinking.
ACN head: God gives believers ‘grace to resist’ their persecutors and ‘remain faithful’ March 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News With an estimated one in seven Christians worldwide facing persecution, OSV News recently sat down with Regina Lynch, who in June 2023 was appointed the executive president of Aid to the Church in Need, an international pontifical foundation that supports the church where it is poorest and most persecuted.
People touched by adoption look to St. Joseph in national novena March 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Saints, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is offering a March 10-18 novena to the foster father of Jesus, ahead of the saint’s March 19 feast day.
For persecuted Christians, hope is ‘our weapon, our shield,’ major archbishop says March 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Amid persecution, Christians must “be a sign of hope,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Ukrainian Catholic bishops, ambassador say Ukraine has ‘no choice but to defend’ itself March 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops, led by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, have said their nation will continue to fight Russian aggression, “notwithstanding the suggestions for need for negotiations coming from representatives of different countries, including the Holy Father himself.
As Haiti descends into more chaos, priests vow to stay and minister to the people March 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As the nation of Haiti spirals into further violence and chaos, Catholic clergy there are reported to be remaining in place to serve the populace.
Major Archbishop Shevchuk: Cross is ‘tree of life’ bearing fruit in besieged Ukraine March 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Ukraine enters its 11th year of confronting Russian aggression, the cross of Christ is “a tree of life (that) bears its fruit every day” in the besieged nation, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Priest narrowly escapes attack damaging historic Oregon Catholic shrine March 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Security cameras, religious objects and windows were smashed in the monastery of The Grotto, the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, a 54-acre shrine operated by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary.
Walgreens, CVS pharmacies to begin dispensing pills used for abortion, early miscarriage March 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days.
Christian minister says nitrogen execution he witnessed is slow, ‘spiritually violent’ torture February 29, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Rev. Hood said he and the other witnesses “were very under-informed, very underprepared” for the execution method.
Seven U.S. cardinals pledge to help heal Ukraine’s wounds of war through new fund February 23, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. announced that their Metropolia Humanitarian Aid Fund has been restructured as the “Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund.”
Canadian, Ukrainian religious leaders call for justice, peace in Ukraine as war enters third year February 23, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark, religious leaders in Canada and Ukraine have issued statements calling for justice, peace and broad support of Ukraine’s recovery.
