Sacred Heart encyclical hailed as a ‘simple and powerful cure’ to rekindle love October 28, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure” for a fractured world, said the president of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference — and that sentiment was echoed by other experts on devotion to the Sacred Heart.
New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger’s collected works in English October 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican’s publishing house, has granted Word on Fire the exclusive English-language rights to translate and publish the collected works of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which were written in the late pope’s native German.
From coast to coast, Catholic kids support missions in prayer, donations October 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News, Youth Ministry In the weeks surrounding World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 this year, Catholic kids from coast to coast have been supporting missions through prayers and donations.
Jesuit scholar’s search for films’ ‘theology of horror’ finds the sacred in the screams October 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Beneath the nation’s fascination with horror films — which translates into a multibillion-dollar industry — lurks a hidden quest for the divine, a theologian with expertise on the genre told OSV News.
La novena por el ‘Respeto por la vida’ destaca el don de la vida y la necesidad de rezar por su protección October 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: En Español La novena anual para orar por el “Respeto por la vida” de la Conferencia de los Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos comienza el 22 de octubre y concluye el 30 de octubre.
‘Respect Life’ novena highlights gift of life, need for protection October 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The nation’s Catholic bishops are inviting the faithful to join in a novena highlighting the gift of human life, while praying for its protection.
Russian ban of religious websites ‘blocks truth,’ says Ukrainian religious news service editor October 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Russia’s latest blockage of Western religious websites and social media accounts tightens the Kremlin’s chokehold on Russian residents’ information access, the editor of a Ukrainian religious news outlet told OSV News.
In November, two Sundays are devoted to prayer for persecuted Christians around world October 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A number of organizations are inviting faithful to pray for persecuted Christians throughout the month of November, as more than 365 million believers in Christ worldwide suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination, according to a 20242023 report by the advocacy group Open Doors.
At home or abroad, mission work involves ‘radical transformation’ in Christ, says US missions expert October 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Giving, Missions, News, World News Ahead of World Mission Sunday — which the Catholic Church celebrates on the second to last Sunday in October, and which in 2024 falls on Oct. 20 — OSV News spoke with Kevin Foy, executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association, on current perspectives and trends in mission work.
Ukrainian pilgrims gather at Lourdes to pray for peace in homeland and in the world October 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s war on Ukraine approaches its 11th year, thousands of Ukrainians from all over the world gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France to pray for peace in their homeland and throughout the world.
Wester: Nobel Peace Prize for Japanese atomic bomb survivors ‘fitting’ amid global tensions October 17, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News The naming of a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient is “fitting … during this time of heightened geopolitical tension,” said Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., who has traveled to Japan on several peace pilgrimages and also released a 2022 pastoral letter on nuclear disarmament.
Russia blocks Catholic, other religious websites amid war in Ukraine October 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Amid its war on Ukraine, Russia continues to block a number of external religious websites, social media accounts and apps from several countries, preventing believers of various faiths from accessing information and engaging in dialogue, according to a human rights watch group.
