Pew: Online worship still satisfying, but in-person worship now more popular June 13, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments A new study indicates Americans are pleased with virtual religious services, but more prefer to attend in person now that the COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended.
Ukraine dam destruction a ‘diabolical act’ in genocidal war, says archbishop, Ukrainian Catholics June 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The destruction of a dam and hydroelectric power plant in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine marks a “dastardly and diabolical act” that “defies imagination,” Archbishop Borys Gudziak, metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S., told OSV News.
Catholic-Jewish experts hail new White House strategy to counter antisemitism June 7, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Experts in Jewish-Catholic relations are hailing a newly unveiled plan by the Biden administration to combat antisemitism, released amid a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years.
Dodgers’ faith night ‘not enough’ to address controversy over LGBTQ+ group, anti-Catholic concerns June 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News The Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to host a July 30 Christian Faith and Family Day does not allay concerns and outrage over the team’s plans to honor a self-described “order of drag, queer and LGBTQ+ nuns,” Catholic experts told OSV News.
Expertos esperan avances en salud, discapacidad y ministerio hispano en la reunión de junio de los obispos de EE.UU. June 2, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: En Español Antes de la reunión de los obispos de EE.UU. en junio, expertos en pastoral dijeron a OSV News que esperan avances en temas que afectan a la atención de la salud, los católicos hispanos y las personas con discapacidad.
Experts hope for progress on health care, disability ministry and Hispanic Catholics at U.S. bishops’ June meeting June 2, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Ahead of the U.S. bishops’ June meeting, pastoral experts told OSV News they are looking forward to progress on issues impacting health care, Hispanic Catholics and persons with disabilities.
Shia LaBeouf: ‘I fell in love with Christ’ to portray Padre Pio on screen May 31, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Actor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama “Padre Pio,” which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2.
Columbus Diocese closes 15 parishes amid initiative to move from maintenance to mission May 30, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, announced May 25 it will close a number of parishes following what it called “an extensive three-year evaluation process.”
Missionary of mercy priest: ‘Be Christ to all people’ in a world ‘hungry for the Word’ May 28, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Whether he is chatting with fellow travelers, buying gift cards for the members of a flight crew or speaking to attendees at his popular “60 Minutes for Jesus” presentations, Father Sichko regularly travels every weekend — coast to coast and across the globe — with a simple aim.
Nun’s incorruptible remains highlight rich heritage of Black Catholics in U.S., say experts May 27, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The recent discovery of a Black American nun’s apparently incorrupt remains in Missouri highlights the rich heritage of Black Catholics in the U.S., experts told OSV News.
Arson at beloved Illinois shrine leaves community ‘deeply wounded,’ says rector May 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A May 23 blaze destroyed the Chapel of the Resurrected Christ at the outdoor Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Fifty years later, N.Y. priest still draws on Vietnam combat experience to minister to others May 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Fifty years after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam, a New York priest says his combat experience there continues to shape his pastoral ministry.
