Pro-life advocates take ‘moment to regroup’ after Maine expands abortion access July 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News With Maine set to broadly expand access to abortion, pro-life advocates in that state are taking “a moment to regroup,” said an official from the Diocese of Portland.
Líderes católicos llaman a la oración y la acción después de la ola de tiroteos durante el feriado del 4 de julio en EE.UU. July 7, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: En Español Líderes católicos de todo el país están pidiendo oración y acción después de que la violencia armada marcó el fin de semana largo del 4 de julio en varios estados.
Russia launches ‘barbaric attack’ on civilians near Ukrainian Catholic University July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 50 miles from the Polish border.
Catholic leaders call for prayer, action after wave of July 4 holiday shootings across US July 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders throughout the country are calling for prayer and action after gun violence scarred the July 4 holiday weekend in several states.
Beloved high school teacher robbed before gun-slaying on Catholic University campus, says family July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News An apparent murder on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington was “not a random incident,” and poses “no present danger” to the university community, according to police and university officials.
New Haven churches merged into new parish named for Knights of Columbus founder July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News A priest on the road to sainthood, who has united millions of Catholic men across the world, is drawing faithful together in the town where he first served.
Pope’s ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a ‘big, big grace’ amid fears, frustrations July 5, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war.
‘God is with us in our car’: Ukraine combat medic brings faith, healing to the battlefield July 4, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Amid the heat of combat, “the most important thing is not just to do the medicine, which comes automatically, but to be able to gather your thoughts and be focused in these stressful situations.”
Ukrainian Catholic archbishop joins call for ‘new constitution’ to ensure Ukraine’s post-war future July 1, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine must develop “a new social consensus” and “a new constitution” to ensure its post-war future, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak and several other endorsers of a June 28 document from Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University.
Build ‘a culture that gives life,’ says U.S. Ukrainian Catholic archbishop June 30, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia seeks to destroy Ukraine through a full-scale invasion, Ukrainians — and the West itself — must commit to building “a culture that gives life,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.
Caviezel: ‘Sound of Freedom’ a ‘weapon of mass instruction’ to end child trafficking June 28, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Movie & Television Reviews A new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.
Ukrainian Catholic University volunteers feed front-line soldiers with food for body and soul June 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News For the past several months, Nataliia Batyhina, a development professional at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, has headed up a small army of volunteers from the school to prepare food for front-line soldiers battling Russia’s invasion.
