Polish church warns of widening conflict over ‘hostile reforms’ May 24, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Poland’s bishops have warned of growing conflict with anti-clerical politicians if they press ahead with plans to remove public crosses and curb religious education in the traditionally Catholic country, as church leaders across Europe also cautioned against the “marginalization” of Christianity.
New clergy arrests, information blackout spark consternation in Belarus May 21, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Leaders of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have deplored an information blackout surrounding the arrest of two of their priests in Belarus.
Pro-life UK groups vow to oppose ‘barbaric’ proposal to list all restrictions on abortion May 17, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News British pro-life campaigners have vowed to step up opposition to law changes that would lift all restrictions on abortion and called on church leaders to speak up more forcefully.
Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate May 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate, a kind of diocese originally set up to receive groups of Anglican Christians into full communion with the Catholic Church, have welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of their first bishop — and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.
Murdered Polish missionary begins ‘path to sainthood’ April 19, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Poland’s church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns at a children’s home in Bolivia in 2017.
Pressure for abortion liberalization sparks Catholic protests in Europe April 15, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Tens of thousands of Poles have joined church-backed street protests after legislators pressed ahead with plans to liberalize abortion in the traditionally Catholic country.
Russian church sets out Orthodox rejection of Vatican same-sex blessings March 27, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, World News In its first detailed analysis of the Vatican’s pre-Christmas declaration “Fiducia Supplicans,” Russia’s Orthodox Church has accused Pope Francis of “rejecting the Christian moral ideal” by allowing the blessing of same-sex couples.
Russian, Ukrainian church leaders react to Moscow terror attack March 25, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Russia’s Catholic archbishop has echoed condemnations of a March 22 terror assault which left dozens dead and injured at a Moscow concert venue, although a bishop from war-torn Ukraine warned the atrocity should also remind Russians of what his country was suffering at their hands.
Major Archbishop Shevchuk discusses pope’s primacy, Ukraine’s faith and Russian terror March 22, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has insisted his countrymen will “never surrender” to Russia’s invasion and that the pope’s recent call for a negotiation of terms with Moscow was “deeply hurtful” for his nation.
Russian presidential election leaves Catholics facing ‘uncertain future’ March 20, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A senior priest in Russia has said he fears uncertain conditions for local Catholics after March 15-17 presidential elections, in which Vladimir Putin claimed a landslide victory after the forced elimination of effective opponents.
Egyptian Catholic clergy say interreligious ties are being derailed by ‘Fiducia’ March 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Catholic clergy from Egypt have warned that ties with Orthodox and Islamic leaders are being derailed by a Vatican decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples, after the country’s influential Coptic Orthodox Church suspended dialogue over the issue.
Russian Catholic join in mourning Navalny, urge fight continue for human rights March 4, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Prominent Russian Catholics have urged church members to continue condemning human rights violations after the funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, despite warnings people who attended could face police reprisals.
