Mass celebrated in memory of mariners lost at sea, other seafarers and their families May 23, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In anticipation of the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea, Bishop Brendan J. Cahill of Victoria, Texas, celebrated Mass in Washington to remember seafarers who have lost their lives at sea and to pray for all who work the sea and their families.
Make Jesus’ ‘Gospel friendship’ the heart of Catholic social ministry, says Baltimore’s Bishop Lewandowski January 30, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski of Baltimore recalled in a homily Jan. 28 the kind of greeting he would always receive from a Puerto Rican woman who was a member of the parish he pastored in Philadelphia’s Kensington section, Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Trial of pro-life activist charged with violating federal FACE Act gets underway January 26, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic pro-life advocate is on trial for allegedly violating a federal law that protects access to abortion clinics, and the lead lawyer defending him said the charges against his client are being pursued “solely to intimidate people of faith and pro-life Americans.”
U.S. bishops call Catholics to unite in mourning the death of retired pope December 31, 2022By Julie Asher Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Across the U.S., Catholic bishops called on the faithful to unite in mourning for retired Pope Benedict XVI, who died on the eve of the new year.
