Nun accused of allegedly aiding mafia placed under house arrest December 9, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A Sister of Charity in northern Italy was placed under house arrest after a nearly four-month investigation by prosecutors revealed she allegedly used her prison ministry to connect local mafia bosses with inmates.
Cardinal: Church must embark on ‘very serious process’ before considering Sodalitium’s dissolution November 10, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The recent expulsions of members from Sodalitium Christianae Vitae are part of a long and serious process that is needed before the church can consider going the route of completely dissolving the controversial lay movement, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno.
Former doctrinal chief calls Father Gustavo Gutierrez ‘one of the great theologians of our time’ October 23, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, Obituaries, World News Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the “father of liberation theology,” which rose to prominence in South America in the 1960s and 1970s as a way of responding to the needs of Latin America’s poor, died Oct. 22 at age 96.
Pope Francis expels more Sodalitium members as calls increase for group’s suppression October 22, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has expelled two more members and upheld the expulsion of one member of the controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae due to allegations of sexual abuse, abuse of power and financial malfeasance.
‘High-time’ for lay men, women to become evangelizers, missionary says October 20, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, World News As the Catholic Church commemorates World Mission Sunday Oct. 20, Divine Word Father Victor Roche, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, said Catholics should not only reflect on the work carried out by priests and men and women religious, but also on their own personal calling to be missionaries in their own country.
Kenyan missionary in Diocese of Rochester hopes to ‘give back’ to church October 19, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News As Catholics worldwide prepare to commemorate World Mission Sunday, a missionary priest in the Diocese of Rochester, New York, said his work has given him the opportunity to give back what he received in his youth in Kenya.
World Mission Sunday reminds Catholics of ‘our connection’ to faithful around globe, priest says October 17, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Giving, Missions, News, World News Each year, churches around the world commemorate World Mission Sunday to highlight, encourage and promote the Catholic Church’s missions around the world.
In Argentina, Opus Dei ‘categorically’ denies allegations it’s involved in human trafficking October 11, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Books, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Argentine prosecutors issued a request that a formal inquiry be opened into allegations of human trafficking and exploitation made against Opus Dei — accusations the organization has “categorically” denied.
‘Opus’: Prelature describes author’s depiction of events as ‘absolute nonsense’ October 10, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, World News A new book accusing Opus Dei of dealing in human trafficking, forced labor as well as financial malfeasance by members who held powerful positions in a prominent Spanish bank is “absolute nonsense,” according to the organization.
As church prepares for Jubilee, ‘Holy Land is bleeding,’ Palestine ambassador says October 7, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine’s ambassador to the Holy See said. In an interview with OSV News Sept. 27, Ambassador Issa Kassissieh said that he hopes that “the war will be behind us” by the time Pope Francis […]
Israeli ambassador says country ‘craves peace’ as tensions rise in the Middle East October 7, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News On the first anniversary of the attack that sparked an escalating conflict in the Holy Land, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said his country still hopes for peace.
Iraqi archbishop says rift with Chaldean patriarch is a ‘misunderstanding’ September 30, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said tensions between himself and Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch, were the result of a misunderstanding and denied accusations he was working against the patriarch.
