Swedish cardinal urges Catholics to make voices heard on abortion issue June 12, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Sweden’s Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm called on the country’s Catholics to engage others in meaningful ways to protect the lives of the unborn.
After Israeli hostage rescue, pope renews call for cease-fire, humanitarian aid in Gaza June 10, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis once again renewed his call for a cease-fire in Gaza following the rescue of four hostages that led to what officials in Gaza said was the killing of more than 270 Palestinians in an Israeli rescue operation that one European Union diplomat deemed a “massacre.”
Caritas Australia mobilizes efforts to aid landslide victims in Papua New Guinea May 28, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Caritas Australia mobilized relief efforts to aid victims of a horrific landslide that devastated remote communities in Papua New Guinea.
Access to aid in Gaza should not be a ‘bargaining chip,’ Caritas says as people face ‘full-blown famine’ May 8, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Israel’s escalation in Rafah is only worsening the humanitarian situation for countless men, women and children caught in the crossfire, said Ireneusz Krause, deputy director for Caritas Poland.
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ after powerful 7.4 magnitude quake strikes Taiwan April 4, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation’s eastern shore.
Aid workers in Gaza, including at least one Catholic, killed by Israeli strike April 2, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization that delivers food in war-torn countries, expressed outrage after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.
Monte Cassino Abbey: Tragic anniversary offers lesson to world at war February 15, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News On Feb. 15, 1944, over 100 heavy and medium bombers dropped more than 1,000 tons of explosives, turning the centuries-old monastery, which was founded by St. Benedict of Nursia in 529, into a fiery pile of rubble.
Italy grants citizenship to critically ill 8-month-old refused further treatment in UK November 7, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Italian government granted citizenship to Indi Gregory, an 8-month-old child suffering from a degenerative disease who is at the center of a legal battle in the U.K. to keep her on life support.
Initiative urges pope to write encyclical on nonviolence; patriarch cites ‘horrors’ of war October 24, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Amid wars around the world, particularly in Ukraine and the Holy Land, the Catholic Church needs to speak out on nonviolence as a necessary option for any hope of peace, said a representative of Pax Christi International, urging the pope to write an encyclical on nonviolence and just peace.
Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of ‘carnage’ October 19, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine’s ambassador to Denmark said.
Hamas attack a catastrophe of ‘biblical dimensions,’ says Israeli ambassador October 9, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The shock of the surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel, in which hundreds were killed, wounded or kidnapped, has left a traumatic mark on Israeli citizens, said the country’s ambassador to the Vatican.
Attacks on Odesa prove Russia is a ‘terrorist’ state, Ukraine ambassador says July 24, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See said the onslaught of attacks on Odesa and several surrounding cities shows that Russia’s actions are no different than the actions of a terrorist organization.
