Catholics in states affected by ever-shrinking Colorado River draw on ‘Laudato Si” to help avert water crisis June 20, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Catholics in some of the affected states are complementing the government’s effort to prevent disaster with principles of Pope Francis’ landmark 2015 environmental encyclical “Laudato Si'” firmly in mind.
Economists, educators, Catholic leaders discuss what’s at stake in debt limit resolution for those most in need May 30, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, World News Details are still forthcoming and must be formalized into legislation for a Congressional vote — however, the prospect of a national default on the debts the nation has already incurred is potentially averted for the moment.
New ‘Mary, Explained’ video series helps Catholics discover, embrace Jesus’ mother as the ‘model disciple’ May 30, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News “Mary, Explained”, a new, seven-part video series from the Diocese of Arlington, Va., tackles this catechetical gap, offering an engaging refresher course in who the Blessed Mother is, what the church teaches about her, and why all Catholics should be close to her.
Dioceses wake up to youth mental health crisis, helping parents, teachers and pastors take action May 29, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News, Youth Ministry According to Catholic mental health professionals and diocesan executives, young people face considerable mental health challenges — and the adults in their lives need to listen.
Experts hail U.S. surgeon general’s social media warning for youth mental health May 28, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News, Youth Ministry U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy had a warning May 23: “We are in the middle of a national youth mental health crisis, and I am concerned that social media is an important driver of that crisis — one that we must urgently address.”
Survey reveals majority of Americans ‘seldom’ or ‘never’ attend religious services May 24, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new report from the Public Religion Research Institute titled “Religion and Congregations in a Time of Social and Political Upheaval” casts a shadow of doubt on the fervor of Americans, only 16 percent of whom reported to PRRI that religion is the most important thing in their lives.
Una encuesta revela que la mayoría de los estadounidenses ‘rara vez’ o ‘nunca’ asiste a servicios religiosos May 24, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: En Español Después de viajar por Estados Unidos durante 10 meses en 1831-32, el diplomático y filósofo político francés Alexis de Tocqueville declaró en su obra clásica “Democracia en América” que “no hay país en el mundo donde la religión cristiana conserve una mayor influencia sobre las almas de los hombres que en América”.
Will AI serve or replace Hollywood’s human writers on strike for better wages? May 17, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Among the 11,500 members’ demands to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, is that any forthcoming contract agreement should “regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies.”
Foster care is a pro-life issue the church should fully support, parents say May 15, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News “We see fostering and adoption, clearly, as a very significant pro-life issue.”
Despite new EPA rule to reduce toxic pollution, Catholic activist says fight to protect communities far from over May 8, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Rise St. James describes itself as “fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana.”
Finances bottleneck potential canonization of dozens of American saints and martyrs May 2, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News While only one Indigenous North American — St. Kateri Tekakwitha — has achieved it, the six American Black Catholics with causes underway have waited a total of 720 years for sainthood.
Two potential Black Catholic saints inspire audiences through theatrical productions April 22, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) and Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) both endured and triumphed against the sin of racism in their own eras and in the Catholic Church, offering future generations of every race a timeless legacy of what it means to live in the freedom of following Jesus Christ.
