Uvalde Catholic community marks painful anniversary with Mass, prayers May 26, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Community members gathered in Uvalde, Texas, to pray and honor the 21 lives taken last year in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Disminución de latinos en EE.UU. que se identifican como católicos es visto como una llamada a ‘cambiar de marcha’ April 18, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: En Español El número de latinos en Estados Unidos que se identifican como católicos sigue disminuyendo constantemente, con sólo alrededor del 43% ahora auto-identificándose como católicos, según un nuevo análisis del Pew Research Center. El porcentaje de latinos sin afiliación religiosa también ha aumentado.
Steady decline of U.S. Latinos identifying as Catholics sounds alarm to ‘shift gears’ April 18, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The number of U.S. Latinos who identify as Catholic continues to decline steadily, with only about 43 percent now self-identifying as Catholic, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center.
Church and community groups must infuse love into a culture of gun violence, say panelists February 3, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Social Justice, World News During a Jan. 29 plenary session at the 2023 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio made an impassioned plea to treat all people with dignity, calling gun violence a pro-life issue.
Archbishop Lori tells conference to look at ‘root’ of violence, poverty January 31, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that in order to help mothers and children thrive as a way to build peace, “we really have to think about the root causes of the violence and the poverty that we see all around us.”
