Economist: Addressing freefalling global fertility rates requires changing hearts more than policies April 6, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News For plummeting worldwide fertility rates to change course, people must find courage to “do the hard thing” of raising large families, and that courage comes from faith, said Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, an economist at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
How Catholic families can participate in the National Eucharistic Congress April 2, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Planned for July 17-21 at Lucas Oil Stadium and the adjacent Indiana Convention Center, the 10th National Eucharistic Congress is expected to draw tens of thousands of Catholics of all ages from across the country for worship, prayer, formation and community.
Heading to the National Eucharistic Congress in July? Here’s what to expect March 3, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The tens of thousands of Catholics planning to attend the five-day 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July will experience large-scale liturgies, dynamic speakers, and opportunities for quiet prayer and faith-sharing, with six different “impact session” tracks tailored to their peer groups or faith journey.
U.S. sociologist who has studied parishes, Catholic movements, women’s ministry looks forward to synod role February 27, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Sociologist Tricia C. Bruce has dedicated her career to trying to understand American Catholics’ attitudes and behavior. She will draw on that experience in her new role as a consultor to the General Secretariat of the Synod, which she expects to include listening to diverse voices and considering broad questions, she said.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to include shrines, secular landmarks, diocesan events February 23, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is a major prelude to the National Eucharistic Congress, which expects to bring together tens of thousands of Catholics July 17-21 in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium for worship, speakers and Eucharist-centered events.
After a decade’s work, scholar brings Flannery O’Connor’s unfinished novel to light February 19, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, World News Titled “Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress,” the 192-page book pairs O’Connor’s fragments with Wilson’s commentary on the events and writings that influence them.
Catholic prayer app Hallow, He Gets Us campaign to run faith-focused Super Bowl commercials February 10, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Super Bowl LVIII watchers can expect to see at least three faith-based commercials during the televised Feb. 11 showdown in Las Vegas between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
Bishops say outreach to people in ‘irregular’ relationships needs to go beyond blessings February 2, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Since the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith issued “Fiducia Supplicans” (“Supplicating Trust”) on “the pastoral meaning of blessings” Dec. 18, which proposed “to broaden and enrich the meaning of blessings,” including the extension of non-liturgical blessings to individuals in “irregular” extramarital sexual relationships — especially same-sex couples and cohabiting heterosexual couples — bishops around the world have distilled its pastoral guidance for their specific flocks.
Creativity, flexibility hallmarks of Catholic schools’ future success, education experts say January 29, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News Creative approaches to Catholic education are signs that Catholic schools are adapting to new needs, said Mary Pat Donoghue, executive director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Church’s surrogacy teaching rooted in the primacy of the rights of the child January 22, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News “Donum Vitae” is a document that, nearly 40 years ago, made explicit the church’s teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy — a teaching that in January 2024 made headlines after Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban on surrogacy while speaking with members of the diplomatic corps assigned to the Holy See.
USCCB affirms pope’s description of surrogacy as turning a child into ‘an object of trafficking’ January 9, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pope Francis told diplomats Jan. 8 that he finds surrogacy “deplorable” and would like to see the practice universally banned.
National Eucharistic Revival gave rise to creative parish, diocesan efforts in 2023 December 30, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News The coming calendar year will include the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that begins mid-May and the National Eucharistic Congress in July, two large-scale efforts that lead into the revival’s final year, the Year of Going Out on Mission, which ends on Pentecost 2025.
