Thousands of Angelenos at annual OneLife event invited to find hope in L.A.’s ‘trial by fire’ January 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Respect Life, World News The specter of the lingering wildfires hung in the air as thousands gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Jan. 18 for the 11th annual OneLife LA celebration and Requiem Mass for the Unborn.
Texas Cardinal DiNardo retires; Pope Francis names Bishop Vásquez as his successor January 21, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and named as his successor Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas.
Gaza ceasefire an ‘encouraging sign of peace’ for the Middle East, U.S. bishop says January 17, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The negotiations on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the first release of hostages to begin Jan. 19 are seen as an “encouraging sign of peace,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.
New Jersey faith leaders unite to defend immigrant families amid deportation fears January 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, and more than 35 religious leaders from various faiths gathered Jan. 13 to oppose mass deportations anticipated under the incoming presidential administration.
Dramatic weekend events lead to temporary truce in troubled archdiocese in India January 14, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Catholic priests in a troubled Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic archdiocese have called off a four-day protest after an assurance of dialogue to resolve their demands amid a decades-old liturgy dispute on the rubrics of Mass.
At age 116, religious sister from Brazil is the oldest person on the planet January 9, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Teresian Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas from Brazil has become the world’s oldest person, reaching 116 years and 210 days.
Biden cancels final foreign trip, including papal audience, amid California wildfires January 9, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, in order to “remain focused on directing the full federal response” in the wake of the devastating wildfires raging in California, the White House said.
India’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church begins synod amid liturgy row January 7, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News A crucial meeting of the India-based Eastern Catholic Syro-Malabar Church’s synod of bishops began amid a simmering decades-old liturgy dispute over the rubrics of Mass.
SEEK25 conferences in U.S., Germany energize young Catholics to share hope in Jesus January 6, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The excitement in the air was palpable as more than 17,000 Catholics descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Jan. 1-5 for SEEK25.
Catholic priest in Belarus convicted of treason, sentenced to 11 years in penal colony January 2, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus Dec. 30 in a move that highlights the growing persecution of Catholics in the Russia-aligned country.
In the Jubilee Year, feed the hungry, says Catholic charity January 2, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Social Justice, World News As the Jubilee Year picks up speed, the faithful must participate by sharing what we have with the disadvantaged, Catholic charity Mary’s Meals urged.
New Orleans archbishop, others offer prayer and support for victims of ‘evil’ deadly New Year attack; FBI investigating as terrorism January 1, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers for victims of what he described as a “sign of utter disrespect for human life” perpetrated by a man who drove a pickup truck through crowds celebrating the New Year in New Orleans’ French Quarter around 3 a.m. Jan. 1.
