Christian leaders express ‘serious anxiety’ over Indian atrocities September 20, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News About 40 Christian leaders who gathered in mid-September expressed “serious anxiety” over “the increasing atrocities on Christians and other minorities,” and they demanded protection for minority rights and security for minority communities.
Uvalde, Texas church opens counseling facility for ongoing healing from 2022 mass shooting September 20, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde has opened a new, onsite counseling facility to provide ongoing community healing and support following the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Colorado voters to decide fate of blocked marriage amendment at the ballot box September 19, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Among the ballot measures voters will consider in November, Colorado voters will decide whether to keep a provision in their state constitution banning same-sex marriage that was rendered moot by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing such unions nationwide.
A Catholic’s guide to voting September 16, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary Voting: It is one of our most important responsibilities as citizens. Indeed, the church teaches that there are three primary responsibilities of all citizens: to pay taxes, to defend their country and to vote.
Pope expresses solidarity with Vietnam flood victims; local Caritas agency rushes to help September 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News More than 100 people, including a Catholic religious sister, are still listed as missing after Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, left at least 233 dead in northern Vietnam.
Franciscan University to launch new program in D.C. after $10 million gift September 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, announced new plans Sept. 3 to launch a program helping students engage in political and cultural work in the nation’s capital after a multi-million dollar gift.
James Earl Jones, distinguished actor and Catholic convert, dies at 93 September 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Obituaries, World News James Earl Jones, a distinguished actor known for his resonant voice and a Black Catholic, died Sept. 9 in Dutchess County, New York, at age 93.
In moving video, Princess of Wales says she has completed chemotherapy September 10, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, World News In a moving family video, Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Plaque is ‘solemn acknowledgement’ of abuse survivors, says Santa Fe Archdiocese September 9, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has installed a plaque near the entrance of the Pastoral Center in Albuquerque “as a solemn acknowledgment and remembrance” of all victims of clergy sexual abuse, both living and deceased, within the archdiocese.
Catholics, evangelicals explore common ground rooted in shared ‘love of Jesus Christ’ September 7, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News A group of Catholics and evangelicals has released a one-page document that identifies areas of common ground among the two largest Christian groups in the world.
Bell tower collapses at church in northern France where first bishop of Baltimore studied September 4, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer in the morning hours of Sept. 2, causing its bell tower to collapse.
Bishop Cote of Norwich, Conn., retires; Hartford archbishop named apostolic administrator September 3, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael R. Cote, 75, of Norwich, Connecticut, and appointed Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne of Hartford, Conn., as apostolic administrator of the diocese.
