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.
Faith, business, agricultural leaders discuss ways to respond to ‘cry’ of Earth, the poor September 1, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha hosted a diverse group of leaders from government, business, education, nonprofit, agriculture and religious organizations from across northeast Nebraska for a day of reflection on how to care for our common home.
Carmelites find St. Teresa of Ávila’s body still incorrupt after opening coffin for study of relics August 29, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a study of her relics, which will be carried out by Italian doctors and scientists — with the approval of the Vatican.
Prominent cleric behind Toronto World Youth Day accused of sexually assaulting young priest August 29, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A lawsuit launched in March has accused Father Thomas Rosica, the national director of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, of sexually assaulting a young priest in the lead-up to the event.
