Celebrating Notre Dame’s restoration shows ‘how essential sacred spaces are to humanity’ February 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The Chicago-based Catholic Extension Society has learned a thing or two over the years about the importance of sacred spaces.
Prayers, adoration and getting back to basics of faith seen as ways to encourage vocations February 15, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Prayers and fasting, eucharistic adoration and getting back to the basics of the Catholic faith are some of the ways the laity can encourage priestly and religious vocations in 2025.
Tuscan bishop laments passage of right-to-die law in Italy, calls it a ‘defeat for everyone’ February 15, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The head of the Tuscan Bishops’ Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was “not an achievement, but a defeat for everyone.”
Engagement with culture must be central to Catholic life, cardinal says February 15, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Catholics cannot confine their faith to the liturgy but must fully engage and dialogue with the culture that surrounds them, said the cardinal responsible for the church’s engagement with the world of culture.
Movie Review: ‘Heart Eyes’ February 14, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Roses are red… and so is the flood of gore that mars the Valentine’s Day-themed slasher flick “Heart Eyes.”
Pope hospitalized with respiratory infection; condition ‘fair,’ Vatican says February 14, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and having obvious difficulty breathing, the 88-year-old Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital Feb. 14.
Bishops’ migration chair invites Vance to dialogue over church’s work with migrants February 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. bishops’ migration chair called recent comments by Vice President JD Vance about the church’s work with migrants “a tremendous mischaracterization” while speaking at an event in the nation’s capital Feb. 12. But he also invited Vance to sit down and talk with him to set the record straight.
Second Knights of Columbus novena for Ukraine urges prayers ‘for hope’ for the country February 14, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, War in Ukraine, World News As the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine approaches Feb. 24, the Knights of Columbus called for prayers ” for hope for Ukraine” and launched a novena Feb. 15 to pray for widows, youth, orphans, veterans and all those affected by the full-scale Russian invasion.
El Papa ha sido internado en el hospital para pruebas y tratamiento de bronquitis February 14, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Tras sufrir una bronquitis durante más de una semana y tener evidentes dificultades para respirar, el Papa Francisco, de 88 años, fue ingresado el 14 de febrero en el hospital Gemelli de Roma.
Catholic research institutions among those concerned about future of NIH funding February 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Health Care, News, World News Ongoing uncertainty about funding from the National Institutes of Health could imperil medical research at academic institutions all over the country, including Catholic institutions, multiple sources told OSV News.
Bishops defend Catholic Charities work with migrants, refugees as obedience to Jesus February 14, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Catholic Charities, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic Charities agencies provide essential services, such as food, clothing and a place to sleep, as part of how the church puts the Gospel mandate from Jesus Christ into action.
Cardinal Parolin: Palestinians must not be deported from Gaza February 14, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News The same week U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his idea of emptying Gaza of more than 2 million Palestinians so it could become a “Riviera of the Middle East,” a top Vatican official said there must be no deportations.
