Amid horrors of Holocaust, Polish Franciscan mother superior saved hundreds of Jewish children January 27, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News On Jan. 27, as the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liberation of German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau — where 216,000 Jewish children, among 231,000 children from various nations, perished, Mother Matylda was being remembered as a beacon of hope in the midst of Nazi horrors and as one that saved hundreds of Jewish children.
Pope clears way for beatification of Georgia martyrs January 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has formally recognized that five Franciscan missionaries ministering in what is now the U.S. state of Georgia were killed for their faith.
Bishops across Europe remember Holocaust victims, urge world to fight rising antisemitism January 27, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News Church leaders across Europe marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with calls to remember German Nazi-inflicted sufferings and to counter a new rise in antisemitism and extremism.
Catholic communication must engage with the world, pope says January 27, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Church communications cannot exist in an “enclosure” in which Catholics merely talk among themselves and do not engage with the outside world, Pope Francis said.
Holocaust cannot be forgotten or denied, pope says January 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News After reciting the Angelus prayer Jan. 26 with visitors in St. Peter’s Square, the pope drew their attention to the following day’s commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Peruvian Cardinal Cipriani rejects abuse allegations as ‘completely false,’ Vatican confirms sanctions still in place January 27, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, the first cardinal of Opus Dei, said Jan. 25 that abuse accusations made against him in a Spanish daily El País are “completely false,” while acknowledging he was sanctioned by the Vatican in the past and saying that the sanctions were lifted by Pope Francis.
Radio Interview: St. Paul Street Evangelization January 27, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Bob Wilson, who now works with St. Paul Street Evangelization in Michigan, about the motivation and methods for reaching out to people to invite them to a relationship with Jesus in the Catholic Church.
Vance spars with US bishops over their pushback on Trump’s immigration policy January 27, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops’ criticism of President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies in a Jan. 26 interview — including raids on churches and schools — asking if they are actually concerned about receiving federal resettlement funding and “their bottom line.”
Catholic school uniforms a source of unity and distinction in Archdiocese of Baltimore January 27, 2025By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools While Catholic school uniforms have changed in style and fabric over the years, two things remain the same: the uniforms are a source of unity and students never have to worry about what to wear.
5 things to know about the sacrament of reconciliation January 27, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments Here are five things you might not know, others you once learned but perhaps forgot, and inspiration to recommit daily to seeking closer friendship with God through repentance and fighting sin, wherever it is found.
Trump bars taxpayer funding for abortion in the U.S. or overseas January 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad.
U.S. social ministry gathering summons Catholics to work for Christ’s ‘greater justice’ January 27, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News Perhaps the largest U.S. assembly of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the biennial Catholic Social Ministry Gathering takes place Jan. 25-28 in Washington, a day after the national March for Life.
