Pope to media: Share hope, build community, shun aggressiveness January 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis urged communicators to use their platforms to inspire hope by avoiding aggressive language and rejecting rhetoric that dehumanizes others.
Vatican official asks journalists to share Holy Year hope, grace January 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The hope and grace that come from taking part in a Jubilee celebration is not a personal privilege, but must communicated and shared with others, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Holy Year 2025.
Vatican doctrine chief: Cases of spiritual abuse demand clear canon law January 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Code of Canon Law must more directly address the frequent spiritual manipulation and abuse of office wrought by members of the church to solicit sex, the Vatican’s doctrinal chief said.
Effort to enshrine abortion in Virginia Constitution ‘extreme, radical, deadly,’ say bishops January 24, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, National Black Congress, News, World News The Catholic bishops of Virginia Jan. 21 expressed “alarm and dismay at the aggressive pursuit of enshrining a ‘right'” to abortion in the Virginia Constitution by majorities in the state’s House and Senate.
At National Prayer Vigil for Life, young people challenged ‘to be a light in our culture’ January 24, 2025By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In a basilica “adorned with beautiful mosaic art,” the “most impressive” mosaic was “the gathering of people from so many different places coming together to stand for life and to be a light in our culture,” Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., said Jan. 23.
Trump orders JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files declassified: ‘Everything will be revealed’ January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists convicted of FACE Act violations January 24, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.
The power of a ‘nudge’ to pray January 24, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Learning about the power of the nudge can help us make — and keep — new habits.
Catholic Social Ministry Gathering to return with a mandate for building hope January 24, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Perhaps the largest U.S. gathering of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering is set to take place Jan. 25-28 in Washington, a day after the national March for Life.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
JD Vance to speak at March for Life rally January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Vice President JD Vance will speak at the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, organizers announced a day prior to the event.
Most Americans support legal limits on abortion, Knights-Marist poll shows January 23, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans support legal limits on abortion, according to results from a Knights of Columbus-Marist poll released Jan. 23.
