Iraqi Catholic archbishop calls terrorism lawsuit ‘false and defamatory’ April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A Chaldean Catholic archbishop denies claims by an Iraqi-American businesswoman that he “aided and abetted” acts of “international terrorism,” including her alleged kidnapping and torture, amid political infighting and turmoil in Iraq in 2014.
Riches can be burdens, preventing people from following Jesus, pope says April 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Jesus loves people as they are, not based on their merit or righteousness, said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Pope Francis calls his envoy to Ukraine; ‘The papal blessing is protecting us, we feel it,’ says local bishop April 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As Ukraine experienced a deadly weekend with a barrage of attacks from Russia on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv, the capital, the papal almoner handed a gift from Pope Francis — four ambulances — to local authorities in Zaporizhzhia.
Snow White and the significance of fairy tales April 9, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews In retelling the fairy tales of bygone eras, filmmakers would do well to allow Snow White’s prince to come, Belle’s Beast to transform and Cinderella’s slipper to fit.
Question Corner: Why do we need confession if Jesus’ death cleansed us from our sins? April 9, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments We know that God is totally loving and merciful, and is always ready to forgive. And this is why Jesus left the church with the sacrament of penance, to provide a means for reconciliation after post-baptismal sins.
Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching fellows to serve in Baltimore Catholic schools through new partnership April 9, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., have announced a new partnership that will bring four ACE Teaching Fellows to Catholic schools across Baltimore.
Diocese of Providence welcomes Bishop Lewandowski April 8, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Bishops, Feature, Local News, News A few hours after it was announced in Rome and Washington April 8 that Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., would be the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., he greeted the people of his new flock in an emotional news conference from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence.
Art center continues to promote Rupnik art as alleged survivors hail mosaic coverages April 8, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News As dioceses and shrines are questioning how best to limit the use of artwork created by Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik, who is accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse over three decades, the art center he founded continued to promote his latest mosaics at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.
Hundreds gather in Emmitsburg for first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress April 8, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Deaf Ministry, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Deaf Catholics from across the country stood side by side, hands raised in prayer, signing in unison – worshiping in their own language at the first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress.
El papa Francisco nombra al obispo Lewandowski para la Diócesis de Providence, Rhode Island April 8, 2025By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: En Español El papa Francisco ha nombrado al obispo Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., nuevo obispo de la Diócesis de Providence, Rhode Island. El nombramiento fue anunciado en Washington, D.C. el 8 de abril por el cardenal Christophe Pierre, nuncio apostólico en los Estados Unidos.
Worn out before God by the noisy, tiresome digital age April 8, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, social media God is good and full of mercy, with plans for us — plans of fullness, not of harm. Increasingly I feel called to serve that reality, to quiet down and let the frenzied world turn its terrible ways while in the grips of a chaos magic that has been increasing in its scope for many decades.
Pope Francis appoints Bishop McKnight new archbishop of Kansas City April 8, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., and named Bishop William Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Mo., as his successor.
