Data-driven campaign behind abortion ballot measure that defied national trend, strategist says November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Voters in seven of 10 states with ballot referendums on abortion voted to codify abortion as a right in their state constitution, but three states defied that trend, marking the first victories on such measures for pro-life activists since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022.
Dutch church leaders react with shock to antisemitic violence in Amsterdam November 12, 2024By Luuk van den Einden OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Sports, World News The Dutch bishops’ conference and Amsterdam’s St. Nicholas Parish reacted with horror to the violence against Israeli soccer supporters in the city Nov. 7.
Pope encourages U.S. Catholic donors to act synodally, with love November 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Meeting Nov. 11 with members of FADICA, a network of foundations and donors supporting Catholic activities and initiatives, the pope spoke to them about what it means for the Catholic Church to be a “‘synodal’ community.”
In ecumenical meetings, pope points to shared saints, shared mission November 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Christian saints in heaven enjoy full unity and should inspire all Christians to continue to pray and work together for the unity of the churches, Pope Francis told the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
Catholic group calls on Biden in final days to commute death penalty sentences November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, issued a statement Nov. 6 urging President Joe Biden to take action on the practice during the remainder of his presidency while 40 lives on death row “hang in the balance.”
Oakland Diocese files Chapter 11 plan to give more than $160 million to settle abuse claims November 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Diocese of Oakland, Calif., filed a formal Chapter 11 reorganization plan Nov. 8 in an effort to settle some 345 claims of sexual abuse.
Pope: Catholic education must be committed to service November 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized A Catholic institution of higher education is not merely a university with a “distinguished adjective in its name,” Pope Francis said, rather it bears a commitment to teaching and acting in service of others and in line with the Gospels.
DePaul University president ‘appalled’ by attack on two Jewish students on campus November 12, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Two Jewish students were attacked on the campus of Catholic-run DePaul University in Chicago Nov. 6 and the school’s president said he was “appalled” by the incident. The attack was part of a wave of anti-Jewish hostility in the Chicago area in recent weeks.
Caritas in Cuba brings ‘love and solidarity’ to victims of back-to-back earthquake, hurricane November 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Catholic aid workers in Cuba are responding to back-to-back natural disasters on the island, after a hurricane and an earthquake struck the island within four days of each other.
After hurricanes comes the hard part for displaced Floridians November 12, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News With so many families lacking either home, renters or flood insurance, the slow business of finding temporary housing or rebuilding what was damaged after a storm requires time and usually an abundance of private and charitable resources.
Bishops urged to beg for wisdom as USCCB meeting begins in Baltimore November 11, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024 As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg for wisdom.
Deacon Petrosino, known for gifts as educator, dies at 84 November 11, 2024By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Victor Petrosino, who brought imaginative lessons and communications skills he learned as a public school educator to his diaconal ministry at St. Margaret in Bel-Air, died Nov. 5. He was 84.
