Archbishop Gudziak: Ukraine remembers Soviet-era genocide amid ‘new genocidal war’ November 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian global community is marking the 91st anniversary of a Soviet-era genocide, even “as a new genocidal war is being perpetrated against Ukraine and its people,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Cardinal Ayuso, promoter of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72 November 25, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News panish Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, who dedicated his priestly life and ministry to building bridges between Catholics and Muslims, died in Rome Nov. 25 at the age of 72.
Final synod document is magisterial, must be accepted, pope says November 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Doubling down on the centrality of synodality in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said that it is now up to local churches to accept and implement proposals from the final document approved the Synod of Bishops on synodality.
Pope declares Spanish mystic ‘blessed,’ advances other sainthood causes November 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Using what the Vatican called an “equipollent” or equivalent beatification, Pope Francis recognized as “blessed” a 15th-century Spanish abbess, mystic and preacher.
Churches, faith groups join forces in Britain against ‘deceptive’ assisted suicide bill November 25, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Churches and faith groups across the United Kingdom have condemned a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide and stepped up efforts to block its Nov. 29 approval by parliamentarians.
Movie Review: ‘Gladiator II’ November 25, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Nearly a quarter-century after its predecessor premiered, “Gladiator II” (Paramount) takes moviegoers back into the ancient arena. The result is a spectacular but sterile historical epic whose unsparing depiction of life-or-death combat greatly circumscribes its appropriate audience.
Pope condemns ‘arrogance of invaders’ in Ukraine and Palestine November 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The “arrogance” of the invaders attacking Ukraine and Palestine blocks the dialogue necessary to build peace in those countries, Pope Francis said.
Catholic priests face new pressures after nuncio departs Belarus November 25, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vocations, World News Clergy in Belarus are deleting their social media profiles to avoid arrest, according to church sources, as local parishes face pressure under a new religious law.
Radio Interview: St. Thomas Aquinas and the search for truth November 25, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Dominican Father Ambrose Little about a new online program offered by the Thomistic Institute called “Aquinas 101,” which helps viewers go through short videos about various concepts, aimed at the search for truth. Father Little notes that truth is not subjective, but enduring.
Church tribunals must uphold charity, justice, truth, pope says November 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News When Catholics approach a church tribunal or canon lawyer, they “must always meet the face of our mother, the holy church, who loves all her children with tenderness,” Pope Francis said.
St. Jude relic tour halted over ‘incident’ involving students, visiting priest November 25, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Saints, World News A tour of a relic of St. Jude conducted by Father Carlos Martins, a priest with the Companions of the Cross order known for hosting “The Exorcist Files” podcast, was halted Nov. 21 following an alleged “incident” involving students, according to a statement from Queen of Apostles Church in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois and from the diocese.
Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, pope says November 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry While world events can seem chaotic, violent and out of control, Christians can be certain that “everything is ultimately subject to the judgment of Christ, the just and merciful king,” Pope Francis said at Mass.
