Distance learning expands continuing-education opportunities September 12, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations The Center for Continuing Formation opened in 1996 at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Homeland to encourage priests, bishops, deacons and lay ecclesial ministers to grow intellectually and spiritually,
Reflecting with St. Edith Stein on the nature of women September 12, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints, Vocations Catholics today grapple with the role of women in the workforce as well as the role of the woman who is single by choice or circumstance.
Franciscan University to launch new program in D.C. after $10 million gift September 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, announced new plans Sept. 3 to launch a program helping students engage in political and cultural work in the nation’s capital after a multi-million dollar gift.
Question Corner: Is the annulment process just a way to get around the church’s prohibition on divorce? September 11, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner In order to ensure that declarations of nullity are not simply “rubber stamped” or “cop outs,” the church has a specific process, carried out through the ministry of diocesan marriage tribunals, for investigating whether or not a marriage was invalid.
James Earl Jones, distinguished actor and Catholic convert, dies at 93 September 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Obituaries, World News James Earl Jones, a distinguished actor known for his resonant voice and a Black Catholic, died Sept. 9 in Dutchess County, New York, at age 93.
New book tells the story of 16 Catholic heroes of civil and human rights September 11, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice, World News The authors of a new book profiling 16 holy men and women who championed civil and human rights want readers to know: You can be a saint.
Crises caused by war, migration and how the church can respond prompt debate at congress September 11, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The first two days of presentations of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, contrasted the hardships currently faced by many people in different parts of the world with the prophetic responses that the church can provide in times of crisis.
Missouri’s abortion ballot measure upheld by state’s high court September 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News An amendment to enact abortion protections in Missouri’s state constitution will be on the ballot in November, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Sept. 10.
Movie Review: ‘The Front Room’ September 11, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Oh, those creepy Christians! Such is the underlying sentiment discernible through most of the running time of the psychological horror film “The Front Room” (A24).
As wildfires rage in Bolivia, bishops warn of lasting damage to ‘Mother Earth’ September 11, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Environment, News, World News The bishops of Bolivia urged the country’s authorities to act quickly in staving off irreparable harm to people and the environment as raging wildfires continue to devastate millions of acres.
CEO of 9/11-related foundation reflects on service to first responders, vets, families September 11, 2024By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News The passage of 23 years has only strengthened Frank Siller’s resolve that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the soldiers lost in the war that followed will never be forgotten.
Pope lands in Singapore, last stage of his Asia-Pacific trip September 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Arriving in Singapore from Timor-Leste, Pope Francis made the biggest transition of his 12-day trip to Asia and the Pacific, moving from one of the world’s poorest countries to one of its wealthiest and from one of the most youthful to one of the oldest.
