U.S. Catholics invited to support Nagasaki Bell Project honoring Japanese city’s Catholic legacy December 13, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A scholar who has written about the moral implications of atomic weapons and now is writing a book on the historic legacy of faith of Catholics of Nagasaki, Japan, is leading the Nagasaki Bell Project.
‘A great woman of faith’: Catholic Extension honors Catholic Charities USA head December 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, World News In presenting Catholic Extension Society’s 2024 Spirit of Francis Award to Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Father Jack Wall, Catholic Extension’s president, called Robinson “a great mentor of faith, hope, love and leadership.”
Polish Catholics welcome new Warsaw archbishop’s ‘synodal commitment’ December 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News When a new archbishop takes charge of Poland’s key Warsaw Archdiocese Dec. 14, his progress will be watched closely by those favoring change in the country’s Catholic Church.
El Papa Francisco: La maternidad de María es la esencia de Guadalupe December 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Reducir el mensaje de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe a otra cosa que no sea una expresión de la maternidad universal de María disminuye la verdadera esencia de la icónica devoción mariana, dijo el Papa Francisco.
Pope: Mary’s motherhood is the essence of Guadalupe December 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News Reducing the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to anything other than an expression of Mary’s universal motherhood diminishes the true essence of the iconic Marian devotion, Pope Francis said.
Nuns, children almost killed in Russia’s St. Nicholas Day attack on Zaporizhzhia December 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News Basilan Sisters and some 80 children in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia narrowly avoided being killed in a deadly Dec. 6 strike by Russia, as they celebrated a liturgy marking the feast of St. Nicholas.
Mercy High School launches capital campaign December 12, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools Mercy High School, a North Baltimore all-girls Catholic secondary school, launched Dec. 12 a $10 million capital campaign, “The Spirit of Mercy: Advancing the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy.”
Pope calls for end to foreign debt, death penalty ahead of Jubilee Year December 12, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a fixed percentage of arms spending to a global fund to fight hunger and climate change, and to cancel the international debt of developing nations as concrete ways to usher in a new era of hope.
Pope, Palestinian president meet at Vatican December 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As the fighting in Gaza drags on, Pope Francis welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican.
Obispos mexicanos piden una tregua mientras el país celebra la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe December 12, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: En Español El clero católico de México ha pedido una tregua el 12 de diciembre, fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, y el día de Navidad, mientras la violencia criminal asola franjas del país y el clero que trabaja en regiones conflictivas se ve amenazado.
Mexican bishops urge truce as country celebrates feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, World News Mexico’s Catholic clergy have called for a truce on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and on Christmas Day as criminal violence wracks swaths of the country and clergy working in conflictive regions come under threat.
In times of division, Our Lady of Guadalupe calls all to unity in Christ, bishops say December 12, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News At a time marked by division, several U.S. bishops wrote Dec. 11 that the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, is “a powerful reminder that we are all called to be one in Christ Jesus, beginning from the moment of our conception.”
