Archbishop Lori invites Catholics to pray, join in novena before heading to the polls October 25, 2024By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who is also the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging Catholics to pray before casting their ballots.
See Christ in the poor, reach out to help, pope tells Diocese of Rome October 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics in the Diocese of Rome must come up with concrete projects to help the tens of thousands of poor people who live in the city and must ensure religious education classes teach the social doctrine of the church, Pope Francis said.
Church must empower women, Cardinal Fernández tells synod members October 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must take concrete steps — and soon — to recognize and empower women’s leadership and ministry in the church, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, told members of the Synod of Bishops.
France’s culture minister wants visitors’ fee for Notre Dame; church of Paris says no, invites all October 25, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The countdown has begun for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral throughout the weekend of Dec. 7-8. As the last pieces of scaffolding are being removed on the outside, Culture Minister Rachida Dati has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame, which has caused a stir.
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore seeks Adopt a Family sponsors October 25, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore, Uncategorized As the Christmas season approaches, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is reaching out to individuals and organizations to support its Adopt a Family program that connects generous donors with families in SVDP shelters, supportive housing programs and Head Start.
New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger’s collected works in English October 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican’s publishing house, has granted Word on Fire the exclusive English-language rights to translate and publish the collected works of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which were written in the late pope’s native German.
Benedictine Sisters accuse GOP operative of ‘public defamation’ over voter fraud claim October 25, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News A community of Benedictine Sisters in a key election swing state is deploring “false and misleading information about their membership” posted on social media by a Republican Party political operative.
French priest proposes ordinariate for TLM Catholics as ‘constructive way’ forward for church October 25, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, World News French Dominican Father Louis-Marie de Blignières first proposed the idea of the “traditional ordinariate” in September 2023, but continues to develop it today.
Analysis: Permanent deacons are key to a ‘synodal missionary church’ — the synod needed them October 25, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, deacons, Synodality Most of the world’s dioceses do not have permanent deacons as envisioned by Vatican II — in fact, the United States alone accounts for almost 21,000 of the some 50,000 permanent deacons globally in the Catholic Church today.
Summit opens with prayer to preserve heritage of Catholic health care in face of strong headwinds October 25, 2024By Tim Montgomery OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis opened a recent Healthcare Leadership Summit at St. John Neumann in Eagan with a prayerful call to preserve the heritage of Catholic health care in the face of strong headwinds.
Dar pasos en la fe con el Ministerio Hispano October 25, 2024By Emily Chaffins OSV News Filed Under: En Español La Escuela Jesuita de Teología en Santa Clara ha trabajado para atraer a un mayor número de estudiantes de minorías, incluidos los hispanos. El diácono Rodríguez es de origen mexicano y de un área donde los mexicanos constituyen la mayoría de los hispanos, por lo que estar en Miami le abrió los ojos.
From coast to coast, Catholic kids support missions in prayer, donations October 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News, Youth Ministry In the weeks surrounding World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 this year, Catholic kids from coast to coast have been supporting missions through prayers and donations.
