Human dignity and the digital explosion October 4, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary What is a person of faith to do before the enormity of AI and all the other digital technologies we have in our hands? Trust in God and make sure to keep the human person at the center for all our digital interactions.
‘Rosary priest’ Father Peyton: ‘The family that prays together stays together’ October 4, 2024By Gerald Korson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, Father Peyton was perhaps the best-known “media priest” this side of Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Sunken treasure October 3, 2024By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary And just as the divers who found the San Jose did not work alone, so too those who are retrieving the faith do not work alone.
‘Abbreviated bankruptcy’ strategy for parishes is a first in diocesan Chapter 11 abuse settlements October 3, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The terms of a recent diocesan bankruptcy settlement, which require parishes to declare an “abbreviated bankruptcy,” are a first for such cases and shows the impact of a Supreme Court ruling in June, a legal scholar told OSV News.
6 migrants killed by Mexican military shooting at vehicle evading checkpoint October 3, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Six migrants were killed after soldiers shot at a vehicle evading a military checkpoint in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state.
Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus, U.S. archbishop says at ordination Mass October 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.
Pro-life activists given prison sentences for Tennessee abortion clinic blockade October 3, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News Federal sentences for three defendants imposed Sept. 26-27 in connection with a March 5, 2021, blockade of an abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, leave only sentencing in a Michigan case in the current round of Justice Department prosecutions of clinic blockades.
Mayorkas urges ‘pragmatism’ in remarks at migration policy conference October 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas advocated for a pragmatic and orderly approach to immigration policy in a Sept. 30 conference on migration co-hosted by Catholic organizations.
Vatican doctrinal chief tells synod it’s not time for women deacons October 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News “Rushing” to open the diaconate to women in the Catholic Church would short-circuit a necessary reflection on the relationship between ordained ministry and charismatic leadership, particularly as it impacts the participation of women in the church, said the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
Rosary pilgrimage in nation’s capital unites thousands of Catholics in love for Mary October 3, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Thousands of pilgrims from across the country gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 28 to honor Mary, the Mother of God, and her gift of the rosary.
Dikembe Mutombo, beloved NBA superstar with Georgetown University roots, dies at 58 October 3, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Sports, World News A beloved NBA superstar who got his start on the Georgetown University courts died Sept. 30. Dikembe Mutombo, class of 1991, passed away at age 58 from brain cancer.
A Catholic understanding of death and dying October 3, 2024By Peter J. Colosi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life The “pro-choice” and pro-life sides are in agreement that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is death by deliberate killing. The disagreement between them is whether that should be legal or not.
