Former doctrinal chief calls Father Gustavo Gutierrez ‘one of the great theologians of our time’ October 23, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, Obituaries, World News Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the “father of liberation theology,” which rose to prominence in South America in the 1960s and 1970s as a way of responding to the needs of Latin America’s poor, died Oct. 22 at age 96.
Synod deliberates on doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences October 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their unique context, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
Remembered as prophet for the poor, dispossessed, Mexico says goodbye to slain priest October 23, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Slain Father Marcelo Pérez was buried in his birthplace amid indignation and demands for justice.
Biden administration proposes new regulation expanding contraception coverage October 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The White House on Oct. 21 proposed a new regulation under the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, that would require insurers to cover over-the-counter contraception without cost sharing.
Indonesian bishop asks pope not to make him a cardinal October 23, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the request of Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor to dispense him from becoming a cardinal as planned in December.
Praying to the Holy Spirit can help couples stay united, pope says October 23, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Because the Holy Spirit specializes in love and unity, Catholic couples should pray regularly for the Spirit to be present in their marriage, Pope Francis said.
Television Review: ‘Grotesquerie,’ streaming, Hulu October 23, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Catholic viewers will naturally be interested in a TV show that features a nun as one of its principal characters. In the case of “Grotesquerie,” however, they’ll tune in, to use an obsolete term, only to be turned off — both by a welter of gore and by a treatment of the church that degenerates from mere ignorance to outright hostility.
Question Corner: What is church’s teaching on transgender issues? October 23, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The church is against any “gender ideology” that would separate the concept of psychological gender from biological sex; or which would propose that one’s sex could be changed through medical or surgical means; or which would hold that one’s bodily sex could be somehow wrong or mistaken in light of one’s self-perception of one’s gender.
Atlanta archbishop calls for prayers of reparation in face of satanic temple’s ‘black mass’ October 23, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Atlanta has called on all Catholics to counter — with prayers of reparation and penance — the sacrilege of a so-called “black mass” being organized by the satanic temple of Atlanta and scheduled to take place Oct. 25.
U.S. church contributes to synod through its diversity, delegate says October 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The U.S. delegates at the Synod of Bishops on synodality are contributing to discussions on the future of the Catholic Church by bringing the diversity of the U.S. church to the Vatican, a U.S. synod delegate said.
‘I can feel the tension in a way that I haven’t before,’ says Beirut archbishop October 23, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Having returned the previous day from a religious summit in Bkerke, north of Beirut, Archbishop Bacouni struck a tone of cautious optimism regarding the end of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
Ofrecer el liderazgo que ahora la Iglesia y El Espiritu espera de nosotros October 22, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Protagonistas de Fe En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, Alejandro Aguilera Titus de la USCCB nos habla sobre el Plan Pastoral Nacional Para el Ministerio Hispano/Latino, “La presencia hispana es una levadura que esta transformando el rostro de la Iglesia y esta contribuyendo al tejido que continua dándole forma a la Iglesia en Estados Unidos.”