Arrest made in 2023 assault outside Planned Parenthood in Baltimore July 31, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Baltimore City Police confirmed that after more than a year they have made an arrest in an assault of two elderly pro-life activists outside a downtown Planned Parenthood Center.
Venezuelan bishops call for verifying election results as protests over Maduro win intensify July 31, 2024By Manuel Rueda OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishops in Venezuela called July 30 for the results of the nation’s heavily disputed presidential election to be verified as protests break across the South American country over the official vote count — which gave President Nicolas Maduro a third consecutive term.
Mediation framework set for archdiocesan bankruptcy July 31, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Bankruptcy, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The parties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy have agreed to a framework for mediation in the case.
Judo, faith values go together, says judoka priest who oversees Olympic chaplains July 31, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News Father Jason Nioka is a former judoka and is now championing the faith as he oversees a team of 40 Catholic chaplains — priests, religious and laypeople — who take turns welcoming the athletes in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
Speaker: Mexico City is ‘another border,’ government has ‘no will’ to address migration crisis July 31, 2024By Luis Donaldo González OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News At an international and interdisciplinary conference on migration held July 3-9 in Mexico City, human rights activist Josephine Sister María Magdalena Silva Rentería denounced the government’s lack of interest in addressing the migration crisis.
Italian court rules bishop ‘facilitated’ abuse by protecting accused priest July 31, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The bishop of a southern Italian diocese deliberately avoided protecting victims in his diocese and instead sought to protect a priest long accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian, a court in the southern Italian city of Enna ruled.
Bishops call for mental health, recovery resources amid New Mexico’s public safety crisis July 31, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News The Catholic bishops of New Mexico have issued a call to bolster mental health and addiction recovery resources, as violent incidents in that state have prompted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to seek urgent legislative reform.
Blue Water Baltimore, Ascension St. Agnes Hospital partner to reduce flooding, improve water quality July 31, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News Blue Water Baltimore and Ascension St. Agnes Hospital unveiled the construction of two watershed restoration practices July 30 that they hope will reduce the pollution and flooding from the hospital’s property.
Criticism of Last Supper parody at Olympics continues; U.S. bishop says apology ‘was anything but’ July 31, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., went on X, formerly Twitter, to say that while he complained about the Last Supper scene July 27 on social media and “had no intention of returning to the issue,” he decided to do so after the “so-called apology from the organizing committee” was “anything but an apology,” he said.
Movie Review: ‘The Convert’ July 31, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews With lush visuals and an intelligent script co-written by director Lee Tamahori and Shane Danielsen, the religiously themed historical drama “The Convert” (Magnolia) has a lot going for it.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon July 31, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Question Corner: What level of involvement in abortion carries the canonical penalty of excommunication? July 31, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Respect Life Looking at the crime of abortion specifically, one meaningful phrase in the relevant canon is that the penalty applies to those “who actually procure an abortion.” We can read “actually procure” as meaning: “directly and intentionally bringing about an abortion in a specific instance.”
