Biden executive action increases protections for noncitizen spouses, children of U.S. citizens June 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration June 18 announced an executive action that allows certain noncitizen spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for lawful permanent residency without first having to leave the country, as they were previously required to do.
Surgeon general’s social media warning for kids ‘one of many steps’ to be taken, say experts June 20, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, social media, World News, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry A call by the U.S. surgeon general for health warning labels on social media marks “one of many steps that need to be taken” to reduce the digital environment’s risks to kids and youth, said one of the heads of a mental health campaign launched by the nation’s Catholic bishops.
Birds of a Feather: A Finch Update June 20, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This week we marked four years as finch owners, and I am struck by how much has changed for our family over that time.
The family’s call to change — and sway June 20, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life To sway is to move to meet the needs of others. Isn’t this the heart of family life?
Question Corner: Why does the Catholic Church oppose contraception? June 20, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The church teaches that deliberately and purposefully seeking to separate the procreative and unitive aspects of the marital act is intrinsically wrong.
Missionary zeal dwells in the heart of Deacon Suarez June 20, 2024By Sarah Torbeck Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2024, News, Vocations The idea of an itinerant preacher, traveling through the mountains on horseback to deliver the Good News of the Gospel, may seem like a cinematic ideal; but for Deacon Lenin Andres Suarez, it was the way he spent most of his seminary holidays in the Andes Mountains of Colombia.
U.S. bishops pass new youth, young adult pastoral framework; it’s a first in nearly 30 years June 19, 2024By Ruby Thomas OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry Just days after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met June 12-14 for their Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, the bishops finally achieved the threshold needed to pass their national pastoral framework to guide ministries with youth and young adults.
Son’s death in Ukraine leads father ‘from theory to practice’ in Resurrection hope June 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Father Dymyd said he and his family have gone “from theory to practice” in their understanding of Christ’s death and resurrection.
European church leaders welcome assisted-suicide ruling, but worry it will be human right in future June 19, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Church representatives have welcomed a ruling by Europe’s top human rights court that countries have no obligation to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Peter, Paul and the messiness of Christian discipleship June 19, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary As Catholics, it’s important for us to remember that God sees our sin and brokenness.
‘The Bridge is love’ June 19, 2024By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Bridge Collapse, Commentary Only God knows precisely why things happen. For our part, we will always have the privilege of offering comfort to those who grieve great losses and even livelihoods.
A eucharistic word: grace June 19, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments The mysterious workings of grace in our lives — or even what grace is — were fodder for interesting conversations between this father and his then-almost-7-year-old.
