‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ patriarch of Jerusalem says on Palm Sunday March 25, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus’ entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, “crushed by so much hatred” in the months following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Pope asks Nigerians in Rome to be models of dialogue March 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Meeting hundreds of Nigerian Catholics who live, work and study in Rome, Pope Francis asked them to make their Rome parishes places where cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences are respected and shared.
Pope asks broadcasters to share the truth, not spread ideology March 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war March 25, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Lent, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Dressed in red vestments, the color of the Passion, Pope Francis presided over the Mass, the solemn beginning of Holy Week, but he skipped the homily and did not have an aide read any prepared remarks.
Vatican Palm Sunday recalls early Christian martyrs, brave sea captain March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Palm Sunday procession at the foot of an 85-foot-tall Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter’s Square recalls the martyrdom of many early Christians and the fast-thinking foresight of an Italian Renaissance sea captain.
After son’s abuse, Louisiana deacon and family join Anglican church, incurring excommunication March 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A permanent deacon in the Diocese of Lafayette, La., whose then-teenage son was molested by the priest he once served alongside, is now excommunicated after leaving his ministry, because he formally left the Catholic Church, according to the recent decree written by his bishop.
Russian, Ukrainian church leaders react to Moscow terror attack March 25, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Russia’s Catholic archbishop has echoed condemnations of a March 22 terror assault which left dozens dead and injured at a Moscow concert venue, although a bishop from war-torn Ukraine warned the atrocity should also remind Russians of what his country was suffering at their hands.
Welcome Circles guide communities to help migrant families navigate new horizons March 25, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic communities across the U.S. have been supporting migrant families arriving in the United States fleeing crisis situations by participating in the Welcome Circles, a program developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Migration and Refugee Services.
Círculos de Bienvenida, un programa de la USCCB que abraza el futuro de los inmigrantes March 25, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español Con el programa Welcome Circles (Círculos de Bienvenida) de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos, comunidades católicas han estado apoyando a familias migrantes que llegan a los Estados Unidos huyendo de situaciones de crisis.
How to be ‘distinctly Catholic’ in a polarized political world March 25, 2024By Charlie Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary Kenneth Craycraft, associate professor of moral theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology in Cincinnati, Ohio, has a new book, “Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America,” which looks at how faithful Catholics can engage in today’s polarized political climate. He recently spoke with OSV News’ Charlie Camosy about the book and the current political landscape.
Radio Interview: Serra Club is growing as it supports religious vocations March 25, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations The Serra Club has been promoting religious vocations in the United States and around the world for decades. Today, the local branch of the Serra Club in the Archdiocese of Baltimore is growing and working to support vocations to the priesthood and religious life – while also encouraging men and women of all walks of life to answer the universal call to holiness.
