Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology September 17, 2023By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News To foster skills needed for responsible device use, the archdiocese’s Office for the Mission of Catholic Education developed a series of aspirational goals to help Catholic school students strive for digital well-being and personal holiness as part of a multiyear action plan, with a special focus on preschool to eighth grade schools.
Border shelter for pregnant migrants is consistent pro-life effort, co-founder says September 17, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News A shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border for pregnant migrants run by a pro-life leader is preparing to welcome the first infant born while the mother is staying at the shelter, its co-founder told OSV News.
Pope meets U.S. leaders patiently building ‘culture of solidarity’ September 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The pope spoke about how the groups associated with the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation in the United States take issues patiently, “atom by atom,” and end up building something that “penetrates” and changes entire communities.
In visits to Detroit cathedral, woman left there as baby in ’50s reconnects with her roots September 16, 2023By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Through Catholic Social Services, Mary Fuller was eventually adopted by Elizabeth and Leo Kraus, grew up alongside her three siblings in Our Lady of All Saints Parish in Fraser, a northern suburb of Detroit, and lived a prosperous life centered on family and the Catholic faith.
New Norbertine abbeys reveal how these ‘apostles of the Eucharist’ are thriving in U.S. September 16, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Norbertines — one of the oldest surviving religious orders in the Catholic Church, established in France in 1120 — are not only, in the words of their founder St. Norbert of Xanten, “prepared for every good work.”
In letter to bishops, Vatican asks all faithful to pray for the synod September 15, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Vatican is asking all baptized people, regardless of whether they will be in Rome, to participate in October’s assembly of the Synod of Bishops with their prayers.
‘We’re keeping all in God’s mercy,’ says bishop; despair mounts in aftermath of flooding in Libya September 15, 2023By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As authorities in Libya announced a three-day mourning period following a deadly flood disaster, a Catholic bishop in the North African country expressed the church’s closeness to the people, many of whom are injured, missing or trapped by the storm waters.
Christians must radiate the Gospel, not point fingers, pope says September 15, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians should not use the Gospel to accuse others or speak ill of their brothers and sisters, but draw people to its message by exemplifying it in their lives, Pope Francis said.
Vatican real estate office opens palace to media in show of transparency September 15, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Transparency means more than just releasing annual financial reports and balance sheets, Bishop Nunzio Galantino, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, told Vatican-accredited reporters.
Movie Review: ‘A Haunting in Venice’ September 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “A Haunting in Venice” (20th Century) is the third in a series of Agatha Christie adaptations, all featuring her famed sleuth Hercule Poirot, on which director and star Kenneth Branagh has collaborated with screenwriter Michael Green.
Minidoc reveals ex-prisoner’s journey from life sentence to Catholic restorative justice advocate September 15, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Catholics Mobilizing Network released a new minidocumentary Sept. 13 highlighting the story of Felix Rosado, a former prisoner who is co-founder and co-coordinator of Let’s Circle Up, a restorative justice project based at the state prison in Graterford, Pa.
Pope meets award-winning actor, director of film on migrants September 15, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Vatican Pope Francis met with the Italian film director, Senegalese actors and other crew members of a new film based on a true story of two young men’s treacherous journey from Dakar to Italy.
