Caridades Católicas y otras tres grandes organizaciones sin fines de lucro, se unen para contrarrestar la polarización en EE.UU. March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: En Español Cuatro importantes organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro han lanzado un esfuerzo conjunto para contrarrestar el aumento de la polarización y el aislamiento en EE.UU., incluyendo Caridades Católicas USA, la organización dedicada a llevar a cabo la labor humanitaria doméstica de la Iglesia Católica en Estados Unidos.
Catholic Charities, three other major nonprofits ‘team up’ to counter polarization in U.S. March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, Social Justice, World News Four major nonprofits have launched a joint effort to counteract rising polarization and isolation in the U.S., including Catholic Charities USA, the organization dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Looking at the Oscar nominees for best picture through the lens of human dignity March 8, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews With the Academy Awards right around the corner, here’s my take on how the 10 nominations for best picture hold up in the human dignity department.
In boisterous State of the Union, Biden calls for Ukraine aid, abortion law and immigration reforms March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News In his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Biden said “this is no ordinary moment” in U.S. history.
Act of Contrition is affirmation of God’s loving mercy, pope says March 8, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments A Christian’s awareness of being sinful should be directly proportional to their “perception of the infinite love of God,” Pope Francis said.
Department of Veterans Affairs finalizes abortion policy deplored by U.S. military archbishop March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs finalized March 6 its interim policy permitting abortion at VA hospitals and clinics when there is risk to the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest.
Biblical basis for the Eucharist March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Since the Eucharist is so closely connected with Jesus, we may forget that this “central event of salvation” crowns many millennia of preparation.
Who’s Holy Land is it? A history of the most contested swath of land in the Middle East March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The Holy Land remains perhaps the most hotly contested piece of territory in the Middle East, if not the world.
By giving to CRS collection, Catholics ‘walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,’ bishop says March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Giving, News, World News By donating to the annual Catholic Relief Services collection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics “have the opportunity to walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,” said the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on National Collections.
Pope: Jesus showed acts of mercy to inspire others to follow suit March 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News When it comes to inspiring people’s actions, Jesus knew that being an example to others is more important than “a flood of words,” Pope Francis said.
Alabama governor signs IVF bill pro-life groups call ‘ill-considered’ and ‘unjust’ March 7, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey March 6 signed into law a bill passed by lawmakers to grant legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court found that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.
Daughter of Charity Sister Maria Gnerro dies at 92 March 7, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Maria Gnerro will be offered March 27 at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg. Sister Maria died Feb. 19. She was 92.
