As Iran hits northern Iraq, prelate says Middle East is ‘like a volcano,’ Christians are targeted January 17, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Iraqi Catholic community feels unsettled after Iran launched ballistic missiles, striking upscale neighborhoods of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, signaling the latest spate of violence targeting northern Iraq.
Social media in flames: Pope targeted for not preaching fire and brimstone January 17, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An emphasis on God’s mercy has so dominated Pope Francis’ pontificate that it should surprise no one that he said he hopes hell is empty.
Pray, and take action to proclaim life is God’s ‘precious gift,’ says bishops’ pro-life chair January 17, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Even with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the landmark Roe ruling, “human life remains gravely threatened by legalized abortion in most states and it continues to be aggressively promoted at the federal level,” the U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said Jan. 16.
Lust, pornography poison God’s gifts of sexuality, love, pope says January 17, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pornography and lust undermine and rob people from experiencing God’s gift of love, Pope Francis said.
Movie Review: ‘Saltburn’ January 17, 2024By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In his classic 1945 novel “Brideshead Revisited,” Catholic author Evelyn Waugh charted the intense, quasi-romantic and possibly sexual bond between two male students at Oxford University. The premise of Waugh’s work is echoed in the black comedy “Saltburn.”
Why so much incense at Mass, and isn’t devotion better than obedience? January 17, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The smoke that rises from the burning of incense has for millennia been understood by the Christian community as a symbol of the prayers of the faithful rising up to God.
March for Life 2024 aims to make abortion ‘unthinkable’ in American culture January 17, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News This year, the national March for Life in Washington Jan. 19 promises to empower women facing unexpected pregnancies with the message that they are not alone — and that the pro-life movement is ready and waiting to help them choose life for their baby.
Pope again cancels Curia Lenten retreat outside Rome January 16, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has asked top Vatican officials to set aside the first full week of Lent for spiritual reflection, but for the fourth year in a row he has decided not to gather them and go on retreat.
New US bishops’ report identifies 5 top areas of religious liberty concerns January 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News – A new annual report by the U.S. bishops’ conference identifies five top threats to religious liberty in the United States, including a federal regulation it says could impose mandates on doctors to perform objectionable procedures and threats to the church’s service to people who are migrants.
Sports can unite the world, celebrate diversity, pope tells athletes January 16, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News Sports has the power to unite people, regardless of their differences, and to remind everyone they are part of one human family, Pope Francis said.
Carpenters hail end of Notre Dame roof reconstruction; rector calls it ‘a work of Joseph and Jesus’ January 16, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News In a historic year for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which the French capital and the whole world will see reopen Dec. 8, milestones will be reported on regularly, but this one made Parisians shed a tear or two: Reconstruction of the roof structure is now completed.
Pope refines Vatican norms for spending, awarding contracts January 16, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Continuing the long-running updating of laws and norms regarding Vatican expenditures and processes for awarding contracts, Pope Francis issued two documents Jan. 16.
