Day of great joy: Archbishop Lori ordains 14 to permanent diaconate October 1, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Archbishop Lori ordained the largest class of permanent deacons since ordaining 16 in 2013.
Catholic singer recalls how winning battle with shyness, relying on faith brought success October 1, 2023By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Guelmis Tavárez has a successful career in the Catholic music industry, but that success didn’t come without a fight against the extreme shyness he suffered from a young age and his reliance on his faith to evolve into the musical artist he is today.
New American Climate Corps aims to boost clean energy, jobs for young people October 1, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Like the WPA, the American Climate Corps was created by an executive order of the president, after it initially faced funding-based opposition when included in early versions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Biden has credited the measure with lowering energy costs, increasing energy security, creating new jobs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
‘Not soldiers but knights’: Catholic mother mourns son and ‘brilliant’ generation slain in Ukraine September 30, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The 27-year-old Ukrainian soldier, a graduate of Ukrainian Catholic University, was killed by Russian mortar fire in June 2022 during a battle in the region of Mykolaiv and Kherson, in Ukraine’s south.
Aliens, demons or PSYOPS? Catholics study, debate UFO allegations September 30, 2023By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News When former intelligence official David Grusch testified before Congress in July that the U.S. government had retrieved crashed UFOs and covertly attempted to reverse engineer their alien technology, some Catholics already were primed to debate the compatibility of extraterrestrial intelligence and church doctrine.
New cardinals have great hopes for synod on synodality September 30, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News – Many of the prelates Pope Francis will make cardinals Sept. 30 will be taking part in the synod on synodality or have been very active in its preparatory phases as leaders of their dioceses.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, remembered for ‘extraordinary’ legacy and Barrett controversy, dies at 90 September 29, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, U.S. Congress, World News Longtime U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., died the evening of Sept. 28, at her Washington residence, according to her office. She was 90.
‘The most equitable path for all victim-survivors’ – Archdiocese of Baltimore files for Chapter 11 reorganization September 29, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Sept. 29, in response to the new law that goes into effect on Oct. 1.
New cardinals say building church unity is urgent need September 29, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to Catholic News Service Sept. 29, the eve of his induction into the College of Cardinals, the French prelate insisted the key to Catholic unity is “not to take refuge in ideologies.”
New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to universal church September 29, 2023By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to reporters a few days before receiving their red hats, many of the 21 new cardinals said their induction into the College of Cardinals was less about them and more about their local church and its contribution to the universal church.
Movie Review: ‘Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ September 29, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A decade after premiering on Nickelodeon and two years out from their film debut, the titular group of canine first responders, led by a preteen boy called Ryder (voice of Finn Lee-Epp), returns for another round of derring-do and some fresh life lessons.
Cupich: Embracing ‘integral ethic of solidarity’ key to living the Gospel in polarized times September 29, 2023By Beth Griffin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Cardinal Cupich said Cardinal Bernardin believed that the spectrum of life cuts across many issues, including genetics, abortion, capital punishment, modern warfare and the care of the terminally ill. Nonetheless, all these diverse issues are rooted in a single principle of Catholic faith: that the loss of even one human life is a momentous event.
