Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon December 11, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Country star Craig Morgan shares his journey of faith to becoming Catholic December 11, 2023By Katie Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Country start Craig Morgan grew up in various Christian denominations, predominantly Baptist and, for a time, Presbyterian. But there were some things that didn’t sit quite right with him until he began studying the Catholic faith.
So, this is Advent December 10, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Commentary, Open Window That day when I had that sudden thought, the child who would become our younger son was newly born and not far away. Only God could have known that.
Marie Miller takes music and faith to new level in ‘Woman’ December 10, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A young singer-songwriter in Nashville, Tenn., is taking her music — and her faith — to a new level with her latest release.
As Eastern, Latin Catholics discover each other’s richness, their bond grows December 10, 2023By Kiki Hayden OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News While Pope Francis has been giving prominent roles to Eastern Catholic leaders in the Synod on Synodality, which recently concluded its first session in Rome, the bond between the 23 Eastern Catholic churches and the Latin Church also grows at the local level
Neapolitan crèches call us to see Christ wherever we are December 10, 2023By Emily Stimpson Chapman OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Feature The detailing of each and every piece of the presepe found along the Via San Gregorio Armeno is exact and minute, the work of artists who spend years honing their craft.
This Advent, echo John the Baptist: ‘Behold the Lamb!’ December 9, 2023By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary John the Baptist cries out to us, like parents urging their children, saying “This is the Lord!”
Pope gives Philadelphia three new auxiliary bishops known for humble, ‘zealous hearts’ December 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is welcoming three new auxiliary bishops — all of whom, as Philadelphia priests, are already home.
Pope asks Mary to watch over Ukrainians, Palestinians, Israelis December 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Mary’s conception, free from original sin, shows that the destiny of humanity lies in life, brotherhood, harmony and peace rather than death, hate, conflict and war, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says December 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary “the universal desire for peace, especially for the martyred Ukraine, which is suffering so much.”
Russia bans Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Catholic ministries in occupied region of Ukraine December 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to the church’s main communications office in Kyiv.
Senate Republicans block Ukraine-Israel emergency aid over border, raising Catholic concerns December 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.
