Spend this Advent season with the saints December 3, 2023By Bert Ghezzi OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Saints Advent prepares us for Jesus’ coming at Christmas and for his coming into our lives afresh. And no one knows how to get ready to welcome Christ better than the saints.
Holy ink: Tattoo culture shows faith is not skin deep, sociologist says December 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church cannot measure people’s engagement with religion only by looking at church attendance, but also must observe how they express religious sentiments outside of church — even on their own bodies, a Jesuit priest said.
Black Catholic hero of charity, fed by the Eucharist, inspires faithful to holiness December 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Saints, World News Pierre Toussaint, declared “venerable” in 1997 by St. John Paul II, was born into slavery in St. Mark, Haiti, (then known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue) in 1766 and died a free man in New York in 1853.
Wearing a rosary can make a Latino a target for police, historian says December 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News Many law enforcement officers associate Catholic imagery and symbols with criminality in the U.S. Latino community, a historian researching the American Southwest said.
Mexican Catholics condemn euthanasia initiative December 3, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholics in Mexico have condemned an initiative to legalize euthanasia, accusing lawmakers of simply wanting to “save money,” while presenting their proposal “under the guise of false piety.”
Ave Maria University offers free Catholic online courses highlighting the true, good, beautiful December 2, 2023By SueAnn Howell OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News Ave Maria University is now offering “The Pursuit of Wisdom,” a series of free online courses presented by university faculty that provides practical wisdom and insights on interesting topics and themes to help Catholics contemplate the true, good and beautiful.
Let the warmth of Advent pull the bleak midwinter from you December 2, 2023By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary Make Advent loving and fun, with your focus on Jesus.
Movie Review: ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ December 2, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has a lot she wants to say about her life and art. Interestingly, much of what she wishes to share is not about her music or her recent worldwide concert tour. Rather, it concerns her moral views.
Journey toward Catholic-Orthodox unity began with an embrace, pope says December 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The journey of reconciliation between Catholics and Orthodox began with an embrace almost 60 years ago, a sign of how important personal contact and time spent together are in the search for Christian unity, Pope Francis said.
Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 93 December 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Supreme Court, World News Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, and often a crucial swing vote as a moderate, died Dec. 1 in Phoenix, per a statement from the high court. She was 93.
‘I had Indi baptized to protect her,’ says father of 8-month-old British girl at her funeral December 1, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Indi Gregory, a British girl who died Nov. 13 because her life support was not extended, had a Catholic funeral Dec. 1 in the British Nottingham Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Patrick McKinney.
Canon law must be part of church’s mission of mercy, pope says December 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News All the Catholic Church’s structures, including tribunals and faculties of canon law, must undergo a “pastoral and missionary conversion” to ensure the church is giving the world “the only thing it needs: the Gospel of the mercy of Jesus,” Pope Francis wrote.
