March for Life announces 2024 theme: ‘Pro-Life: With Every Woman, For Every Child’ November 15, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The March for Life’s theme for its 2024 event will be “Pro-Life: With Every Woman, For Every Child,” the group’s president announced Nov. 14.
Bishops elect USCCB secretary, chairmen-elect of 6 standing committees November 14, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News The U.S. bishops Nov. 14 elected Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City as secretary-elect of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at their meeting in Baltimore.
Though retired, Bishop Perry will continue to lead USCCB’s anti-racism committee November 14, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Despite his Sept. 25 retirement as a Chicago auxiliary, Bishop Joseph N. Perry may continue to serve as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, completing the term he began in May.
USCCB president calls for continued prayer in world where ‘peace seems so far away’ November 14, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2023 The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 14 urged his brother bishops gathered in Baltimore and all the Catholic faithful to “continue to pray” when “peace seems so far away” in today’s world.
Share joy of God’s love, sow seeds of hope in world, pope tells youths November 14, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christian hope “is the celebration of the love of the risen Christ, who is always at our side, even when he seems far from us,” the pope said in his annual message for local celebrations of World Youth D
‘Truly compassionate society protects its most vulnerable,’ U.K. bishops say after baby’s death November 14, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News British bishops expressed their condolences to Dean and Claire Gregory, parents of 8-month-old Indi, who died Nov. 13 after neither a court battle nor Italian citizenship granted to the infant prevented the British courts from halting her life support.
Patriarchs, church leaders urge Holy Land’s Christians to ‘stand strong’ In Advent message November 14, 2023By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Christmas in Bethlehem and the Holy Land this year will be one of solemnity, prayer and fasting as the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem called upon the faithful to forgo any “unnecessarily festive activities” during the Christmas season this year and to “stand strong” with those facing the afflictions of war, focusing more on the spiritual meaning of Christmas.
Bishops’ migration chairman urges lawmakers to enhance protections for migrant children November 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Immigration and Migration, News, World News he chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee has sent a letter to lawmakers in Congress urging enhanced protections be put in place for migrant children.
The Eucharist is the cure for our loneliness November 14, 2023By Molly Judd OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist In receiving the Eucharist, a diverse group of individuals with varied backgrounds come together under a common love, a common faith.
Baltimore group advocates for “saintly six” in Rome November 14, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints The potential saints in question include one with ties to Baltimore, Mother Mary Lange, who has the title “venerable,” the founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, the world’s first sustained religious community for Black women.
‘Your past does not define you’: Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference centers on discovering holiness November 14, 2023By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The saints teach a vital lesson – “that in every circumstance, Jesus is there with us, ready to transform and illuminate our lives with his glory,” Meg Hunter-Kilmer said in a Nov. 11 keynote address at the 2023 Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference.
Supreme Court will implement ethics code for justices after controversies November 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court announced Nov. 13 that it will implement an ethics code for its justices. The move comes after a series of allegations that some of the justices have received expensive gifts or allegedly taken part in improper financial activities.
