More than half a million kids pray global rosary for peace in Holy Land October 20, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Amid the Israel-Hamas war, more than half a million children across the world prayed the rosary for peace.
U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas October 20, 2023By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, U.S. Congress Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.
At synod prayer service, pope calls for immigration reform with a heart October 19, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Synodality, World News Taking to heart the lesson of the parable of the good Samaritan is the key to assisting the millions of migrants and refugees forced to travel far from their homelands and often exploited along the way, Pope Francis said.
Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of ‘carnage’ October 19, 2023By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine’s ambassador to Denmark said.
Church hierarchy has ‘nothing to fear’ from synodality, cardinal says October 19, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said.
Calvert Hall students help seniors navigate new technology October 19, 2023By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Seniors Calvert Hall graduate Isaac Hawkins and Calvert Hall sophomore Logan Moon volunteered in the Cyber-Senior program administered by the Baltimore County 4-H extension.
Nicaragua expels a dozen priests, sends them to the Vatican, Ortega regime says October 19, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and cracking down on the Catholic Church.
Hospital attack evokes ‘disbelief, horror,’ says Catholic aid organization spokesman October 19, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News An attack on a Christian hospital in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war has left staff at the U.S. offices of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association reeling.
Whoopi Goldberg delivers ‘Sister Act’ swag to Pope Francis October 19, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Vatican Pope Francis praised actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg for helping people laugh and feel joy, telling her, “You are very important.”
Question Corner: What justifies prayers for the dead? Why isn’t the pope called Francis I? October 19, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner We find a clear scriptural reference on the praiseworthyness of praying for the dead in the Old Testament’s second book of Maccabees.
Movie Review: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ October 19, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Emotional ambiguity pervades the dramatization “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount/Apple TV+). Epic yet intimate, director and co-writer Martin Scorsese’s masterful recounting of real-life events in 1920s Oklahoma is too gritty for kids, but deeply rewarding for grown-ups and possibly acceptable for older teens.
In wartime visit to Israel, Biden says hospital blast caused by ‘other team’ October 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden arrived in Israel Oct. 18 to demonstrate the United States’ support for its ally amid the conflict, and suggested “the other team” was responsible for a blast at a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds, according to a claim from the Hamas-controlled health ministry.
