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.
Basilian Sisters given Catholic Extension’s top honor for ‘powerful witness’ amid peril in Ukraine September 29, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic Extension has named the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great as the 2023-2024 recipients of its highest honor, the Lumen Christi Award. The Chicago-based nonprofit, which since 1905 has supported Catholic faith communities in the nation’s poorest regions, announced the decision in a Sept. 27 press release.
Mount Calvary parishioners combines music, farming and family September 29, 2023By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News Erik Christensen, a parishioner of Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Baltimore, has extended his life into both music and what’s known as homestead farming. Hence the goats.
Apostolate addresses often overlooked grief from pregnancy, infant loss September 29, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News According to the National Library of Medicine, an estimated 26 percent of all pregnancies, and up to 10 percent of clinically recognized pregnancies, end in miscarriage, the loss of pregnancy less than 20-weeks gestation.
18 U.S. seminarians ordained deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica September 28, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Near the tomb of St. Peter, 18 seminarians from across the United States promised to dedicate their lives to Christ and were ordained to the diaconate.
New chief advancement officer for Archdiocese of Baltimore sees role as support for ministry September 28, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News Kim Montgomery feels a strong sense of responsibility in her new role as chief advancement officer for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and executive director of the Catholic Community Foundation.
GOP presidential candidates debate abortion, immigration at Reagan library September 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Seven Republican candidates joined the Republican National Committee’s second debate of their party’s presidential primary process in California, sparring over topics including immigration, China policy, abortion and the economy.
Biden makes history joining striking auto workers on picket line September 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News President Joe Biden joined striking autoworkers in Michigan Sept. 26, becoming the first sitting president to join a union picket line, an unprecedented show of support to striking workers by a chief executive.
Fire in packed hall turns wedding joy into tragedy in northern Iraq, killing more than 100 September 28, 2023By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Christian wedding party meant to celebrate the joining of young lives turned into a nightmare when a lit flare set the packed hall in northern Iraq on fire, killing more than 120 people and injuring some 250 others, according to local sources, as authorities warned the death toll is expected to rise with many more people still missing.
Analysis: Is the U.S. church’s Hispanic Catholic hope slipping away? September 28, 2023By Hosffman Ospino OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration Hispanics account for nearly 71 percent of the growth of the Catholic population in the United States since 1960.
ANÁLISIS: Se nos escapa la esperanza hispana como agua entre los dedos September 28, 2023By Hosffman Ospino OSV News Filed Under: En Español Este ha sido el caso por más de medio siglo. Los hispanos representamos aproximadamente el 71% del crecimiento de la población católica en los Estados Unidos desde 1960.
Archbishop Lori will ordain 14 permanent deacons Sept. 30 September 28, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain 14 men to the permanent diaconate during a 10 a.m. Mass Sept. 30 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
