Peregrinos de la JMJ demostraron al mundo que la fe puede conducir a la paz, dice el Papa August 9, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español En un mundo que sufre “enfermedades del alma”, como el orgullo, el odio y la violencia, los jóvenes que viajaron a Portugal para la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud demostraron que es posible otra forma de vivir e interactuar, dijo el Papa Francisco.
‘With This Light’: The inspiringly subversive and ‘naughty’ Sister Maria Rosa Leggol August 9, 2023By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “With This Light,” a documentary releasing in theaters Aug. 11 and then to streaming platforms, tells of the apostolic dynamism of Sister Maria Rosa Leggol, a Franciscan sister known as the “Mother Teresa” of Honduras.
WYD pilgrims showed the world faith can lead to peace, pope says August 9, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 In a world suffering from “diseases of the soul,” like pride, hatred and violence, the young people who traveled to Portugal for World Youth Day showed that another way of living and interacting is possible, Pope Francis said.
U.S. group marks 1945 atomic bombings, urges abolishing nuclear weapons and building better world August 9, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News On the 78th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., and the Pilgrimage of Peace delegation from their archdioceses participated in an interfaith prayer ceremony and a peace memorial ceremony.
Clergy and laity: Both could have been more courageous during COVID-19 August 9, 2023By Jason Shanks OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus It is not every day that you see a cardinal publicly do an after-action review on what we got right, and what we could improve upon.
Pope’s peace day message to focus on ethical concerns over AI August 9, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Signaling the Vatican’s growing engagement in efforts to ensure the ethical development of new technologies, the Vatican has announced that “Artificial Intelligence and Peace” will be the theme for the next World Day of Peace, which is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2024.
‘Heed their cries and help’: U.S. bishop pleads for hungry as Russia attacks Ukraine’s grain August 8, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia attacks Ukraine’s grain exports — which feed millions in several nations — a U.S. bishop is calling on global leaders to ensure food security.
30 years later, ‘Veritatis Splendor’ remains a forceful guide to living a moral life August 8, 2023By Matthew Dugandzic OSV News Filed Under: Commentary If the moral life is one lived in love, then its rules seem less like burdens placed upon one’s shoulders and more like guideposts that illuminate the boundaries of the straight and narrow path of holiness.
Spanish teen says she has regained sight after praying to Our Lady of the Snows August 8, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 World Youth Day is known as an event that can and does change lives, but when a teenager said she has regained her sight during the Portuguese youth fair, it electrified both Portugal and Spain on Aug. 6.
Ordinariate Solemn Mass honors Newman’s legacy at national shrine in Washington August 8, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Saints, World News Clouds of incense billowed throughout the crypt as the priests in golden vestments celebrated Solemn Mass, according to “Divine Worship: The Missal”, which provides the form of the Mass for the Catholic Church’s personal ordinariates for the Anglican tradition.
Question Corner: Post-COVID, why can’t we use intinction rather than the communal cup? August 8, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops specifically allows for the possibility of intinction in its document “Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America.”
Pope calls for inclusive church while in Portugal for WYD August 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Pope Francis asked the 1.5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take “what God has sown into your hearts” back to their home countries and build a joyful church that is open to all.
