Pope hears young people’s confessions in WYD ‘Reconciliation Park’ August 4, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Young people were going to confession on street corners and park benches throughout Lisbon during World Youth Day, but in the 150 plywood confessionals set up in Vasco da Gama Garden three of them found themselves face to face with Pope Francis.
Sharing the great secret: Doing good makes us happy August 4, 2023By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Day by day, we can look for ways to be a person for others as a way of life, in our family, our neighborhood, our world.
Renewal in Rome: Jubilee years encourage holier heart, prettier city August 4, 2023By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Typically observed every 25 years, a Holy Year or jubilee can draw millions of pilgrims to Rome — a 2,775-year-old city of 2.9 million people that already infamously copes with an average of 7 to 10 million tourists a year.
Box office hit ‘Sound of Freedom’ draws kudos, concerns from human trafficking experts August 4, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A summer box office hit is garnering both kudos and concerns for its approach to the issue of child trafficking.
Synod on Synodality needs the perspectives of ‘relatable clergy’ August 4, 2023By Deacon Greg Kandra OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality The breadth and depth of diaconate ministry in the United States and around the world cannot be underestimated.
Honored by Knights, Sisters of Life founding superior shares ‘secret of loving’ behind a culture of life August 4, 2023By Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Respect Life, Vocations, World News Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, the Knights’ supreme chaplain, introduced Mother Agnes as “a true disciple of the Lord working in a profoundly difficult apostolate.”
Pope to young people at WYD: God calls your authentic, not virtual, self August 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Before a sea of waving flags representing countries large and small from across the globe, Pope Francis told some 500,000 singing, shouting and swaying young people that God has called each person to him by name, not their social media handle.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s death sentence is the first under Biden administration August 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Respect Life, World News A federal death sentence for the man convicted of a 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue marks the first such penalty sought for and won by the Biden administration, despite President Joe Biden’s pledge as a candidate to end the practice at the federal level.
American youth join bishops for National Gathering at World Youth Day August 3, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Over 1,300 groups comprised of more than 28,600 individuals from across the United States joined the Portuguese WYD. The U.S. is among the five largest delegations participating in WYD, which is taking place Aug. 1-6 in Lisbon.
Don’t close yourself off from crisis, pope tells Portuguese students August 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Meeting in a makeshift “Sistine Chapel” painted floor-to ceiling by students, Pope Francis, paintbrush in hand, left a mark on the hearts of young people by telling them not to shy away from the personal crises that come with a life of faith.
Several St. Louis parish mergers on hold as parishioners appeal to Vatican August 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Mergers for several Archdiocese of St. Louis parishes are temporarily on hold pending an appeal to the Vatican by parishioners.
Pope meets WYD pilgrims from Ukraine, hears their stories August 3, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Fifteen World Youth Day pilgrims from Ukraine, most of whom had lost a father or other close relative in the war, had a private meeting with Pope Francis Aug. 3.
