Catholic leaders express sorrow, outrage over dozens of migrants killed in fire March 29, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A fire in a Mexican immigration detention center has claimed the lives of at least 38 migrants, who appeared to be abandoned by guards as flames engulfed their locked cells, according to a leaked video from the facility near the U.S. border in Ciudad Juárez.
A miracle at a Sunday Mass in Connecticut March 28, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window The fact that the hosts have become Jesus’ body through the consecration is its own miracle. This possible multiplication of the hosts feels like a miracle on top of a miracle—and it fills me with joy.
Salvadorans celebrate St. Oscar Romero’s ‘faith, courage’ at Mass on anniversary of his assassination March 28, 2023By Miguel Vivanco OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News With great enthusiasm and devotion, hundreds of Salvadoran families gathered for a March 24 Mass at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Washington to celebrate the feast of St. Oscar Romero, bishop and martyr from El Salvador.
Praying for shooting victims as ‘family of faith’ is like ‘an embrace’ for community, Nashville bishop says at Mass March 28, 2023By Katie Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Nashville Bishop J. Mark Spalding celebrated the 5:30 p.m. Mass March 27 at the Cathedral of the Incarnation to pray for the victims of the school shooting that morning at The Covenant School in the city’s Green Hills neighborhood where it happened.
Men urged to be on fire for faith at Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland conference March 28, 2023By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Men, News More than 600 men filled most of the pews and spent March 25 reaffirming their faith at the Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland’s 2023 annual conference.
After Nashville school shooting, Biden renews call for assault weapons ban and universal background checks March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden called a March 27 shooting at a school in Nashville, Tenn., “sick,” “heartbreaking” and “a family’s worst nightmare,” in remarks from the White House. The president called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
Church leaders welcome move on Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decry abduction of Ukrainian children March 28, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian church leaders have warned Russians they will have to answer for savagery inflicted on their country, following the International Criminal Court’s indictment of President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
Question Corner: How can I contribute to every charity that asks? March 28, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Rather than demanding a specific percentage of our income, the church leaves the dollar amount of our charitable giving up to our own good-faith discernment of what we can realistically afford.
Wyoming abortion ban blocked over Obamacare-era amendment to state constitution March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Wyoming judge on March 22 temporarily blocked a new state law prohibiting most abortions in the state just days after it took effect after opponents said an Obamacare-era amendment to the state constitution may void the ban.
‘God showed up in a very powerful, powerful way’: Archdiocese of Hartford investigating possible eucharistic miracle March 27, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible eucharistic miracle at one of its parishes, where Communion hosts seemingly multiplied during a March 5 Sunday Mass.
Diocesan officials call mass shooting at Nashville Presbyterian school ‘sad, shocking,’ urge prayers for victims, families March 27, 2023By Katie Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school in the city heartbreaking and “deeply sad and shocking” and urged prayers for the victims and their families.
Maryland entrepreneurs get support for start-ups at local Catholic universities March 27, 2023By Lisa Harlow Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Two area Catholic universities are doing their part to cultivate entrepreneurism. Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg both offer programs and resources that are helping support the next generation of innovators.
