In spite of a year of war, Ukrainians endure and religious ministry continues March 3, 2023By Chris Herlinger OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News In a country that has become one big conflict zone, the war has galvanized religious communities to open their doors to those who have been displaced and to lead various humanitarian missions.
World needs ‘brave leaders’ advocating an end to death penalty, activist says March 3, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The world needs courageous leaders who will fight for abolishing the death penalty even when there is no clear majority against it, said a leading Catholic activist opposed to capital punishment.
Vatican II’s openness is needed in today’s church, cardinal tells Curia March 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News In the first Lenten reflection for the Roman Curia delivered by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa March 3, the Capuchin friar said that Vatican II showed the church how “to walk through history, alongside humanity, trying to discern the signs of the times.”
Baltimore’s Jesuit parish helps revitalize gravesite where enslaved people are buried March 3, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Numerous unmarked gravesites were discovered in the wooded area surrounding the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bowie, likely the final resting place of enslaved people who toiled on the property hundreds of years ago.
El Papa recuerda la ‘profunda preocupación por los pobres’ de difunto obispo de Los Ángeles March 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español El Papa Francisco elogió al fallecido Obispo Auxiliar David G. O’Connell de Los Ángeles por su “profunda preocupación por los pobres, los inmigrantes y los necesitados” en un telegrama tras su asesinato.
Catholic advocates praise Biden administrative actions to combat child migrant labor exploitation March 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News The departments of Labor and Health and Human Services said they would audit the vetting process of adults who sponsor migrant children out of government custody, and increase their efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of child exploitation.
Dating culture crisis fuels Catholic marriage vocation collapse March 3, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News During 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69 percent even as the Catholic population increased by nearly 20 million, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
TV Review: ‘The Consultant’ March 3, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews All eight roughly half-hour episodes of showrunner Tony Basgallop’s adaptation of Bentley Little’s novel are currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
COVID-era SNAP payments end as inflation soars, drawing Catholic concern over US food insecurity March 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News A pandemic-era program that provided extra payments to Americans who qualify for food stamps ended March 1, causing concern for some Catholic advocates about how low-income individuals and families will put food on the table.
Mourners pray for migrants killed in shipwreck off Italian coast; Greece’s worst train crash in history leaves many dead March 2, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Panzetta of Crotone-Santa Severina joined other faith leaders, local officials and members of the public March 1 in praying for migrants aboard a wooden boat who died in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the southern Italian coast.
No basta con pedir perdón: Las víctimas de abusos necesitan respuestas y apoyo, dice el Papa March 2, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — No basta con pedir perdón a las personas que han sufrido abusos, dijo el Papa Francisco. También hay que ofrecerles “acciones concretas para reparar los horrores que han sufrido y prevenir que no se repitan”, así como la verdad, la transparencia, espacios seguros, apoyo psicológico y protección, dijo el Papa […]
‘Bravo Mayor Adams!’ NYC mayor’s speech on state and religion draws Catholic kudos March 2, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Blunt remarks by New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a Feb. 28 interfaith breakfast made waves amid critics’ accusations of intolerance. However, some Catholic leaders praised the mayor’s remarks about the importance of faith to society as being on point.
