Avoid polarizing debate, promote healthy scientific discussion, pope says March 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When presenting its moral teachings on bioethics, the church needs to avoid falling into the “extremist dynamics of polarization” seen in media debates, Pope Francis said.
A ‘nation of immigrants’ should identify with migrants’ plight and human dignity, says Boston cardinal March 24, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A political climate hostile to the needs and existence of immigrants is not only morally wrong, it also weakens the structures of democratic governments, said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.
An invitation from God March 23, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Every year as the Feast of the Annunciation approaches, I think of how our Blessed Mother received the news that she would be the mother of Jesus.
Vatican envoy warns UN General Assembly racism mutating and ‘reemerging’ globally March 23, 2023By James Martone OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News The “distorted” thought that one person is better than another goes against Catholic teachings and flies in the face of universal principles laid out in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Holy See’s United Nations envoy told a U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.
‘We all need to do more’: House hearing demands action over Nicaragua regime’s anti-Catholic persecution March 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News A U.S. House hearing March 22 examined what it called Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s anti-Catholic persecution and called for action, just days after the Vatican said it closed its embassy in Nicaragua.
Notre Dame Cathedral reopening date announced as reconstruction on its famous spire wraps up in eastern France March 23, 2023By Agnès Poirer OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Four years after a devastating fire, the date of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been set for Dec. 8, 2024, at 11:15 a.m., according to Philippe Villeneuve, the architect leading the reconstruction.
AI and the meaning of life: Tech industry turns to religious leaders March 23, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News According to Father Phillip Larrey, dean of the philosophy department at the Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, Silicon Valley techies are posing those questions to ethicists and religious leaders as artificial intelligence develops rapidly and is used in myriad ways impacting people’s daily lives.
Movie Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4, a festival of fatality’ March 23, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Stylish savagery is the order of the day as Keanu Reeves reprises his role as the hitman of the title. Wick’s ongoing struggle to break free of the High Table, the ultra-powerful behind-the-scenes criminal empire that once claimed his allegiance, becomes the cue for innumerable doomed extras to bite the dust.
Pope calls European bishops to be prophetic voices for peace March 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News While promoting dialogue and building relationships with leaders of the European Union contribute to peace, bishops in EU countries also must be prophetic in denouncing war and encouraging all possible efforts to restore peace, Pope Francis said.
En la frontera de México y EE.UU., defensores de migrantes que buscan asilo hacen un llamado a la acción March 23, 2023By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español Líderes religiosos, defensores de los migrantes y migrantes se dieron cita en Nogales, Sonora (México) para una conferencia de prensa en la que denunciaron ataques al derecho de asilo y se comprometieron a seguir apoyando a aquellos que atraviesan una larga espera en busca de asilo en Estados Unidos.
At U.S.-Mexico border, migrants’ advocates call for action on U.S. asylum policy March 23, 2023By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Religious leaders, migrant advocates and migrants gathered in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for a news conference in which they denounced attacks on the right to asylum and pledged to continue supporting those who face long waits to seek asylum in the United States.
Jewish parents challenge California ban on special education funds at religious schools March 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A group of Jewish parents and schools filed a lawsuit in March challenging a California law that prohibits the use of special education funding for students to attend religious schools.
