Perpetrators of abuse are clever; vigilance is critical, speakers say November 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs decisive leadership in creating a safe, caring and welcoming environment for everyone, and it needs constant vigilance against complacency, said several speakers at a Vatican-sponsored safeguarding conference.
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House seats and expected to control U.S. Senate November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ, giving President-elect Donald Trump GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress as he begins his second term in January.
U.S. bishops to consider creating task force for synodal implementation November 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The discussion on the floor in Baltimore followed reflections on the recent Synod of Bishops on synodality held in Rome offered by Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, two of the bishop-delegates from the United States.
Bishops stress standing for dignity of human life following presidential election November 13, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The Catholic Church “always insists on the dignity of the human person from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, and we continue to insist on that,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Nov. 12.
Devotion to Mary leads people to Jesus, to helping others, pope says November 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say “yes” to God’s plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.
COP 29: Sustainable climate financing needed for vulnerable nations, say Catholic relief experts November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international debt.
Ss. Philip and James parishioner warns of deadliness of social isolation November 13, 2024By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Seniors During his formative years as a medical student, Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, an assistant professor in the division of geriatric medicine and gerontology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, was inspired in part to study aging closely after observing how his older landlord was living her life.
Nuncio, USCCB president reflect on Eucharistic congress, synodality, duty to proclaim Gospel November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USCCB president, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the U.S.
Data-driven campaign behind abortion ballot measure that defied national trend, strategist says November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Voters in seven of 10 states with ballot referendums on abortion voted to codify abortion as a right in their state constitution, but three states defied that trend, marking the first victories on such measures for pro-life activists since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022.
Catholic group calls on Biden in final days to commute death penalty sentences November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, issued a statement Nov. 6 urging President Joe Biden to take action on the practice during the remainder of his presidency while 40 lives on death row “hang in the balance.”
After hurricanes comes the hard part for displaced Floridians November 12, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News With so many families lacking either home, renters or flood insurance, the slow business of finding temporary housing or rebuilding what was damaged after a storm requires time and usually an abundance of private and charitable resources.
Bishops urged to beg for wisdom as USCCB meeting begins in Baltimore November 11, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024 As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg for wisdom.
