Report: Children ‘let down’ by a lack of research on use of puberty blockers April 12, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A landmark report published April 10 in the United Kingdom said children had been “let down” by a lack of research on the use of puberty blockers.
Ukrainian nun: ‘Tell all the world we suffer’ as Russia ramps up attacks April 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A woman religious based in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia asked OSV News to “tell all the world we suffer” as Russia’s 11-year war and atrocities intensify in Ukraine — and as Western aid is increasingly blocked by skeptical lawmakers.
Pope turns Rome catechism class into ‘school of prayer’ April 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Vatican, World News Pope Francis took over the catechism classes at St. John Vianney parish on the far eastern edge of Rome to inaugurate his “School of Prayer.”
Priests have worldwide reach in serving as national Eucharistic preachers April 11, 2024By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Nearly two years ago, the two priests who serve in the Indianapolis Archdiocese were selected by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as two of more than 50 national eucharistic preachers in support of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival.
‘Patriarch of the West’ reappears as papal title in Vatican yearbook April 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has inserted “Patriarch of the West” as one of the historical titles of the pope.
Pope condemns culture that views people with disabilities as ‘burdens’ April 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Today’s “throwaway culture,” driven by “profit, efficiency and success,” marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given dignity, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair: ‘Dignitas Infinita’ speaks truth in love with ‘clarity’ April 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A new Vatican declaration on human dignity presents “clarity” in charity, amid “so much confusion,” the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee told OSV News.
‘We share their pain’: Archbishop Pérez on mass shooting at Philadelphia Islamic celebration April 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Philadelphia’s archbishop has called for prayer following a mass shooting at an outdoor gathering in that city marking an Islamic holiday.
Franciscan Center joins with B&O Railroad Museum to open new cafe April 10, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Franciscan Center, a Baltimore-based Catholic nonprofit ministry, collaborated recently with the B&O Railroad Museum to open the B&O Café.
Virginia governor vetoes, approves abortion-related measures April 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced April 5 that among more than 100 pieces of legislation considered by the Republican governor, he had vetoed and approved a number of bills related to abortion.
Explainer: What are indulgences? April 10, 2024By David Werning OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Indulgences, however, are a way that the church “as minister of the Redemption” intervenes on behalf of a penitent by using its God-given authority to dispense all the temporal punishments of sin (a plenary indulgence), or a portion of them (a partial indulgence), by the application of the satisfaction won by Christ and the saints.
Pope Francis grants plenary indulgences for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Congress participants April 10, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced April 9.
