Trump safe but grazed in assassination attempt; Catholic bishops call for prayers for peace July 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Former President Donald Trump was rushed offstage by Secret Service agents as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was campaigning in Butler, Pa., after shots were fired July 13.
Not attending the National Eucharistic Congress in person? Here’s where to watch and listen July 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Catholics who will not be among the more than 40,000 people attending the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21 will be able to watch or listen to key portions of the event, including the evening revival sessions with popular Catholic speakers and musicians, including Bishop Robert E. Barron, Father Mike Schmitz and Matt Maher.
Pope meets senior Russian Orthodox official at Vatican July 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis met July 11 with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, the Vatican announced.
Pilgrims see the church ‘alive and hungry’ as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters final days July 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News After eight weeks of pilgrimage, the pilgrims are nearing Indianapolis, their final destination, for the July 17-21 National Eucharistic Congress.
Knights of Columbus order Rupnik icons covered until Vatican completes investigation July 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News The Knights of Columbus have announced the organization will cover mosaics by ex-Jesuit Father Mark Rupnik at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington and the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights’ headquarters in New Haven, Conn.
Pro-life activists react to GOP platform change on abortion at Trump’s direction July 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Members of the Republican National Committee have approved changes to platform on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, over the objections of pro-life activists who previously asked delegates not to remove the platform’s previous call for federal abortion restrictions.
La. governor cuts $1 million to Catholic Charities homeless shelter over church’s care for migrants July 10, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church’s ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including veterans.
‘Not a single Catholic priest’ left in Russian-occupied Ukraine, reveals major archbishop July 9, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Survivors committee and archdiocese discuss next steps in bankruptcy case July 8, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The survivors committee and the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue to work together in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy case toward the goals of compensating as many victims as possible equitably, allowing the archdiocese to continue its ministries and ensuring that policies and procedures are in place to prevent future incidences of child sexual abuse.
Sister Catherine Morrissey, who ministered in special education for 44 years in Baltimore, dies at 98 July 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Catherine Morrissey, who devoted most of her many years of ministry to special education in Baltimore, died June 14 at St. Francis Convent in Saint Francis, Wis. She was 98.
Shevchuk: Russian attack on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge’ July 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News At least 31 have been killed and over 135 injured as Russian bombers pummeled Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and numerous cities throughout the nation with more than 40 missiles and guided aerial bombs.
Pope: Indifference is a ‘cancer of democracy’ July 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope Francis said.
