Analysis: Israel’s war on Hamas raises significant moral concerns as Gaza death toll soars January 4, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News With more than 22,100 deaths and 57,000 injured as reported by Jan. 2 by Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the question is being asked: Can Israel’s conflict conduct be considered a “just war” under the Catholic understanding of the concept?
Pope: Catholics working in media can de-escalate today’s war of words January 4, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Help “de-weaponize” the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others and fostering greater understanding and peace between people, Pope Francis told a group of Catholics journalists from Germany.
Appeals court rules emergency abortions not required in Texas under federal law January 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency health care law to require hospitals in Texas to perform emergency abortions, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Jan. 2.
Jesuit Father Francis O’Connor, former rector at Loyola U., dies at 99 January 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Francis M. O’Connor, who served at St. Ignatius in Baltimore and was a former rector at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died Dec. 23. He was 99.
Redemptorist Father Andrew Carr, who served in Fells Point and Highlandtown, dies at 94 January 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Andrew W. Carr was offered Dec. 11 at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown. Father Carr, whose last assignment was at Sacred Heart of Jesus, died Dec. 7 at the St. John Neumann Community at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 94.
Those ‘with an agenda to generate unrest’ cause ‘significant threat,’ says Irish archbishop January 3, 2024By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin has expressed concern over the “significant numbers” of people in Ireland “seeking to foment disinformation, suspicion and hatred” towards refugees and migrants.
War represents defeat, madness, pope says, calling for prayer January 3, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News War is madness, Pope Francis said, calling for prayers for all people in the world affected by today’s conflicts.
Agnes Welch, former member of Baltimore City Council, dies at 99 January 3, 2024By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Agnes Welch, a devout member of St. Edward Parish and former member of the Baltimore City Council from West Baltimore, died Dec. 26 at the age of 99 at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Everyone faces temptation, but Jesus is always close by, pope says January 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Temptation — a constant in spiritual life — is an opportunity for Christians to remember that Jesus is close to them, supports them and lifts them up when they fall, Pope Francis said.
Italian priest excommunicated for schismatic act during Mass January 3, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An Italian Catholic priest has been excommunicated for having publicly committed “an act of a schismatic nature” while celebrating Mass at his parish near Livorno.
Nicaraguan regime publishes photos of Bishop Álvarez as US demands release of imprisoned bishop, other clergy January 3, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. Department of State has demanded the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa and other imprisoned Nicaraguan religious leaders following a wave of detentions targeting Catholic clergy over the Christmas season.
Thousands of Catholics gather in St. Louis to go on mission, ‘be the light’ at SEEK24 January 2, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News Nearly 20,000 conference participants have converged in St. Louis at the America’s Center Convention Complex for the Jan. 1-5 SEEK24 conference held by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students.
