‘Safe Haven for Newborns’ founder honored for Catholic faith, legacy saving infants September 13, 2023By Laura Dodson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Respect Life, World News Nick Silverio had founded the Gloria M. Silverio Foundation and the nonprofit’s program, A Safe Haven for Newborns, in memory of his wife of 32 years who was killed in a car accident Dec. 7, 1999.
Be ‘beggars for peace,’ pope says September 13, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a message to religious and political leaders gathered at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, Pope Francis pleaded with ordinary citizens and governing officials to have the “audacity of peace.”
Seminarian is burned to death in Nigeria in endless cycle of violence against Christians September 13, 2023By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In an endless cycle of violence against Christians in Nigeria, seminarian Na’Aman Danlami Stephen of the Diocese of Kafanchan was burned to death on Sept. 7 when a terrorist group called Fulani herdsmen attacked the rectory at St. Raphael Church in Fadan Kamantan.
Cardinal Zuppi visits China as envoy promoting peace in Ukraine September 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who said Pope Francis tapped him not to mediate but to encourage dialogue that could end Russia’s war on Ukraine, flew to China Sept. 12, Italian media reported.
New Mexico public health order’s gun ban not ‘a threat to Constitution,’ says archbishop September 12, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News A New Mexico archbishop said the state’s temporary ban on openly carrying firearms in and around Albuquerque is not “a threat to the Constitution.”
Pope sends prayers after flooding kills thousands in Libya September 12, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After a severe storm set off flooding that breached dams in eastern Libya, leading to the deaths of thousands of people, Pope Francis sent his condolences and prayers.
Mexican pro-life groups question validity of high court’s abortion decision September 12, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed dismay with a recent Supreme Court ruling, decriminalizing abortion on the federal level. Along with several Mexican pro-life groups, they questioned the validity of the Sept. 6 decision, arguing it applies to the litigant and is not applicable nationwide.
Father David Allen, S.J., former longtime Good Samaritan chaplain, dies at 87 September 12, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Allen served for a year as an assistant chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. He was chaplain at Good Samaritan from 1982 to 2000. He also served as superior of the Ferdinand Wheeler House in Baltimore for three years.
Federal appeals court allows anti-migrant buoys in Rio Grande to remain for now September 12, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A New Orleans-based federal appeals court has issued an order allowing buoys installed by Texas to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande to stay in place for now.
Descendants retrace lives of ancestors enslaved by Jesuits at site of St. Inigoes plantation in Southern Maryland September 12, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News When Jeremy Alexander found out in 2016 about his family’s connection to slavery and the Jesuits he was sitting at his desk at work at Georgetown University, the institution connected to the story of his ancestors’ bondage and separation and their descendants’ ultimate reunion.
Pope calls out corporate ‘carewashing,’ covering up violations with charity September 12, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Workers are human beings, not machines or “spare parts” to be used to drive production and profit at all costs, Pope Francis told members of an organization that advocates for and protects the rights of those seriously injured or disabled on the job.
UK teenager wants to fight for her life, but court denies her wish September 12, 2023By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic bioethics institute has criticized a court for denying an “alert and conscious” teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will.
