USCCB argues protecting innocent life must be priority in gun rights case before high court August 25, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Supreme Court, World News Protecting the innocent “is a proper consideration” in the government regulation of firearms, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over whether the government can prohibit a person with a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.
New prep program, modeled after ‘catechumenate,’ aims to strengthen marriages in faith August 25, 2023By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News This “marriage catechumenate” model is an effort to return to the early church’s approach to forming adults to be received into the church.
‘There’s no knocking down God’: Catholic college students weather ‘hurriquake’ with faith August 25, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Environment, Feature, News, World News Students at a Catholic liberal arts college in California told OSV News that they’re more ready than ever for the new school year, after weathering both a major storm and an earthquake on the same day.
A youthful church August 25, 2023By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature World Youth Day was more than an antidote to the isolation and anger that are so much a part of today’s culture. It was an event, a moment in history, when Christ’s presence in the power of the Holy Spirit was experienced, an experience that happened precisely by coming together, by journeying together in trust and friendship.
St. Frances Academy empowers future Black pilots with Ortega Flight Academy August 25, 2023By Mary K. Tilghman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Schools, Video Autumn Marlow is the first student in the Dr. Sandy Ortega Flight Academy, a new enrichment program offered at St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore.
Society of Jesus banned in Nicaragua August 24, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits’ legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country.
GOP presidential contenders spar over abortion, immigration, Ukraine and Trump in first debate August 24, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Eight Republican candidates participated Aug. 23 in the Republican National Committee’s first debate of their party’s presidential primary process in a Milwaukee debate hosted by Fox News — but the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, did not attend, and was referred to by moderator Bret Baier as “the elephant not in the room.”
Ukraine’s Independence Day ‘like a July 4th,’ says archbishop August 24, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s Independence Day, celebrated on Aug. 24, is “like a July 4th,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Philadelphia, head of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.
Russian occupiers seize Roman Catholic church in Skadovsk in eastern Ukraine August 24, 2023By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Russian occupiers launched an attack Aug. 22 on St. Teresa of the Child of Jesus Roman Catholic Church in the town of Skadovsk, located in the Kherson region in eastern Ukraine, Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol confirmed on Facebook.
Cardinal Burke sees ‘grave harm’ coming from synod process August 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The synod process underway around the world and at the Vatican is inflicting “evident and grave harm” on the Catholic Church, retired U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke wrote in a letter published as the foreword to a book.
Pope asks renewed prayers for Ukraine on eve of its Independence Day August 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Acknowledging Ukraine’s celebration of Independence Day Aug. 24, Pope Francis pleaded with thousands of visitors at his weekly general audience to keep praying for peace in the country.
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban August 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in an Aug. 23 ruling, permitting that law to go into effect.
