Trial of pro-life activist charged with violating federal FACE Act gets underway January 26, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic pro-life advocate is on trial for allegedly violating a federal law that protects access to abortion clinics, and the lead lawyer defending him said the charges against his client are being pursued “solely to intimidate people of faith and pro-life Americans.”
In interview, pope says criticism is annoying, but can be helpful January 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The AP interview with the pope also covered topics ranging from his health to the ongoing clerical sexual abuse crisis and from homosexuality to potential policies for regulating the retirement of a pope who renounces his office.
Pope thanks Ukrainian religious leaders for unity in the face of conflict January 25, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As war ravages Ukraine, the country cannot be divided among religious confessions but must be united behind “mother Ukraine,” Pope Francis said.
After California shooting, pope says world is ‘obsessed’ with guns January 25, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News After the shooting Jan. 21 in Monterey Park, California, that killed 11 people and injured nine others, Pope Francis said that “the world is obsessed with having guns.”
Pope tells Knights of Malta to strengthen unity, reject lust for power January 25, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conflict and division hurt the mission of the Knights of Malta, and craving for power creates distance from Christ, Pope Francis told members of the religious, charitable and chivalric order.
Church tensions are not new or all bad, says Cardinal Hollerich January 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Synodality, World News Pope Francis did not need to launch listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops for people to discover there are tensions in the Catholic Church, said the cardinal serving as the synod’s relator general.
Catholic organizations applaud, express concerns about private sponsorship program for refugees January 25, 2023By Nicholas Wolfram Smith OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic organizations applauded the announcement of a new State Department program that allows groups of private individuals to directly support refugees resettling in the U.S.
Dolores Leckey, founding director of U.S. bishops’ laity secretariat dies at 89 January 25, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Dolores R. Leckey, who was founding director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for the Laity in 1977 and at the time one of the highest ranking women in the U.S. Catholic Church, died peacefully of natural causes Jan. 17 in her home in Arlington. She was 89.
Christians must not be oppressed by guilt, but filled with joy, pope says January 25, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must not “put pressure on others” to convert or induce in them “feelings of guilt,” but take a weight off their shoulders through joyfully sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Question Corner: Burning or burying sacramentals? And why use holy water? January 25, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner If you have sacramental objects which you no longer need but which are still in relatively good shape, the best and easiest thing to do is pass them along to someone else who could use them.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic Charities of Baltimore January 24, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Chris Gunty talks with Bill McCarthy, executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, about the agency’s legacy of service as it marks its 100th anniversary in 2023.
Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, pope says January 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said.
