Flannery O’Connor’s 100th birthday parties celebrate author’s quirks, talents — and love of birds March 20, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, News, Uncategorized, World News Long before Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and chickens at 207 E. Charlton St., her childhood home in Savannah.
Marquette gets multimillion-dollar gift to boost natural family planning institute March 20, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, National Black Congress, News, World News Marquette University in Milwaukee received recently a $7.5 million gift to endow its Institute for Natural Family Planning within the College of Nursing. The Jesuit university revealed Feb. 27 the gift came from the Richard L. Boland Love for Life Foundation, Inc., also known as the Betty and Dick Boland Foundation.
Archdiocese of Baltimore parishes learn to be pastoral in the face of threats March 19, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Hosted in partnership with the archdiocese’s Office of Risk Management, the Threat Evaluation and Reporting Overview (TERO) session aimed to equip church leaders and volunteers with the tools to spot warning signs and take preventive action.
Pope’s doctors report more improvement, but no date for his release March 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis no longer needs the “noninvasive mechanical ventilation” he has used most nights since experiencing a breathing “crisis” Feb. 28, his doctors reported in a bulletin released by the Vatican press office March 19.
European bishops address ‘rising tensions’ as Trump talks to Putin, Zelenskyy March 19, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News As President Donald Trump held new talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin March 18, followed by a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine March 19, bishops across Europe expressed alarm at current geopolitical developments.
Catholic migrant advocates ‘deeply alarmed’ by Trump use of Alien Enemies Act March 19, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself broad authority under a wartime law to deport people allegedly associated with a Venezuelan gang, sparking a legal battle and prompting concern from Catholic immigration advocates.
Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian March 19, 2025By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on the rise.
Pope urges young people to embrace vocation as ‘pilgrims of hope’ March 19, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Amid widespread uncertainty and social fragmentation, Pope Francis urged young people to embrace their vocation as “pilgrims of hope,” offering their lives generously in service to others and as a response to God’s love.
Facing fear with Jesus can set faithful free, pope’s catechesis says March 19, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Change can be frightening, but the Holy Spirit encourages the faithful to face their fears, follow Jesus’ light and be “born again,” Pope Francis said in a prepared text.
Roberts issues rare statement rebuking Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge March 19, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public statement March 18 rebuking President Donald Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge who ruled against his administration in a case concerning deportations.
Gudziak: America ‘silencing its own voice’ with VOA shutdown March 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Journalism, News, War in Ukraine, World News Journalists dismissed by the Trump administration’s gutting of the federally funded Voice of America broadcaster “will not be silenced,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
U.S. Catholics help ‘heal the wounds of war’ in Ukraine through fund March 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic bishops and faithful in the U.S. are helping to heal broken bodies, minds and spirits in Ukraine amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, thanks to a church-driven initiative that has “reacted with lightning speed” and “very little bureaucracy” to the crisis, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
