U.S. bishops to consider creating task force for synodal implementation November 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The discussion on the floor in Baltimore followed reflections on the recent Synod of Bishops on synodality held in Rome offered by Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, two of the bishop-delegates from the United States.
Traditional Latin Mass will no longer be celebrated at cathedral in Tyler, Texas November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Mass according to the 1962 Missal will no longer be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, Texas, after Nov. 30, but it will continue at a nearby parish in care of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
Bishops stress standing for dignity of human life following presidential election November 13, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The Catholic Church “always insists on the dignity of the human person from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, and we continue to insist on that,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Nov. 12.
Devotion to Mary leads people to Jesus, to helping others, pope says November 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say “yes” to God’s plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.
Sainthood causes for Benedictine sister and disabilities education advocate get U.S. bishops’ approval November 13, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News During their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops voted 206 to 7, with 11 abstentions, to support the local advancement of Sister Annella’s cause, and 205 to 6, with 19 abstentions, to support the same for Gertrude Barber’s cause.
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring public schools to post Ten Commandments November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Nov. 12.
COP 29: Sustainable climate financing needed for vulnerable nations, say Catholic relief experts November 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international debt.
Ss. Philip and James parishioner warns of deadliness of social isolation November 13, 2024By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Seniors During his formative years as a medical student, Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, an assistant professor in the division of geriatric medicine and gerontology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, was inspired in part to study aging closely after observing how his older landlord was living her life.
U.S. bishops elect Archbishop Hebda as treasurer-elect, five new committee chairs November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, Uncategorized, World News Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis was elected treasurer of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 in Baltimore, bringing valuable experience from his own archdiocese to the conference post.
Head of Anglican Communion resigns over failures in dealing with ‘abhorrent’ abuse case November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion, resigned Nov. 12 due to failures in dealing with a British abuse case.
British bishops will pray in front of Blessed Sacrament ahead of assisted suicide vote November 12, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The English and Welsh bishops are inviting Catholics to join a holy hour to pray for the defeat of an assisted suicide bill.
Nuncio, USCCB president reflect on Eucharistic congress, synodality, duty to proclaim Gospel November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USCCB president, and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the U.S.
