Pope praises late king for abdicating rather than signing abortion law September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Every crisis, including what the Catholic Church can experience when people no longer care about religion or have distanced themselves from the faith, is meant to wake Christians up from their slumber, make them ask questions and to change, Pope Francis told bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers.
‘Peace is only possible if it is wanted,’ Cardinal Parolin tells U.N. assembly September 30, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Amid ongoing and potentially escalating conflict in both the Middle East and Ukraine, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin cautioned gathered delegates at the 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York Sept. 28 that, “peace is only possible if it is wanted.”
‘Catastrophic’ situation faces Lebanon, says U.N. rep September 30, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the military organization’s leader Hassan Nasrallah died in the strike.
University expresses sharp disagreement over pope’s stance on women September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Students at the world’s oldest Catholic university applauded Pope Francis for his calls to protect the environment and promote justice, but he was challenged when it came to his vision of the role of women in the church and society.
More than 15 foreign priests could be forced to leave archdiocese after recent visa law changes September 30, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News, Vocations Unless a recent change in U.S. visa law is reversed, more than 15 priests from other countries who now serve in the Archdiocese of Baltimore may be forced to go home – uprooting their ministries and leaving parishes, schools and Catholic institutions scrambling.
What does the church teach about abortion? September 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic Church teaches today what it has for two thousand years: Human life begins at conception and any deliberate participation in the killing of that defenseless life is a mortal sin.
Cardinal urges day of prayer, penance on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, start of Israel-Hamas war September 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Oct. 7 will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that immediately followed.
Archdiocese issues decrees regarding some merged parishes in Seek the City process September 29, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Archdiocese of Baltimore issued decrees Sept. 29 for some of the churches that will be affected by the Seek the City to Come planning process.
Incorruptibility of saints can teach many lessons to the faithful, says professor September 29, 2024By Jennifer Barton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Exhumed in May 2023, four years after her death, Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, was discovered preserved from decay.
Prayer, thought and peaceful presence will be banned all over the UK September 29, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The English and Welsh bishops have criticized a decision by the British government to put “buffer zones” around all abortion clinics, which could see Christians arrested for offering private prayers.
WYD 2027 in South Korea to focus on courage, interreligious dialogue September 29, 2024By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News, Youth Ministry The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.
Professor: Christianity is not dead in Europe, but needs to free itself from old demons September 28, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Christianity “freed from the old demons” can be a driving force of Europe, a French professor argued during the Sept. 20-21 international conference on “The New Shape of Europe,” part of a series on the role of Christians in the process of European integration.
