St. Maximilian Kolbe: ‘Patron of our difficult century’ August 14, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News In his homily during St. Maximilian Kolbe’s canonization Mass Oct. 10, 1982, St. John Paul II said the Polish Franciscan was granted the grace of carrying out “in an absolutely literal manner” the words of Christ: “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Redemptorist Father Stephen Vanyo dies at 88 August 14, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Stephen Vanyo was offered June 6 in Brazil, where the priest had devoted decades of ministry. Father Vanyo died June 5. He was 88.
Catholic summer camps help youths meet Jesus serving others struggling under poverty August 14, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Summer is mission trip season — which usually conjures up images of a few dozen Catholic teenagers and their chaperones practicing the corporal works of mercy in developing nations while simultaneously expanding their cultural horizons.
New review board chair: ‘We can’t be satisfied’ until there is zero abuse in church August 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” also known as the Dallas Charter.
Federal judge rules Maine can exclude Catholic schools from state’s school tuition grant program August 13, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News Catholic schools are still excluded from Maine’s tuition grant program, a federal judge ruled Aug. 8, but he added that he expected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to eventually provide “a more authoritative ruling.”
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s second gun buyback a success August 12, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore collected more than 280 guns, including handguns, rifles and semi-automatics, during its second annual gun buyback event Aug. 10 in West Baltimore.
As Paris wraps Olympics with pride, bishop says church’s Holy Games equally successful August 12, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News Paris wrapped its Olympic Games bursting with pride, closing the Games at Stade de France — a more traditional setting than the Seine River, where the opening ceremony took place.
Radio Interview: Following the non-violent Jesus August 12, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Father John Dear has dedicated his life to promoting peace and nonviolence. The internationally known author, activist and teacher of peace and nonviolence has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and has worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Coretta Scott King and many others.
Pope’s World Peace Day message to focus on hope, forgiveness August 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The annual celebration of the World Day of Peace during the Holy Year 2025 will be inspired by “the concepts of hope and forgiveness” — including the forgiveness of foreign debt — “which are at the heart of the Jubilee,” the Vatican said.
U.S. bishops reflect on the Eucharistic congress: 5 days of ‘wonder, awe and adoration’ August 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In this third and final year of the National Eucharistic Revival, the Year of Mission, “we are called to be Eucharistic missionaries in the world,” Bishop Rhoades said. “We are called to live Eucharistic lives — lives transformed by the Eucharistic love of Jesus.”
300 religious leaders call on State Department to address religious persecution in India August 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic bishop in Chicago from an Eastern church whose origins go back to St. Thomas the Apostle has joined some 300 faith leaders in sounding an alarm over religious persecution in India.
Faith helps Olympic weightlifter from Indiana take an unexpected path to Paris August 10, 2024By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News Mary Theisen-Lappen could never have planned out her own path to the Summer Olympics in Paris.
