National Eucharistic Congress promises ‘profound impact’ for families, says family life director April 22, 2024By Natalie Hoefer OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Catholics will come to Indianapolis in the tens of thousands for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 — some as individuals, some as couples, some as groups.
‘Don’t be afraid to take leap’ and consider a call to vocation, nuns tell students April 21, 2024By Michael Short OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News A pair of Sister Servants of the Lord visited St. Jude the Apostle Church in Lewes earlier this year to give the religious education students a look at women in habits. They talked about their call to the vocation, how they live and what it’s like to be a nun.
Cardinal: Vocation is call to happiness; right path is discerned in prayer April 21, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News At its most basic level, a vocation is a call to happiness, said Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for Clergy.
Experts at Rome conference delve into historical abuses of power April 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Experts in history, philosophy, sociology, political science, psychology and education came together at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University April 17-19 to present talks including: the effects of mass violence waged by colonial powers; the misuse of the memory of the Holocaust; sexual predation in the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages; and slave holding by Jesuits in the the United States.
Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop April 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News.
Catholic bioethicists: Lack of agreement about brain death imperils patients, organ donations April 20, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic bioethicists are sounding the alarm about a critical lack of agreement on what constitutes brain death; and the implications for organ donation are “profound,” they said.
Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles, pope says April 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Respecting and loving the earth as well as seeking direct contact with nature “are values that we need so much today as we discover ourselves increasingly powerless before the consequences of irresponsible and short-sighted exploitation of the planet,” he told members of the Italian Catholic Movement of Adult Scouts.
Servant of Mary thankful for every part of her 53 years of ministry as nurse, midwife April 20, 2024By Anna Wilgenbusch OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Amid her suffering, Sister Joaquína recounted the most memorable birth stories of her ministry.
Deacon Coster, who served two decades in Westminster, dies at 91 April 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be held May 31 for Deacon John Coster at St. John in Westminster, where he ministered for two decades. He died April 2 at the age of 91 in Winter Park, Fla.
Federal, state grants to help Loyola University upgrade York Road facility April 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News The university announced April 19 that it received $1 million in federal funding and $225,000 in state funding to renovate and create a community hub at its multipurpose facility at 5104 York Road.
D.C. Knights’ council: Remove Rupnik art from shrine, apologize to abuse victims April 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News A Knights of Columbus council reportedly has called for the removal of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik at a national shrine, following the disgraced priest’s decades-long legacy of sexual and spiritual abuse claims by multiple victims.
Last survivor of USS Arizona, dead at 102, is recalled for commitment to country, strong faith April 19, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, World News By any measure, Louis Anthony “Lou” Conter, a Catholic hero of World War II who died April 1 at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., at age 102, led a celebrated life.
