Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says May 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News While it is easy for people to love what is good and beautiful or to be generous and heroic for an ideal, Pope Francis said Christian love embraces what is not lovable, it offers forgiveness and blesses one’s enemies.
Louisiana bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances May 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Legislation in Louisiana would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances, which would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
Louisiana high court to reconsider recent ruling on ‘look back law’ for abuse claims May 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Louisiana’s top court will reconsider its recent decision to scrap a “look back law” for abuse survivors — a move that could have a profound impact on several Catholic dioceses in the state that are already grappling with significant legal settlements and ongoing investigations.
Catholic activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for abortion clinic blockade May 15, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Lauren Handy has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison — 57 months — for leading a blockade of a Washington abortion clinic on Oct. 22, 2020.
Vatican pro-life chief: Only palliative care offers ‘death with dignity’ May 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News “Dying is part of the process of living and should not take place in a pre-cemetery,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
U.S.-based relief organization supports pope’s efforts in Gaza, Ukraine May 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Giving, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News True change comes to people’s lives and communities when both spiritual and material needs receive care, said the president of a Catholic relief and development organization based in Boca Raton, Fla.
Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing ‘words and visuals’ May 15, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.
Mountains, valleys and plains mark National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Serra Route May 15, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Beginning on the eve of Pentecost May 18, the Serra Route is one of four National Pilgrimage Routes that will converge in Indianapolis ahead of the July 17-21 National Eucharistic Congress. The pilgrimage and the congress are part of the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that launched in 2022.
Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service May 14, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work to defend human life or assist migrants and refugees.
City named for body of Christ, Alabama shrine and Kentucky’s Trappist monastery on southern route May 14, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Beginning on Pentecost May 19, the Juan Diego Route is one of four National Pilgrimage Routes that will converge in Indianapolis ahead of the July 17-21 National Eucharistic Congress. The pilgrimage and the congress are part of the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that launched in 2022.
Catholic wartime teacher never abandoned her call, even under threat of arrest May 14, 2024By Filip Mazurczak OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News This Catholic teacher worked to bolster the spiritual and cultural identity of Polish slave laborers, for which she died a martyr’s death in the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp. Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz was 39 when she perished in 1945 just as World War II horrors were coming to an end.
National Eucharistic Congress includes series exclusive to priest, deacon participants May 14, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News A special track just for priests has been added to the schedule of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21, with speakers including two bishops and prominent theologians.
