Giving is not enough, people must also ‘touch poverty,’ pope says January 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Giving to others in need is not enough; people must look those they help in the eyes and be willing to touch their poverty with their hands and hearts, Pope Francis said.
Nigeria’s sorrow is ‘overflowing,’ bishop says after Christians massacred over Christmas January 5, 2024By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Nigeria’s Plateau state declared a week of mourning Jan. 1-8 to honor the deaths of at least 200 Christians killed over Christmas by Fulani Muslim herders, targeting Christians in the country.
Pope sends condolences to victims of two suicide bombings in Iran January 5, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his condolences and prayers after two bombings in Kerman, Iran, claimed the lives of 84 people and wounded scores more at a memorial for an assassinated Iranian military officer.
U.S. bishops asked to hold new rounds of Synod on Synodality listening sessions January 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, World News Dioceses across the U.S. are asked to hold additional listening sessions in the next few months, following a request from the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops which is preparing for the second session of the global Synod on Synodality in October.
Pope tells young people to sow peace in the peripheries January 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry A person does not have to travel far from home to find people living on the margins of society and in need hearing the message of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Dicastery doubles down: Bishops shouldn’t stop blessings for gay couples January 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While bishops may take a cautious approach to the Vatican’s guidance on blessing same-sex or other unmarried couples, they should not deny their priests the possibility of discerning and imparting blessings on people who ask for them, the Vatican doctrinal office said.
Father Thomas Ryan, dedicated school chaplain, dies at 79 January 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools Father Thomas Ryan, a Pittsburgh native whose nearly 50 years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was highlighted by chaplain posts at Archbishop Spalding High School and Johns Hopkins University, died of cancer Jan. 2. He was 79.
Analysis: Israel’s war on Hamas raises significant moral concerns as Gaza death toll soars January 4, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News With more than 22,100 deaths and 57,000 injured as reported by Jan. 2 by Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the question is being asked: Can Israel’s conflict conduct be considered a “just war” under the Catholic understanding of the concept?
Pope: Catholics working in media can de-escalate today’s war of words January 4, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Help “de-weaponize” the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others and fostering greater understanding and peace between people, Pope Francis told a group of Catholics journalists from Germany.
Appeals court rules emergency abortions not required in Texas under federal law January 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency health care law to require hospitals in Texas to perform emergency abortions, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Jan. 2.
Jesuit Father Francis O’Connor, former rector at Loyola U., dies at 99 January 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Francis M. O’Connor, who served at St. Ignatius in Baltimore and was a former rector at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died Dec. 23. He was 99.
Redemptorist Father Andrew Carr, who served in Fells Point and Highlandtown, dies at 94 January 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Andrew W. Carr was offered Dec. 11 at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown. Father Carr, whose last assignment was at Sacred Heart of Jesus, died Dec. 7 at the St. John Neumann Community at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 94.
