Bishop Rolando Álvarez released, exiled from Nicaragua after over 500 days of detention January 15, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News – Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been released from prison and sent into exile along with 18 imprisoned churchmen as the Nicaraguan government expelled its most prominent critic, whose presence behind bars bore witness to the Sandinista regime descent into totalitarianism, along with its unrelenting persecution of the Catholic Church.
Broglio: Reflect on Rev. King’s ‘rallying cry’ to confront today’s ‘evils of racism’ January 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The Jan. 15 federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a time to “pause and reflect” on his “indelible legacy” and “his rallying cry in the pursuit of justice and peace,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Celebrating gifts while focused on goal January 14, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The praying, walking and working will be highlighted Jan. 18-25 as Christians around the world celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Servant of God’s ‘Diaries’ open a window into the soul of a disciple, says Boston cardinal January 14, 2024By Maria del Pilar Guzman OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Founded in Spain in the 1960s, amid the shanty towns of Palomeras Altas near Madrid, the Neocatechumenal Way was defined by St. John Paul II as “an itinerary of Catholic formation.”
Rare Blessed Carlo Acutis stained-glass window installed in Minnesota adoration chapel January 14, 2024By Dianne Towalski OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Saints, World News During the parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival, one of the oldest adoration chapels in the Diocese of St. Cloud is getting a very special facelift.
Aiming to live and work better in 2024? Look to monks January 13, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News In the world of time management, monasticism has been touted as a source of tools for achieving a desired lifestyle.
Parish embraces the 3 P’s of young adult evangelization: ‘Prayer, Penance and Pub’ January 13, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry St. Charles Borromeo’s “P3” event attendees are offered eucharistic adoration, confession, a meditation from a priest and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament — the evening’s “prayer” and “penance” — followed by fellowship and community (“pub” time with beer and wine).
Catholic aid agency’s staff remain in Yemen amid coalition strikes January 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Staff from Caritas Poland will remain in Yemen following U.S. and U.K.-led strikes on Houthi rebels, mission head Radoslaw Sterna told OSV News.
Argentine President Milei to visit Pope Francis January 12, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Javier Milei, who disparaged the pope while campaigning for president, is expected to travel to the Vatican next month, according to Argentine media, marking the first meeting between the Argentine leader and Pope Francis since Milei’s surprise election victory.
Ukrainian church leaders say Moscow’s Orthodox Church encourages ‘genocide’ of Ukrainians January 12, 2024By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Representatives of Christian churches in Ukraine strongly condemned the ideology of the “Russian world” (“Russkiy mir”) — as a “chauvinistic doctrine” that “denies the right of the Ukrainian nation to self-determination” and “sovereign development.”
Cardinal says debate about blessings is normal part of church life January 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the debate surrounding the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on the possibility of blessing gay couples shows that deeper reflection is still needed.
Renew the world with creativity, bold dreams, pope tells young people January 12, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Young people are meant to be “levers” that renew established systems, not “gears” to keep the old ways grinding, Pope Francis told a group of young professionals.
