Catholic leaders offer prayers, express outrage after 46 die in Honduras women’s prison massacre June 23, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholics in Honduras prayed for the victims of a horrific massacre in a women’s prison — an attack underscoring the power of the country’s criminal gangs and their control over correctional facilities.
Wyoming’s abortion pill ban blocked while lawsuit proceeds June 23, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A judge blocked Wyoming’s ban on abortion pills days before it was set to take effect July 1.
Synod document’s hundreds of questions are its strength, U.S. leaders say June 23, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The Holy See released the “Instrumentum Laboris” June 20 to guide preparation for the upcoming “2021-2024 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission,” also known as the Synod on Synodality.
From intolerance to genocide: religious liberty violations driven by ‘tense’ global conditions, says report June 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News “Tense” global conditions — including the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and increases in the cost of living — lead to religious freedom violations in countries around the world, according to a new report by Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation of the Catholic Church.
Glyndon parish celebrates 150 years of growth June 23, 2023By Jamie Hunt Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2023 At Sacred Heart in Glyndon, the run-up to its 150th anniversary was a kind of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” situation.
Catholic pro-life sidewalk counselor asks U.S. Supreme Court to review NY prohibitions June 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News A Catholic sidewalk counselor plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling upholding a New York county law prohibiting pro-life protesters from approaching people outside abortion clinics, the law firm representing her said June 22.
Boston’s Seaport Shrine offers prayers for submersible passengers June 23, 2023By Jacqueline Tetrault OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “Bring them safely home.” That is the prayer that generations of sailors’ families and friends have offered from the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage in South Boston.
‘Exciting times’ for Baltimore and Oblate Sisters as Mother Lange’s sainthood cause advances June 22, 2023By Gerry Jackson Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore rejoiced June 22 at the prospects of one of their own moving closer to sainthood. Mother Lange, also the founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, was declared venerable when Pope France signed a decree recognizing her as having “lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way. “
Papal envoy heads to Ukraine for sixth time to ‘assist those in need,’ put spotlight on suffering people June 22, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News While desperation mounts in Ukraine amid more than 480 days of war — and in the aftermath of the destruction of a dam that caused the flooding of dozens of towns in the south of the country — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski traveled to the country June 22 for the sixth time “to assist those in need.”
‘Our Mary is back’: Police find stolen statue, return her safely to Maryland church June 22, 2023By Joseph P. Owens OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News People at Holy Savior Church in Ocean City were relieved the morning of June 21 when police returned the statue of Mary that was stolen from the parish prayer garden the week before.
With doctor’s OK, pope says he is ready for World Youth Day June 22, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry With a green light from his doctor, Pope Francis has assured young people that he will be with them in Portugal for World Youth Day despite his recent surgery.
Federal judge nixes Arkansas ban on gender reassignment procedures for minors June 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge struck down as unconstitutional an Arkansas ban on some surgeries or hormonal interventions for minors seeking gender reassignment June 20, the first ruling to overturn such a law as a growing number of states with Republican-led governments pass similar restrictions.
