Church leaders decry biggest kidnapping of pupils in Nigeria since Chibok girls’ abduction March 11, 2024By Tonny Onyuolo OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Recent kidnappings of hundreds of people in Nigeria, including almost 300 schoolchildren March 7 in Kuriga in the central part of the country, have left church leaders and parents, including Catholics, speechless in the face of another wave of senseless violence.
Polish diocesan phase closes in cause of Catholic midwife who delivered babies at Auschwitz March 11, 2024By Filip Mazurczak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Stanislawa Leszczynska, a Polish midwife imprisoned at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi Germany-occupied Poland, delivered 3,000 babies of different nationalities and treated them and their mothers with heroic humanity.
Radio Interview: The Oscars March 11, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty and guest co-host Ann Augherton of the Arlington Catholic Herald talk with John Mulderig of OSV News and Daughter of St. Paul Sister Rose Pacatte about the best films of the year.
Jesus wants all people to be saved, pope says at Angelus March 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said.
Irish voters resoundingly reject proposals to redefine family, undermine motherhood March 11, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News The Irish prime minister, known as the Taoiseach, has conceded that his government was defeated “comprehensively” when voters rejected amendments to the constitution that the country’s bishops warned would have weakened supports for marriage and undermined motherhood.
Zelenskyy, Ukrainian church, respond to pope’s call for negotiations March 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis’ comment that Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and engage in negotiation to end its war with Russia was dismissed by the Ukrainian government and church leaders.
U.S. bishops’ annual religious freedom essay contest opens for high schoolers March 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News High school juniors and seniors are invited to enter an annual religious liberty essay contest hosted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty, along with the USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education and Our Sunday Visitor Institute.
Survey shows faith influences views on some, not all, social issues March 11, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry A survey of attitudes among young people in eight countries about religious beliefs, prayer and social issues found that while about 25 percent identified as being atheist or agnostic, believers and non-believers were very likely to both agree about the severity of environmental problems and the danger of political corruption in the world.
Franciscan AI expert warns of technology becoming a ‘pseudo-religion’ March 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Artificial intelligence risks giving technology a “pseudo-religion” status by shaping the way people engage with information and reality, a leading expert on artificial intelligence said.
Pope calls for the ‘courage of the white flag,’ negotiation, in Ukraine March 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News – Encouraging negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Pope Francis called for the warring sides to have the “courage of the white flag,” a term usually associated with surrender.
Vatican Year of Prayer resource available free online March 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has asked Catholics to dedicate 2024 to intensifying their prayer lives in preparation for the celebration of the Holy Year 2025, and the Vatican has published a resource guide to help them.
Papal preacher: Christians are ‘wounded healers,’ meant to help others March 9, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Jesus frees Christians from all fear because not only is he the Good Shepherd who protects his flock, but also because he has “conquered the world” and death, the papal preacher said.
