‘Pray for God’s hand’ over Mississippi: destructive tornado kills, injures dozens March 27, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, extended his prayers and encouraged Catholics to support all communities affected by this tragic event. “We join in prayer for all those affected by the storms that crossed our state,” he said in a statement posted on the diocesan website March 25.
Maryland family connects with Poland’s Ulma family, murdered by Nazis March 27, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The Vatican confirmed the martyrdom of the Ulma family, including their unborn child, on Dec. 17, 2022, clearing the way for all nine members of the Ulma family to be beatified.
Laws, lawsuits and adult involvement needed to save kids from social media ‘harm,’ say experts March 26, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Following California’s successful lead, legislation in Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia aims to impose on social media giants fines, age-appropriate design codes, and user age restrictions for opening accounts.
Confession is ‘encounter of love’ that fights evil, pope tells priests March 26, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments In a world where “there is no shortage of hotbeds of hatred and revenge,” Pope Francis told priests and seminarians that “we confessors must multiply the ‘hotbeds of mercy,'” by making it easy for people to access the sacrament of reconciliation.
National Eucharistic Revival aims to form disciples on mission with new Easter series March 26, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The National Eucharistic Revival announced it will release what it called the “first-of-its-kind” mystagogy series of weekly catechetical reflections throughout the Easter season to “invite all Catholics deeper into the mysteries of Christ by reflecting on the truth, goodness and beauty of the Mass,” a news release on the series said.
Texas parishioners affected by Ukrainian war, a wildfire have relied on faith, community to survive turmoil March 25, 2023By Susan Moses OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News THE COLONY, Texas (OSV News) — St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church in The Colony, Texas, is thousands of miles from the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine, but the hearts of its faithful are close to the war-torn country. In his flock, Father Pavlo Popov ministers to a broad scope of Catholics. Refugees recently […]
Jérôme Lejeune’s legacy advances ‘abundant life’ for people with Down syndrome in world and church March 25, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist who co-discovered the link between a chromosome irregularity and Down syndrome is now on the path to sainthood, and the Jerome Lejeune Foundation USA daily advances the rights and wellbeing of those with Down syndrome and their families.
Pope, World Council of Churches’ leaders talk about war, divisions March 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Recognizing how war and political differences can increase Christian divisions, believers must keep their focus on Christ and his Gospel, said members of a delegation of the World Council of Churches that met with Pope Francis.
Pre-Vatican II Mass was formed by ‘clericalization,’ says papal preacher March 24, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Clericalization led to the separation of the clergy from the faithful in the church’s liturgy celebrated before the Second Vatican Council, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household.
Memorial to modern Christian martyrs opens in Rome March 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Community of Sant’Egidio, which cares for the basilica and the shrine, hosted an event March 23 to dedicate a new exposition space among the ruins in the crypt as a museum and memorial to the new martyrs of both the 20th and 21st centuries.
Human composting, alkaline hydrolysis not acceptable for burial, say U.S. bishops March 24, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church’s teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said.
Pope advances sainthood causes of six candidates March 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of five women and a priest.
