Confession, indulgences express and strengthen communion, speakers say March 22, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church’s ministry of granting absolution for sins and indulgences to remove the punishments those sins deserve is a ministry that builds communion, said speakers at a Vatican course.
Pro-life groups seek commitments on federal abortion limits from 2024 GOP contenders March 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life groups indicated they plan to seek commitments from 2024 Republican presidential contenders on their positions on abortion in what will be the first presidential election cycle since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade decision.
Pope: Without power of Holy Spirit, evangelization is empty advertising March 22, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News To evangelize well, the faithful need to dialogue with God, let the Holy Spirit renew their hearts and lives, and then dialogue with today’s world, Pope Francis said.
West Virginia parishes, people help Ukrainians find safe haven in Mountain State March 22, 2023By Colleen Rowan OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, War in Ukraine, World News Veronika McCann is channeling her anger and grief into the efforts of St. Joseph Parish in Martinsburg to help more Ukrainian families, just like her own, to leave the war-torn country and find hope and safety in the state’s Eastern Panhandle.
Rosary project supplies ‘long-range, heart-changing weapons’ to Ukraine March 22, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A broken rosary has become the inspiration to heal the war-torn nation of Ukraine, thanks to the efforts of a Philadelphia-area Ukrainian Catholic man and a dedicated group of volunteers.
Bishop calls ‘reproductive justice’ lecture series with abortion doula ‘scandal,’ ‘unworthy’ of Notre Dame university March 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A lecture series on “reproductive justice” at the University of Notre Dame is advancing “activist propaganda” rather than “conducting a neutral inquiry or exploring the debates within this field,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in whose diocese the university operates, stated in a sharply written March 21 column.
Church calls for ‘international protection of holy sites’ after attack on church at Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem March 21, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News he Greek Orthodox Church March 19 denounced what it called a “heinous terrorist attack” on a church at the Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem.
Sister Joan Cooper, O.S.F., dies at 94 March 21, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Joan Cooper will be offered at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., March 27. Sister Joan died March 18. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for more than 72 years.
Papal message to focus on people’s right not to migrate March 21, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Reflecting on people’s right to remain in their country of origin, share in the common good and live in dignity will be the focus of Pope Francis’ next message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
Medically changing person’s sex characteristics to those of opposite sex ‘not morally justified,’ say bishops March 21, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, World News Surgical, chemical or other interventions that aim “to exchange” a person’s “sex characteristics” for those of the opposite sex “are not morally justified,” said the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee in a statement released March 20.
Pope Francis is praised in U.N. talks for efforts to combat anti-Muslim prejudice March 21, 2023By James Martone OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis and his efforts to promote interreligious harmony featured prominently in United Nations discussions focusing on what could be done about rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.
Pathfinders: Five Archdiocese of Baltimore women who made history March 21, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints As the nation’s first Catholic diocese, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is home to many trailblazers, including history-making women.
