Question Corner: What’s the scriptural basis for praying for dead and venerating relics? November 13, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Uncategorized The Catholic customs of praying for the souls of the dead, praying to the saints who have gone before us in earthly life, and of venerating relics are based primarily in the church’s long-standing tradition and theology rather than explicit scriptural “prooftexts.” However, the Bible does indeed allude to these practices.
U.S. bishops elect Archbishop Hebda as treasurer-elect, five new committee chairs November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, Uncategorized, World News Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis was elected treasurer of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 in Baltimore, bringing valuable experience from his own archdiocese to the conference post.
Pope: Catholic education must be committed to service November 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized A Catholic institution of higher education is not merely a university with a “distinguished adjective in its name,” Pope Francis said, rather it bears a commitment to teaching and acting in service of others and in line with the Gospels.
Talitha Kum trains nuns, youth against human trafficking and forced marriage in Bangladesh November 9, 2024By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training program.
Newman on conversion November 8, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Despite significant opposition, someone persists in a life-changing decision at least partly because the opposition has the unanticipated consequence of reinforcing the determination to persist.
The ‘month of the dead’ brings its own strange refreshment November 7, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized “The newness of life” encourages us to embrace all seasons of our time here and to open our minds, hearts and souls to Christ in everything that comes to us, because in all of it — the joyful and the painful and the uncertain — a kind of newness of life is revealed.
Nuncio en EE.UU.: ‘No olviden que hay 65 millones de hispanos en este país, todos de origen católico, pero viven un cambio cultural tremendo’ November 2, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized En la noche del pasado 16 de octubre en la nunciatura de la Santa Sede en Washington D.C., el Comité de Diversidad Cultural en la Iglesia de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) y el Subcomité de Asuntos Hispanos, en cabeza de su presidente el Mons. Oscar Cantú, obispo de San José; convocaron a líderes de organizaciones católicas y líderes de la pastoral hispana de las diferentes diócesis del país.
Christian persecution is increasing dramatically around the globe, report says October 29, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized The report by Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic pontifical charity, called “Persecuted and Forgotten?” said that between August 2022 and June 2024 persecution of Christians had become worse in 60 percent of 18 countries investigated.
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore seeks Adopt a Family sponsors October 25, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore, Uncategorized As the Christmas season approaches, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is reaching out to individuals and organizations to support its Adopt a Family program that connects generous donors with families in SVDP shelters, supportive housing programs and Head Start.
Attack in rectory a ‘turning point’ in faith, says Philadelphia priest October 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized A Philadelphia priest assaulted in his rectory said the attack marked a “turning point” that forced him “to reflect deeply on life, faith and the forces of evil” — as well as justice and mercy.
De inmigrante indocumentado a obispo auxiliar October 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Immigration and Migration, Protagonistas de Fe, Uncategorized En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, el obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, Monseñor Evelio Menjivar Ayala, nos relata su salida de El Salvador durante los años de la guerra civil, su historia como migrante en Estados Unidos y su jornada de fe que le lleva a escuchar el llamado del Señor a la vida sacerdotal.
Expulsion of members of scandal-plagued Catholic group by the Vatican shocks Peru October 2, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized The Vatican’s decision to expel 10 important members from the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a scandal-plagued society of apostolic life founded in Peru in 1971, was received with surprise — and at times shock — by many in Peru.
