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Proposed referendum for Irish Constitution calls for widening the definition of family

December 6, 2023
By Michael Kelly
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News

A pro-family campaign group has warned that a proposed March referendum in Ireland to amend the country’s constitution would be a “further downgrading of the importance of marriage to society.”

Pope, Council of Cardinals discussed the role of women in the church

December 6, 2023
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

With the input of two women and a priest, Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed the role of women in the Catholic Church.

Archbishop exhorts Advent vigilance as national shrine’s Holy Door sealed

December 6, 2023
By Julie Asher
OSV News
Filed Under: Advent, Feature, News, World News

Archbishop Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was the main celebrant of the Mass, which included his blessing and sealing the basilica’s entrance door as a Holy Door for the Catholic Church’s Holy Year 2025, which has as its theme “Pilgrims of Hope.”

Holy Spirit inspires creativity, simplicity in evangelization, pope says

December 6, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News

Christians must rely more on the Holy Spirit than on their own plans and strategies if they hope to fulfill their mission to share the good news of God’s love and of salvation in Christ, Pope Francis said.

Tuberville ends hold on hundreds of military promotions over Pentagon abortion policy

December 6, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told reporters on Capitol Hill Dec. 5 that he would end his monthslong blockade on hundreds of military promotions undertaken in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.

Sacraments, strategy help Catholics stay sober amid holidays, say experts

December 5, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Health Care, News, World News

The Christmas season can be challenging for those in addiction recovery, but sacramental grace and practical strategies can keep those seeking sobriety on track, pastoral experts told OSV News.

FBI director spars with GOP Senators about memo on ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’

December 5, 2023
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

FBI Director Christopher Wray sparred with Republicans during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Dec. 5 about a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia, field office about political extremism in some Catholic groups.

Africa’s need for ‘loss, damage’ funds to combat climate change effects called urgent

December 5, 2023
By Doreen Ajiambo
OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

The victims are urging world leaders to immediately disburse loss and damage funds while they meet at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.

‘Do not forget’ Sahel humanitarian crisis, warns Ivory Coast bishop on U.S. visit

December 5, 2023
By Barb Fraze
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

This December, when Catholic villagers in northern Ivory Coast are preparing for Christmas, many will be organizing Advent food and supplies for the nearly 42,000 refugees who have fled into their country from the Sahel, said the head of the Commission of Integral Human Development for the bishops of Ivory Coast.

Univ. of Notre Dame names Father Robert Dowd its new president

December 4, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News

The University of Notre Dame has selected a new president who said he hopes to position the school as an “ever-greater engine of insight, innovation and impact.”

Message of Peace Light, now in U.S., seen as more urgent amid Israel-Hamas war

December 4, 2023
By Alicia Venter
OSV News
Filed Under: Advent, Crisis in Israel, Feature, News, World News

As Catholics across the New York metropolitan area were given the opportunity to light their first candle of the Advent season the weekend of Dec. 2-3, a flame drawn from a source that dates back 1,000 years arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens.

Exile: Don’t underestimate Nicaragua church’s ‘prophetic voice’ amid repression

December 4, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

In the face of Nicaragua’s authoritarian regime, “the prophetic voice of the Catholic Church cannot be underestimated,” said an opposition leader recently exiled to the U.S., who joined fellow speakers at a Dec. 1 presentation on the church’s role in preserving democratic freedom.

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