Amid violent clashes, Colombian church crucial in assisting devastated Catatumbo communities January 31, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The armed confrontation between two guerrilla organizations in Catatumbo, a region in the northern part of Colombia, has caused at least 80 deaths and the displacement of 48,000 residents since Jan. 16.
Eucharistic revival event shares ways to ‘walk with’ persons hurt by the church January 31, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Eucharist, News, World News Walk With One embraces the idea that everyone can — indeed, must — evangelize, and aims to equip them for sharing the Good News of Jesus’ love and compassion.
Help purify, restore relationships, pope tells judges at Vatican tribunal January 31, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Concern for the salvation of souls is what guides the work of church tribunals and the implementation of reforms regarding the marriage annulment process, Pope Francis said.
Upstate N.Y. site honoring St. Kateri, Jesuit martyrs confirmed a national shrine January 31, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has designated Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y., as a national shrine for pilgrims, the sanctuary announced Jan. 30.
Bishops across U.S. defend migrants, calling for immigration reform in ‘justice and mercy’ January 31, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The United States is a “nation with a proud legacy of welcome to immigrants” that also “needs secure, safe, sturdy borders,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
Pope calls on Valencia seminarians to bring hope to devastated region January 31, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News In the wake of the deadly flooding that killed 216 people in Valencia, Spain, Pope Francis told seminarians and seminary staff from the region to immerse themselves in the suffering of their people and give them signs of hope.
U.S. bishops call for prayer after deadly D.C. air collision claims dozens of lives January 30, 2025By OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News U.S. Catholic bishops — joined by Pope Francis — are calling for prayer after a deadly aviation crash in the nation’s capital claimed dozens of lives.
France’s Catholic prime minister wants to fight ‘end of life’ bill by splitting measure January 30, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an “end of life” bill to separate the issue of “active assistance in dying” from that of palliative care — a proposal seen as a smart attempt to give a pro-life approach to the legislation without antagonizing rival political sides.
Trump order against youth gender transition hailed by U.S. bishops’ family life head January 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News In a move welcomed by the U.S. bishops’ chair on family life, President Donald Trump Jan. 28 signed an executive order stating his administration would seek to prohibit certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
Pope sends condolences to families for midair collision near D.C. January 30, 2025By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis offered his condolences to the families of victims and to the entire nation following a deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington.
Pope: Giving marginalized people hope is key to peace January 30, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Nations should put people affected by poverty, illness, migration and other marginalized groups at the heart of social and economic considerations during the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said.
Excommunicated Holocaust-denying Bishop Williamson dies at 84 January 30, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Excommunicated traditionalist Bishop Richard N. Williamson died Jan. 29 in a hospital in Margate, England, at the age of 84 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
