Notre Dame de Paris returns to her cathedral with thousands of Parisians walking her home November 16, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Miraculously missed by burning beams falling from the roof on April 15, 2019, and waiting for five years to make it back to Notre Dame Cathedral, the 14th-century statue of the Virgin of Paris made it back home Nov. 15, accompanied by thousands of Parisians praying, singing and lighting candles as they walked their Virgin to Paris’ most iconic church, restored after the fire.
Texas high court rejects execution delay for man convicted of ‘shaken baby’ murder November 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 15 denied a state House committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, after lawmakers questioned the evidence behind his conviction.
2024 Vatican document shaping USCCB resources on gender theory, love, human person November 16, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, World News Efforts to apply a 2024 Vatican document on human dignity to an American context and its “a radical emphasis on individual autonomy” are underway within three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Red Wednesday to put Christian persecution in the spotlight November 16, 2024By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News This coming Nov. 20 will mark “Red Wednesday,” a commemoration held annually by Aid to the Church in Need to highlight the fact that today one in seven Christians face extreme hostility, violence and repression because of their faith in Christ. In some countries, the observance is being extended throughout the week and is called a “Red Week.”
What it takes to be a military chaplain: ‘It’s a call within a call,’ says priest November 16, 2024By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Wherever U.S. soldiers are deployed, Catholic chaplains faithfully serve the spiritual needs of the men giving their lives in service to the United States.
Ahead of World Day of the Poor, cause opens for France’s ‘charitable spouses’ November 16, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Social Justice, World News Ahead of World Day of the Poor, observed in the church Nov. 17, French bishops gave a green light to open the sainthood cause for a married couple who gave up their noble and rich life to care for the sick and poor.
Trump’s cabinet picks; RFK Jr.’s pro-abortion record; abortion ballots examined November 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News President-elect Donald Trump named his nominees for several key roles in his second term, including the controversial selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was recently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, for attorney general.
Pope asks parishes, religious orders to help alleviate housing crisis November 15, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is asking parishes, Catholic institutions and religious congregations in Rome to celebrate the Holy Year 2025 by offering a home to someone who is without.
Bishops decry move to add ‘right’ to abortion, same-sex marriage to Virginia constitution November 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Respect Life, World News Virginia’s Catholic bishops decried a move by a Virginia House of Delegates’ committee Nov. 13 to advance proposed constitutional amendments that would add a right to abortion in the state’s constitution and repeal a constitutional provision that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
More than 2,400 anti-Christian hate crimes occurred in Europe in 2023, report finds November 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News With new reports by human rights organizations in Europe, it is clear that anti-Christian discrimination is a hot-button issue on the old continent, and on the rise.
World needs artisans, small businesses to promote common good, pope says November 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Artisans, tradespersons and craftspersons make the world more beautiful and are collaborators in God’s creativity and desire for peace, Pope Francis said.
Local group protests cutting tree for Vatican’s Christmas November 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the “fir tree-icide” of cutting down a 200-year-old red pine to decorate St. Peter’s Square for Christmas.
