Can humanity survive the digital age? Panel says it depends October 1, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, World News With increased smartphone use — an estimated 69 percent of the global population, who also consume social media on their devices — come questions of authentic versus artificial community.
‘You speak with a heart’ for human dignity, archbishop tells Ukraine’s Zelenskyy September 30, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News The head of Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. told OSV News he personally thanked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for speaking “with a heart” and being “a source of encouragement” worldwide.
France mourns Catholic student murdered by repeat migrant offender next to her university September 30, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Immigration and Migration, News, World News It felt as if the whole country mourned and wept as family, friends and 3,000 other people packed the St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles Sept. 27 to say goodbye to 19-year-old student Philippine de Carlan, who was found murdered in Bois de Boulogne, or the Boulogne Forest, in Paris Sept. 21.
Like Jesus, be patient with others, archbishop tells synod members September 30, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Synod members must imitate Jesus’ patience and acceptance toward others as they prepare to exchange contrasting visions for the future of the Catholic Church, an archbishop and synod member said.
Huge swath of Florida confronts Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact September 30, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Four Florida dioceses with substantial coastal exposure along the Gulf of Mexico have been assessing significant flood damage while activating regional distribution centers following Hurricane Helene.
At pre-synod retreat, members urged to be open to others, to the Spirit September 30, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Some members of the Synod of Bishops may need to let go of old ways of doing things and others may need to let go of a desire to make everything new; instead, all of them must allow the Holy Spirit to speak, said Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe.
Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene devastates region September 30, 2024By OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene.
Just war theory morally ‘devalued’ in today’s world, U.S. cardinal says September 30, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News The concept of just war, which has guided Catholic teaching on war and peace since the fourth century, has become “devalued as a moral instrument” due to its application in modern conflicts, said Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego.
Iraqi archbishop says rift with Chaldean patriarch is a ‘misunderstanding’ September 30, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said tensions between himself and Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch, were the result of a misunderstanding and denied accusations he was working against the patriarch.
Excessive force, even after an attack, is immoral, pope says September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News During a brief question-and-answer period with reporters on the papal plane returning to Rome from Belgium Sept. 29, the pope was asked specifically whether he thought Israel had gone too far in its most recent strike on Lebanon.
Pope praises late king for abdicating rather than signing abortion law September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Every crisis, including what the Catholic Church can experience when people no longer care about religion or have distanced themselves from the faith, is meant to wake Christians up from their slumber, make them ask questions and to change, Pope Francis told bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers.
‘Peace is only possible if it is wanted,’ Cardinal Parolin tells U.N. assembly September 30, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Amid ongoing and potentially escalating conflict in both the Middle East and Ukraine, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin cautioned gathered delegates at the 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York Sept. 28 that, “peace is only possible if it is wanted.”
