Trump touts IVF mandate but mulls religious exemption in EWTN interview October 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said he “will look at” a religious exemption to his proposed mandate to cover in vitro fertilization treatments, commonly known as IVF — a procedure the church condemns as linked to the “abortion mentality” and destructive of human life — in an interview with a Catholic television host.
As synod nears end, preacher urges members to be at peace with results October 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone knows,” the spiritual adviser to the synod on synodality told them.
Cardinal calls for communion, continued action as synod nears end October 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod’s secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of “covetousness” — the desire “to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close.”
Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass October 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.
Popular Elvis tribute artist spreads the faith as deacon in Newark Archdiocese October 20, 2024By Sean Quinn OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, deacons, News, World News Deacon Liguori does not believe he is “The King” reincarnated. Yet if you ask his fans, they’ll tell you that may be the best way to describe him.
British Catholics welcome cardinal appointment for Dominican who is UK’s best known preacher October 20, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, World News British Catholics have welcomed the appointment of Father Timothy Radcliffe, their country’s best known Dominican preacher, as a cardinal, predicting it will raise their church’s profile at home and abroad.
‘High-time’ for lay men, women to become evangelizers, missionary says October 20, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, World News As the Catholic Church commemorates World Mission Sunday Oct. 20, Divine Word Father Victor Roche, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, said Catholics should not only reflect on the work carried out by priests and men and women religious, but also on their own personal calling to be missionaries in their own country.
Catholic’s ministry is collecting used religious objects to give to churches in need of them October 19, 2024By Mike Latona OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News St. Mary Recycle Mission Group is operated by Kimberly Walters, a Catholic who formerly lived in the Diocese of Rochester and attended church at Rochester’s Our Lady of Victory Parish.
Men grieve ‘shared suffering’ miscarriage differently than women, but can be overlooked October 19, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News How miscarriage affects fathers and how that affects their relationships is an often overlooked aspect of this ministry’s developing landscape, several experts told OSV News.
Kenyan missionary in Diocese of Rochester hopes to ‘give back’ to church October 19, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News As Catholics worldwide prepare to commemorate World Mission Sunday, a missionary priest in the Diocese of Rochester, New York, said his work has given him the opportunity to give back what he received in his youth in Kenya.
Roberto Navarro reaches dreams through commitment to serve and faith in God October 18, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, Social Justice, World News Roberto Navarro dreams of one day eradicating hunger, as his work involves “advocating for bills that are important to help our neediest brothers and sisters around the world,” he explained. He and his team advocate for Congress to pass (and maintain) the foreign financial aid budget.
Synod leaders share lessons learned in listening with U.S. students October 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The listening that has been part of the Synod of Bishops changes people, can change the Catholic Church and can change the world for the better, four synod members told U.S. university students in Rome.