Tens of thousands of Israelis line streets for funeral procession for Bibas family February 26, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Tens of thousands of mourners Feb. 26 lined the streets as the funeral procession for Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, made its way nearly 40 miles from Rishon Lezion in central Israel to Tsoher Regional Cemetery in southern Israel.
Even from hospital, pope gives powerful witness of faith, prelates say February 26, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Despite his illness, age and hospitalization, Pope Francis is still demonstrating his deep faith and exercising his role as pontiff, said a cardinal who once served as an auxiliary bishop of Rome. “The pope offers profound meaning to human suffering — that same suffering that he himself has always flagged as […]
Pope’s condition shows ‘further slight improvement’ February 26, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ condition showed “further slight improvement” in the previous 24 hours, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin Feb. 26.
Pope establishes commission to boost donations to the Holy See February 26, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News To support the service of the Apostolic See and considering the current economic situation,” Pope Francis established a permanent Vatican commission dedicated to boosting donations to the Holy See through targeted campaigns.
For those who embrace Christ’s love, death is not the end, pope writes February 26, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For those who recognize Christ as the savior, death is not an end or a form of “annihilation,” Pope Francis wrote in his general audience catechesis. It is a kind of “sister” that introduces the faithful departed to true life.
Supreme Court declines to hear abortion clinic ‘bubble zone’ challenges February 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court will not hear a pair of cases that may have allowed sidewalk counselors and protesters at abortion clinics to get as close as 8 feet away from people entering them.
Analysis: Will climate goals survive dismantling of Biden-era green initiatives? February 26, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Pope Francis has made ecology a signature issue of his pontificate, penning “Laudato Si’,” a 2015 encyclical, and “Laudate Deum,” a 2023 apostolic exhortation, to address it.
What’s involved in resettling refugees? Catholic leaders share the church’s work February 26, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Weeks before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Feb. 18 over then sudden suspension of funding for refugee resettlement assistance in order to continue to assisting refugees already resettled in the U.S., members of USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services and a local Catholic Charities described the importance and logistics of their work.
Judge blocks policy permitting ICE arrests at some places of worship February 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge in Maryland has halted a Trump administration policy rescinding long-standing restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
Pope moves Kansas-born military chaplain closer to sainthood February 25, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who gave his life ministering to fellow soldiers in a North Korean prison camp.
Like his predecessors, pope wrote resignation letter in case of impairment February 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Even after Pope Francis’ doctors said he was showing slight signs of improvement and the Vatican reported that he had met in the hospital with top aides to do some work, questions persisted about the possibility of his resignation.
A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, church sources warn February 25, 2025By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A “silent genocide” — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a Protestant church in the North Kivu Province.
