Best gift a child can receive is faith, pope says at baptisms January 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
Pope offers prayers for those impacted by L.A. wildfires January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News “I am praying for all of you,” Pope Francis said, using his televised Sunday Angelus address to speak directly to the people impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.
Cardinal Dolan will lead prayer at Trump’s second inauguration Jan. 20 January 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News After congressional lawmakers formally certified Jan. 6 President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, Trump is scheduled to return to the White House Jan. 20, four years after he left the Oval Office in the wake of a failed reelection bid.
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity January 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor January 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.
Consecration of new church on banks of Jordan River called a sign of hope for region January 12, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, told thousands of faithful that Pope Francis sent him to preside over the inauguration and consecration of a new Catholic church at the banks of the Jordan River as a sign of the universal church’s closeness to all Christians in the Middle East.
Chapel onboard historic Italian naval ship designated a Jubilee church January 12, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News The Italian naval ship “Amerigo Vespucci,” currently completing its global tour, has been designated a Jubilee church for the Holy Year 2025, transforming its onboard chapel into a pilgrimage destination at sea.
‘Do not forget Syria,’ says Damascus Franciscan, who sees mixed signs for nation’s future January 12, 2025By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The Franciscan friars in Syria are accustomed to overcoming obstacles and living in uncertain times, and now they are bracing for the new Islamic rule in the country with both “encouraging” and “worrying” signs on the horizon.
McElroy goes to Washington: Cardinal brings intellect, policy interest and controversy January 11, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Since Cardinal Robert W. McElroy’s Jan. 6 appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington, church watchers have interpreted the move as a papal endorsement of the prelate’s outspoken support for the poor and those on the margins.
Vatican publishes list of papal liturgies for January, February January 11, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is scheduled to complete the Christmastime liturgies by baptizing babies in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 12, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Los Angeles fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’ January 10, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Sam Laganà and his wife were among the dozens of Corpus Christi parishioners at a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to pray for those affected by the fires raging through parts of Los Angeles County.
Bishops call for Venezuelan vote to be respected January 10, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Venezuela’s bishops called for the country’s electoral decision to be respected on the eve of the Jan. 10 inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro, whose victory in the July 28 election is disputed by the opposition and not recognized by the United States.
