New Orleans priest gets life in prison for 1970s rape of Catholic student December 20, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A retired New Orleans priest who walked back a public admission of sexual abuse will spend his remaining years behind bars, after pleading guilty to charges for offenses dating from 1975-1976.
Why we come a’caroling December 20, 2024By Eddie O'Neill OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Though we may know the first verse and the refrain of a number of Christmas carols, do we know the origin of these songs we sing each December?
Catholic University faces $30M ‘structural deficit’ amid higher education headwinds December 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The Catholic University of America is facing a “structural deficit of $30 million” that the school “must address through both budget cuts and revenue growth,” said president Peter Kilpatrick in a Dec. 6 email to alumni.
True Christian pilgrimages are rooted in silence, the Gospel, pope says December 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News To have a true Christian pilgrimage experience along the Camino de Santiago — the popular pilgrimage in northern Spain that leads to the tomb of St. James — pilgrims must cultivate silence, prayer and charity along their route, Pope Francis said.
Support of pontifical missions reflects Jesus’ love for poor, pope says December 19, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, Missions, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised Catholics who support the Pontifical Mission Societies’ work with the poor and those on the margins of society, saying such assistance is a concrete expression of Jesus’ love.
Marquette poll: Public rates Biden at all-time low, splits on Trump Cabinet picks December 19, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News President Joe Biden is nearing the end of his term in the White House with an all-time low approval rating, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.
Supreme Court takes up S.C. Planned Parenthood defunding case December 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 18 it will hear a case concerning South Carolina’s attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program, setting up what could be a major case about the nation’s largest abortion provider’s ability to use public funds in states that have restricted abortion.
Pope declares 16 new saints killed during French Revolution December 18, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in a series of decrees published Dec. 18.
Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a ‘powerful symbolic expression’ December 18, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is advocating for Catholic faithful to receive holy Communion standing — the normative posture established by the U.S. Catholic bishops — as part of a renewed awareness of the theology of the Communion procession.
Catholics, Methodists called to spread hope, pope says December 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The upcoming celebration of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is a reminder to Christians that “we profess the same faith, and thus have the same responsibility of offering signs of hope that bear witness to God’s presence in the world,” Pope Francis told leaders of the World Methodist Council.
Jesus is the path and destination for Jubilee pilgrims, pope says December 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and destination for Christian hope.
Pope: Skill, performance are not enough, empathy, heart needed at work December 18, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told young people preparing to seek employment not to accept just any kind of work, especially if it is “evil,” and not to compromise their beliefs for any reason, even for money or social status.
