Christmas celebratory again in Holy Land amid ongoing war; patriarch urges pilgrims to return December 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come back to the birthplace of Jesus.
‘Pilgrims of Hope’: Vatican prepares to welcome millions for Holy Year December 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The celebration of a Holy Year every 25 years is an acknowledgment that “the Christian life is a journey calling for moments of greater intensity to encourage and sustain hope as the constant companion that guides our steps toward the goal of our encounter with the Lord Jesus,” Pope Francis wrote.
Charity is more than material support, pope says December 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Charity involves more than offering material aid to those in need; it also calls for a commitment to fostering societal change, Pope Francis said.
Homilies must be short, about Jesus, inspired by the Spirit, pope says December 4, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Homilies must be prepared with the help of the Holy Spirit, be shorter than 10 minutes and put the spotlight on the Lord, not oneself, Pope Francis said.
Pope, cardinal advisers discuss collegiality, role of women December 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News During two days of meetings, Pope Francis and his closest cardinal advisers discussed the relationship between local churches and other institutional church assemblies, a main topic of discussion to come out of the Synod of Bishops on synodality.
Supreme Court hears challenge to Tennessee’s gender transition ban for minors December 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral’s reopening ceremonies December 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News President-elect Donald Trump will attend the upcoming reopening ceremony for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he said Dec. 2. The trip will mark his first foreign trip since his election to a second term.
El Salvador archbishop blasts mining law change, says it will cause ‘irrevocable damage’ December 4, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Environment, News, Social Justice, World News Catholic leaders in Central America expressed alarm over the idea of repealing a national prohibition on extractive activities in El Salvador — putting the church in opposition to the country’s popular president.
Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas venerated by faithful in Washington during relic’s 3-week U.S. tour December 4, 2024By Paul Macrae Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News To a packed St. Dominic Church Nov. 29, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington delivered a homily focused on the Catholic tradition of honoring the dead and on the legacy of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Archbishop Sheen’s canonization ‘inevitable’ amid growing devotion, says foundation head December 4, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Despite a few high-profile delays in recent years, the canonization of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen — the popular, scholarly archbishop and 20th-century pioneer of Catholic broadcasting — is “inevitable,” said the head of the foundation supporting his cause.
Ukrainian art therapist helps people traumatized by the war that took her son December 4, 2024By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, War in Ukraine, World News Artist and psychologist Tetiana Myalkovska of Ukraine used her art therapy techniques to work with children who have special needs and with her country’s traumatized soldiers returning from the conflict when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
Vatican suppresses Texas monastery after Carmelite order dismissed its nuns December 3, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News The Holy See has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, a month after its residents were dismissed from the Carmelite order and religious life.
