Federal judge rules Maine can exclude Catholic schools from state’s school tuition grant program August 13, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News Catholic schools are still excluded from Maine’s tuition grant program, a federal judge ruled Aug. 8, but he added that he expected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to eventually provide “a more authoritative ruling.”
As Paris wraps Olympics with pride, bishop says church’s Holy Games equally successful August 12, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News Paris wrapped its Olympic Games bursting with pride, closing the Games at Stade de France — a more traditional setting than the Seine River, where the opening ceremony took place.
Pope’s World Peace Day message to focus on hope, forgiveness August 12, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The annual celebration of the World Day of Peace during the Holy Year 2025 will be inspired by “the concepts of hope and forgiveness” — including the forgiveness of foreign debt — “which are at the heart of the Jubilee,” the Vatican said.
U.S. bishops reflect on the Eucharistic congress: 5 days of ‘wonder, awe and adoration’ August 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In this third and final year of the National Eucharistic Revival, the Year of Mission, “we are called to be Eucharistic missionaries in the world,” Bishop Rhoades said. “We are called to live Eucharistic lives — lives transformed by the Eucharistic love of Jesus.”
300 religious leaders call on State Department to address religious persecution in India August 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic bishop in Chicago from an Eastern church whose origins go back to St. Thomas the Apostle has joined some 300 faith leaders in sounding an alarm over religious persecution in India.
Faith helps Olympic weightlifter from Indiana take an unexpected path to Paris August 10, 2024By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: News, Olympics, Sports, World News Mary Theisen-Lappen could never have planned out her own path to the Summer Olympics in Paris.
Supreme Knight summons a new generation of Catholic men: ‘Days of easy faith are over’ August 9, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News The “days of easy faith are over,” and a “new generation of Catholic men” are needed in the church, said the head of the Knights of Columbus at the global Catholic fraternal organization’s annual gathering.
UK Catholics voice ‘shock and concern’ at new outbreak of nationwide disorder August 9, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances.
Iraq marks 10th anniversary of ‘collective’ tragedy under Islamic State group’s terror August 9, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News As Iraq marked 10th anniversary of Islamic State group-induced terror recognized by the United Nations as genocide, and subsequent tragic Christian exodus, a top Iraq cardinal said that evil will not last and Christians called for more support for Iraq’s ancient Yezidi community still struggling for restitution and justice.
Seven exiled Nicaraguan priests arrive in Rome as Ortega regime continues to target church August 9, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News The Vatican confirmed Aug. 9 that seven priests expelled from Nicaragua arrived in Rome Aug. 8. They had been detained in an assault on a diocese headed by an outspoken bishop as the Ortega regime continued debilitating the Catholic Church and forcing its critics into exile.
Pope says he wants to pray at China’s Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan August 9, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he dreams of visiting China one day and, especially, praying at the Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan near Shanghai.
Priests say ‘edifying’ eucharistic congress has called the church ‘to something more’ August 9, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Lucas Oil football stadium was packed July 17 with tens of thousands of people completely silent in prayer before a large monstrance holding the Eucharist.
