Carmelites find St. Teresa of Ávila’s body still incorrupt after opening coffin for study of relics August 29, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a study of her relics, which will be carried out by Italian doctors and scientists — with the approval of the Vatican.
Prominent cleric behind Toronto World Youth Day accused of sexually assaulting young priest August 29, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A lawsuit launched in March has accused Father Thomas Rosica, the national director of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, of sexually assaulting a young priest in the lead-up to the event.
New study says Shroud of Turin bloodstains are ‘consistent with Jesus Christ’s tortures’ August 29, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A study published in July revealed that a new analysis of the Shroud of Turin, including the composition and a microscopic analysis of bloodstains, shows that the marks are consistent with the tortures endured by Christ as described in the Gospels.
‘We are women of steel,’ LCWR honoree tells fellow women religious at assembly August 29, 2024By Dan Stockman OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vocations, World News Sister Nancy Schreck has worked with congregations of women religious across the country and around the world, spent years in high school classrooms, and ministered for decades with other sisters in rural Mississippi, and after all that experience she has this to say about Catholic sisters: “We are women of steel.”
Holy Land patriarchs call for rapid cease-fire as war’s one-year mark approaches August 29, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News With the approaching one-year mark of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, spurred by the Hamas attack on southern Israeli agricultural communities Oct. 7, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem urged the warring sides to “reach a rapid agreement” for a cease-fire.
Walz, Vance records give insight into presidential contenders vis-a-vis Catholic concerns August 29, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News While the selection of a running mate in recent decades has had little discernible electoral impact on elections, experts told OSV News the selection of vice presidential candidates can be a signal of how a presidential candidate intends to campaign or govern, including in areas of interest to Catholics such as abortion, climate, immigration and labor.
Congolese Catholic Church leaders concerned as mpox marches through country August 28, 2024By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News As Congo remained the epicenter of the latest mpox outbreak, Catholic Church leaders in the country were calling for increased action, while expressing concern at the surging cases.
Arkansas Abortion Amendment will not be on Nov. 5 ballot August 28, 2024By Malea Hargett OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Arkansas Supreme Court issued a ruling Aug. 22, saying supporters of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment failed to meet state guidelines to get the amendment on the Nov. 5 ballot.
Guatemala cardinal: Drug cartels wield ‘total power’ on border with Mexico August 28, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has warned that drug cartels control the border between Mexico and Guatemala, provoking spasms of violence that have sent hundreds of Mexicans fleeing into his diocese.
LCWR assembly invites sisters to become ‘catalyst for social transformation’ August 28, 2024By Dan Stockman OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vocations, World News However religious life evolves, whatever new religious life emerges, consecrated women will continue to answer God’s call with a courageous “YES,” sisters heard during the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Catholics in Southern Italian diocese protest abuse cover up August 28, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Catholics in the Southern Italian city of Enna, Sicily, protested the local church’s role in covering up sexual abuse after a court recently ruled that the diocesan bishop sought to protect a priest accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian.
Pope to bishops in Middle East: ‘Keep hope burning’ August 28, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked Catholic bishops in the Middle East to always be “signs of hope, a presence that nurtures words and gestures of peace, brotherhood and respect.”
