Grenada bishop addresses flock following Hurricane Beryl’s wrath July 5, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News In his first public address since Hurricane Beryl visited the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles region as the earliest formed Category 5 hurricane on record, the bishop of St. George’s in Grenada took to social media to offer a spiritual message of hope and resilience following the July 1 landfall there.
Apache Christ icon, painting restored to New Mexico tribe and parishioners July 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ has now been returned to a New Mexico mission church, days after their sudden removal by the pastor and other individuals, according to tribe leaders and parishioners.
Vatican excommunicates Archbishop Viganò, found guilty of schism July 5, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican said.
Words matter: Vatican publishes ‘lexicon’ on end-of-life issues to aid debate July 5, 2024By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Public debate on end-of-life issues seems more widespread every time states and nations consider new laws dealing with bioethics and because of social media, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said.
UK Catholic bishops offer disillusioned voters election guidance based on values July 4, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Catholic bishops in Scotland and Northern Ireland have joined their English counterparts in urging voters to follow their consciences in upcoming elections, in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservative Party looks set for a crushing defeat after 14 turbulent years in power.
Pro-lifers ask delegates not to change Republican platform on abortion July 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Amid reports that members of the Republican National Committee are poised to change its written stance on abortion at the direction of former President Donald Trump, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, pro-life activists have asked delegates not to remove opposition to abortion from the party’s platform.
Lourdes bishop says Rupnik mosaics ‘need to be removed’ from sanctuary July 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The mosaics prominently featured in the Marian sanctuary in Lourdes, France, created by Father Marko Rupnik — accused of abusing dozens of women over his decades of ministry — must eventually be removed from the basilica where they are currently displayed, the bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes said.
CRS calls House version of foreign spending bill ‘inconsistent’ with U.S. ‘values, interests’ July 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Giving, News, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as “inconsistent with American values and interests” over cuts to humanitarian funding.
Catholic activists criticize Indiana’s move to resume using capital punishment July 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic activists criticized a recent announcement by Indiana’s governor that his administration would seek to resume the use of the death penalty in the Hoosier state after obtaining the lethal drugs used to carry out executions.
‘Apache Christ’ icon removed from New Mexico mission, shocking Indigenous parishioners July 3, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News An Indigenous image of Jesus Christ by an acclaimed iconographer has been removed from a New Mexico church for unspecified reasons, days after the U.S. bishops approved a pastoral framework for Indigenous ministry.
Pilgrimage called ‘an amazing witness of processing all across America with Jesus’ July 3, 2024By Todd Habiger OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Hundreds of others who took part in the pilgrimage were delighted to have the opportunity to see and process with the Eucharistic Christ as pilgrims made their way through the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas June 24-29.
Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas’ religious freedom act July 2, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.
