St. Maximilian Kolbe: ‘Patron of our difficult century’ August 14, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News In his homily during St. Maximilian Kolbe’s canonization Mass Oct. 10, 1982, St. John Paul II said the Polish Franciscan was granted the grace of carrying out “in an absolutely literal manner” the words of Christ: “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Catholic summer camps help youths meet Jesus serving others struggling under poverty August 14, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Summer is mission trip season — which usually conjures up images of a few dozen Catholic teenagers and their chaperones practicing the corporal works of mercy in developing nations while simultaneously expanding their cultural horizons.
New review board chair: ‘We can’t be satisfied’ until there is zero abuse in church August 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” also known as the Dallas Charter.
Russian forces destroy Catholic church in Ukraine, as another parish prepares for attack August 13, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, War in Ukraine, World News Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected Russian attack.
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.
