Democrats omit call to abolish the federal death penalty from their 2024 party platform August 27, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News The 2024 Democratic Party platform approved by delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August omits previous platforms’ calls to abolish the federal death penalty.
Clergy abuse survivor on National Review Board seeks ‘paradigm shift’ on healing August 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Scott Surette, a devout Catholic and longtime owner of a home inspection firm, is on a mission to help renew the church.
Mercy Sister Theresa Kane dies at 87; she challenged pope in ’79 on women’s roles in church August 26, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Aug. 22 announced the death of Mercy Sister Theresa Kane, 87, who served in many roles during her 69 years of religious life, including being elected in 1978 as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Catholic doctors condemn kidnapping of Nigerian Catholic medical students August 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholic health care professionals have condemned the Aug. 15 kidnapping of 20 Catholic medical students in Nigeria.
Pope prays Mary will protect persecuted Christians in Nicaragua August 26, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News As the Catholic Church and Christians at large experience intense persecution in Nicaragua, Pope Francis expressed encouragement and support to the people living under the country’s authoritarian regime.
Ohio priests vie with family members for legal custody of a toddler in their care August 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News In an unusual case, two priests in Steubenville, Ohio, are fighting for legal custody of a toddler who is presently under their care.
Adoration anchors one’s life in Jesus, pope says August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Vatican, World News The best way to ensure evangelization is about Jesus and not about oneself is to spend time in prayer and especially in Eucharistic adoration, Pope Francis told members of the Oblates of St. Joseph.
Pope asks lawmakers to fight cynicism, be witnesses of hope August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked Catholic legislators to be examples and witnesses of hope to young people who are bombarded with “messages of pessimism and cynicism.”
Shrine Mass marks centennial of first priestly ordinations at ‘Mary’s House’ in Washington August 26, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News As part of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception’s continuing celebration marking 100 years of worship at “Mary’s House,” as it’s often called, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a Mass of thanksgiving for all the priests who were ordained or otherwise connected to the church.
Pope expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.
Rhode Islanders pray seeds of faith planted during street ministry at congress take root August 26, 2024By Jennifer Barton OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Evangelization, News, World News Fruitful stories from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress will continue to surface in the days and years following, as revival sweeps across the nation by the grace of God. Some stories may never be fully told.
Latin American religious denounce failure of regional governments to address migrants’ plight August 25, 2024By Rhina Guidos OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News For men and women religious from across Latin America, the new U.S.-Panama deportation agreement is one more measure by governments to punish the poor for emigrating, while failing to offer solutions to the problems that force them to leave and failing to approve measures to help them cross borders safely.
