Bishops’ commission voices ‘deep concern’ over proposed EU ethics law September 19, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A commission representing the European Union’s Catholic bishops has expressed “deep concern” over a draft EU law on the use of embryos, cells and “substances of human origin,” warning it could facilitate genetic and gender interference across the bloc’s 27 member-states.
Catholic religious sisters share their witness of ‘living radically the presence of the Gospel’ September 19, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Sister Norma spoke as part of a Sept. 14 online panel co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.
U.S. shrines boast massive numbers of saint relics September 18, 2023By Jim Graves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News What is a saint’s relic? A relic can be one of three things: part of the body of a saint (a first-class relic); an item, such as a piece of clothing, used by a saint (a second-class relic); or an object touched to a first or second class relic (a third-class relic).
Bishop Flores: Synod aims to make church more effective in advancing Christ’s Gospel September 18, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News October’s general assembly in Rome for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops on synodality aims to address human reality — not abstractions — in order to more effectively share Jesus Christ and his Gospel with others, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores, a U.S. member of the global assembly’s preparatory commission.
Expert reveals the challenge behind Mother Teresa’s ‘Gospel on five fingers’ September 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News For those who have never heard Mother Teresa’s famous “Gospel on five fingers,” simply imagine the petite and wizened founder of the Missionaries of Charity counting out these words on the digits of a hand — your hand: “You. Did. It. To. Me.”
Catholic activists call on Congress to fully fund migrant services for ‘common good’ September 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News Catholic activists called on Congress to ensure funding for migrant services is protected in upcoming appropriations bills at a Sept. 13 event near the U.S. Capitol.
Sietz: Jesus compels us to ‘respond with charity,’ address ‘coercive forces’ driving migrants September 17, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Catholic Church in the U.S. marks National Migration Week Sept. 18-24, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, highlighted the need to “address the coercive forces driving people to migrate.”
Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology September 17, 2023By Rebecca Omastiak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News To foster skills needed for responsible device use, the archdiocese’s Office for the Mission of Catholic Education developed a series of aspirational goals to help Catholic school students strive for digital well-being and personal holiness as part of a multiyear action plan, with a special focus on preschool to eighth grade schools.
Border shelter for pregnant migrants is consistent pro-life effort, co-founder says September 17, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News A shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border for pregnant migrants run by a pro-life leader is preparing to welcome the first infant born while the mother is staying at the shelter, its co-founder told OSV News.
Pope meets U.S. leaders patiently building ‘culture of solidarity’ September 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The pope spoke about how the groups associated with the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation in the United States take issues patiently, “atom by atom,” and end up building something that “penetrates” and changes entire communities.
In visits to Detroit cathedral, woman left there as baby in ’50s reconnects with her roots September 16, 2023By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Through Catholic Social Services, Mary Fuller was eventually adopted by Elizabeth and Leo Kraus, grew up alongside her three siblings in Our Lady of All Saints Parish in Fraser, a northern suburb of Detroit, and lived a prosperous life centered on family and the Catholic faith.
New Norbertine abbeys reveal how these ‘apostles of the Eucharist’ are thriving in U.S. September 16, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Norbertines — one of the oldest surviving religious orders in the Catholic Church, established in France in 1120 — are not only, in the words of their founder St. Norbert of Xanten, “prepared for every good work.”
