Everyone has the same human dignity no matter what, cardinal says April 9, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis’ decade-long insistence that every human being — independent of their circumstances, stage of development or state of sin — possesses infinite and inalienable dignity that must be respected and protected, said the dicastery’s prefect.
U.S. Catholic pastoral leaders welcome Vatican document on human dignity April 8, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key — and contentious — issues.
Bishops in Rwanda express their closeness to 1994 genocide survivors April 8, 2024By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, World News As Rwanda marks 30 years since the 1994 genocide, the Catholic bishops in the country have expressed their closeness to survivors of the killings, while urging those convicted of crimes to seek forgiveness.
Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages April 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Eight people united in their anguish carried into the papal library posters bearing the faces of their loved ones who are held in captivity by Hamas.
Trump says abortion should be left to states, disappointing pro-life advocates April 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, issued a video statement April 8 arguing abortion should be left to individual states to legislate and declining to back federal restrictions sought by pro-life activists.
Vatican calls for proactive defense of human dignity in digital realm April 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The protection and preservation of human dignity must extend into the digital realm, the Vatican said in a new document on human dignity.
Church warns of Mexico’s drug cartels entering politics as candidates are killed April 8, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, World News In an endless cycle of violence, the bishop of Orizaba, traveling with a group of priests, suffered an assault on a highway in the border area between Puebla and Veracruz, the Mexican bishops’ conference said April 6. The group was robbed but unharmed.
Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity April 8, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse and human trafficking, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a new document.
Artist Daniel Mitsui: A portfolio that balances tradition with innovation April 8, 2024By Simcha Fisher OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Daniel Mitsui, 41, has spent decades doing the work of carefully sorting, modifying and balancing tradition with innovation — or, more precisely, “combinations of influences, rather than wholly new ideas,” he said.
Human life becomes commodity with surrogacy, say global ban advocates April 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A broad cultural shift is needed to recognize surrogacy is not a “right” but a violation of human dignity and of the rights of women and children, several experts said during an international conference in Rome advocating a universal ban on surrogacy.
Author’s winning mysteries combine adventure, history and faith April 7, 2024By Laura Dodson OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Inspired by the enthusiasm and innate wisdom of his 12-year-old son, Antony Barone Kolenc is filling a critical void in the reading material for middle grade students that is exciting, compelling, faith-based and life-changing.
Economist: Addressing freefalling global fertility rates requires changing hearts more than policies April 6, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News For plummeting worldwide fertility rates to change course, people must find courage to “do the hard thing” of raising large families, and that courage comes from faith, said Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, an economist at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
