Biden: Maui will receive federal help for ‘as long as it takes’; Catholics urged to give to relief efforts August 23, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News As the Hawaii island of Maui struggles to recover from horrific wildfires that destroyed historic Lahaina, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden toured the fire-ravaged town Aug. 21.
Pope: Dorothy Day’s life shows evangelizing power of charity, witness, love August 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Dorothy Day was “a great witness to faith, hope and charity in the 20th century,” a woman who loved the Catholic Church despite the flaws of its members and who knew that serving God meant serving the poor and working for justice, Pope Francis wrote.
Three years after disputed election, Belarus church is urged to speak up for the persecuted August 23, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Christian campaigner has urged Catholic church leaders and the Vatican to condemn worsening human rights abuses in Belarus, after another Catholic priest was arrested in front of his parishioners for spreading “extremist material.”
‘We are willing to die for the name of Jesus,’ persecuted Christians say as world marks day of awareness for religion-based violence August 22, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, observed on the United Nations’ calendar Aug. 22, Pakistan and India are among places of particular concern for Christian rights advocates.
Pope, top U.S. military officer discuss war in Ukraine August 22, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The top-ranking U.S. military officer told reporters he and Pope Francis discussed the war in Ukraine, especially the war’s impact on the people there.
Texas lawsuit demands Planned Parenthood pay back millions in Medicaid funding August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Texas lawsuit is seeking for Planned Parenthood to pay back millions of funds it received through Medicaid, which the abortion provider says could shutter its operations in the state.
Judge blocks portion of Georgia law, allowing some transgender hormone treatments for minors August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Georgia Aug. 20 temporarily blocked part of a state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender while a challenge to that law plays out in court.
General who headed Notre Dame Cathedral rebuilding dies at 74 while hiking in mountains August 21, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News The French army general appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral will not see the reopening of the pearl of France Dec. 8, 2024. Army Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin died Aug. 18 while hiking in the Pyrénées mountains.
Pope tells lawyers he’s writing a new document on the environment August 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Thanking a group of European lawyers for their attention to environmental protection laws, Pope Francis said he was preparing another document on the subject.
‘Rigidity is bad, but firmness is good,’ pope says at Angelus August 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must stand firm in their faith but that is not the same as being rigid and unwilling to bend out of compassion for another, Pope Francis said.
Texas Carmelites may be excommunicated after public letter rejecting Bishop Olson’s authority August 20, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A community of cloistered Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, said they no longer recognize the authority of Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, claiming that he has interfered with and humiliated them since initiating an investigation into their prioress in late April.
Maryland, New Jersey cases on public schools’ trans student policy, parental rights get day in court August 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A federal appeals court threw out a Maryland lawsuit Aug. 14 from parents challenging guidelines barring teachers from notifying parents if a student identifies as transgender. In New Jersey, a case is under consideration by a judge after the state government objected to three Monmouth County school districts implementing new policies requiring school staff to notify parents in such cases.
