‘Have mercy and save us’: Ecumenical prayer service at national basilica pleads for peace in Ukraine March 8, 2023By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Marking the first anniversary of the Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and praying that God will “have mercy and save us” and “convert those who foster aggression and war,” Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, led a March 7 ecumenical prayer service for peace at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Biden administration reportedly weighs reinstating family detention of unauthorized migrants March 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration is reportedly weighing whether to reinstate a policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border without authorization, a practice President Joe Biden condemned and ended when he took office. Catholic immigration advocates have vocally opposed the policy as well.
To be Christian is to share God’s love, pope says at audience March 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The mission to spread the Gospel message of God’s love and of salvation in Christ is entrusted to all the baptized who are called to work together and never set out alone, Pope Francis said.
Catholics concerned as U.S. child labor violations increase and lawmakers seek to weaken laws March 8, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News According to recently published reports and investigations, minors are toiling in some of the most dangerous conditions in American industry, such as construction, slaughterhouses and assembly lines.
Delaware bill would break seal of confession, require priest to report what penitent says March 8, 2023By Joe Owens OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic Church and wants to break the seal of confession between a priest and penitent.
U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services advances relief efforts at home, abroad March 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Giving, News, World News The Catholic Relief Services Collection, an annual fund supporting Catholic Church organizations that carry out international relief efforts, will be taken up in March, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said.
Pope names new cardinals to his council of advisers March 7, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis named five new members to his international Council of Cardinals and renewed the mandate of four current members, the Vatican announced March 7.
Pope to open Lenten prayer, penance service at Rome parish March 7, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will open a Lenten prayer and penance initiative at a Rome parish March 17 rather than in St. Peter’s Basilica as in past years.
To see God’s beauty, just look around you, pope says March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to some 25,000 visitors gathered to pray the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square March 5, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Matthew of Jesus’ Transfiguration, in which he appears to the disciples in radiant glory.
Remembering deadly shipwreck, pope prays to end human trafficking March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Human traffickers must be stopped from risking the lives of migrants traveling in search of a better future, Pope Francis said.
Catholic aid groups network to serve needs of Turkey, Syria quake survivors March 6, 2023By James Martone Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic aid agencies are working alongside other international humanitarian organizations to house, feed and administer additional life-saving assistance to tens of thousands of people in Syria and Turkey.
Vatican statistics show decline in clergy, religious women, worldwide March 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2021, while the number of seminarians, priests, and men and women in religious orders declined, according to Vatican statistics.
