Pope sends prayers after flooding kills thousands in Libya September 12, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After a severe storm set off flooding that breached dams in eastern Libya, leading to the deaths of thousands of people, Pope Francis sent his condolences and prayers.
Mexican pro-life groups question validity of high court’s abortion decision September 12, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed dismay with a recent Supreme Court ruling, decriminalizing abortion on the federal level. Along with several Mexican pro-life groups, they questioned the validity of the Sept. 6 decision, arguing it applies to the litigant and is not applicable nationwide.
Federal appeals court allows anti-migrant buoys in Rio Grande to remain for now September 12, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A New Orleans-based federal appeals court has issued an order allowing buoys installed by Texas to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande to stay in place for now.
Descendants retrace lives of ancestors enslaved by Jesuits at site of St. Inigoes plantation in Southern Maryland September 12, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News When Jeremy Alexander found out in 2016 about his family’s connection to slavery and the Jesuits he was sitting at his desk at work at Georgetown University, the institution connected to the story of his ancestors’ bondage and separation and their descendants’ ultimate reunion.
Pope calls out corporate ‘carewashing,’ covering up violations with charity September 12, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Workers are human beings, not machines or “spare parts” to be used to drive production and profit at all costs, Pope Francis told members of an organization that advocates for and protects the rights of those seriously injured or disabled on the job.
UK teenager wants to fight for her life, but court denies her wish September 12, 2023By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic bioethics institute has criticized a court for denying an “alert and conscious” teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will.
Abortions rise in most U.S. states where the procedure remains legal, data shows September 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of 2023 compared with 2020, according to a New York Times analysis of data from the Guttmacher Institute, which opposes abortion restrictions.
Responding to Zelenskyy adviser, Vatican bank denies Russian investments September 11, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News After an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that a financial relationship exists between the Vatican and Moscow, the Vatican bank said Sept. 9 that it “does not receive nor invest money from Russia.”
Pope prays Ulma family will inspire people to care for those in need September 11, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Risking and ultimately losing their lives to shelter Jews persecuted by the Nazis, “the martyrs Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children” were models of “evangelical love,” Pope Francis said.
Don’t spread gossip or point fingers when wronged, pope says September 11, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Rather than engage in petty gossip which leads to scandal, Christians are called by Jesus to be direct yet loving in offering help to an errant friend, Pope Francis said.
Church in Morocco, pope offer prayers, after deadly quake kills nearly 2,500 people September 11, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Rescuers continue to search through the rubble in the hopes of finding survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Morocco the night of Sept. 8, killing close to 2,500 people and causing widespread destruction.
Surviving 9/11 attacks left ‘no questions about the reality of God,’ says deacon September 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News The four attacks spanning some 77 minutes would kill 2,977 people that day. They would not be the only victims of those Sept. 11 attacks. More than 4,600 first responders and survivors have since died from cancers and other ailments incurred by toxic dust, fumes and fibers from the debris; thousands more continue to suffer.
