After Nashville school shooting, Biden renews call for assault weapons ban and universal background checks March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden called a March 27 shooting at a school in Nashville, Tenn., “sick,” “heartbreaking” and “a family’s worst nightmare,” in remarks from the White House. The president called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
Church leaders welcome move on Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decry abduction of Ukrainian children March 28, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian church leaders have warned Russians they will have to answer for savagery inflicted on their country, following the International Criminal Court’s indictment of President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
Wyoming abortion ban blocked over Obamacare-era amendment to state constitution March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Wyoming judge on March 22 temporarily blocked a new state law prohibiting most abortions in the state just days after it took effect after opponents said an Obamacare-era amendment to the state constitution may void the ban.
‘God showed up in a very powerful, powerful way’: Archdiocese of Hartford investigating possible eucharistic miracle March 27, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible eucharistic miracle at one of its parishes, where Communion hosts seemingly multiplied during a March 5 Sunday Mass.
Diocesan officials call mass shooting at Nashville Presbyterian school ‘sad, shocking,’ urge prayers for victims, families March 27, 2023By Katie Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school in the city heartbreaking and “deeply sad and shocking” and urged prayers for the victims and their families.
‘Pray for God’s hand’ over Mississippi: destructive tornado kills, injures dozens March 27, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, extended his prayers and encouraged Catholics to support all communities affected by this tragic event. “We join in prayer for all those affected by the storms that crossed our state,” he said in a statement posted on the diocesan website March 25.
Maryland family connects with Poland’s Ulma family, murdered by Nazis March 27, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The Vatican confirmed the martyrdom of the Ulma family, including their unborn child, on Dec. 17, 2022, clearing the way for all nine members of the Ulma family to be beatified.
Laws, lawsuits and adult involvement needed to save kids from social media ‘harm,’ say experts March 26, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Following California’s successful lead, legislation in Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia aims to impose on social media giants fines, age-appropriate design codes, and user age restrictions for opening accounts.
Confession is ‘encounter of love’ that fights evil, pope tells priests March 26, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments In a world where “there is no shortage of hotbeds of hatred and revenge,” Pope Francis told priests and seminarians that “we confessors must multiply the ‘hotbeds of mercy,'” by making it easy for people to access the sacrament of reconciliation.
National Eucharistic Revival aims to form disciples on mission with new Easter series March 26, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The National Eucharistic Revival announced it will release what it called the “first-of-its-kind” mystagogy series of weekly catechetical reflections throughout the Easter season to “invite all Catholics deeper into the mysteries of Christ by reflecting on the truth, goodness and beauty of the Mass,” a news release on the series said.
Texas parishioners affected by Ukrainian war, a wildfire have relied on faith, community to survive turmoil March 25, 2023By Susan Moses OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News THE COLONY, Texas (OSV News) — St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church in The Colony, Texas, is thousands of miles from the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine, but the hearts of its faithful are close to the war-torn country. In his flock, Father Pavlo Popov ministers to a broad scope of Catholics. Refugees recently […]
Jérôme Lejeune’s legacy advances ‘abundant life’ for people with Down syndrome in world and church March 25, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist who co-discovered the link between a chromosome irregularity and Down syndrome is now on the path to sainthood, and the Jerome Lejeune Foundation USA daily advances the rights and wellbeing of those with Down syndrome and their families.
