Commission focuses on ensuring synod will be prayerful experience March 17, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News At the end of their first meeting, three members of the preparatory commission for the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said they know some Catholics have very high expectations for the process while others have intense anxiety.
US extends stay for thousands of Ukrainians as war enters second year March 16, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, War in Ukraine, World News Thousands of Ukrainians who fled their nation in the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 can now apply to extend their stay in the U.S. by one year.
South Carolina GOP lawmakers’ bill opens up women to death penalty over abortion, a move pro-life leaders reject March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill that if passed, could subject women who undergo abortions to the same punishments as those for murder in the state, including the death penalty.
Biden issues executive order on guns, calls on Congress to reduce gun violence March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden announced March 14 he would sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks on prospective gun buyers, as well as measures to promote red flag laws and the secure storage of firearms.
Places that inspire people to live wisely, well are needed today, pope says March 16, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Places that serve as “oases of encounter” are needed today so that visitors can be inspired to live wisely and well, Pope Francis told representatives of a Buddhist organization.
Synod vigil to be expression of ‘ecumenism of solidarity,’ pastor says March 15, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Planning an ecumenical prayer vigil for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops and making a commitment to participating in it is an expression of “an ecumenism of solidarity,” said the Rev. Anne-Laure Danet, ecumenical officer for the French Protestant Federation.
Liturgical elements must foster prayer, sense of communion, pope says March 15, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The aesthetic and artistic elements surrounding the liturgy must foster prayer and a sense of communion, Pope Francis said.
To be an apostle is to serve, not move up church’s hierarchy, pope says March 15, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Being an apostle does not mean climbing up the church’s hierarchy to look down on others but humbling oneself in a spirit of service, Pope Francis said.
At prayer breakfast, Catholics challenged to assist Ukraine, mothers and children post-Dobbs March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, War in Ukraine, World News U.S. Catholics should urge their lawmakers to continue to help the people of Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion of their country, Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told attendees of the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast March 14.
Twin bank failures underscore ‘solemn obligation’ of banking prudence for common good of society March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After the failures of two banks in March, the U.S. government has taken steps to prevent similar failures and the risks such failures would present to the economy.
Georgetown panel marks pope’s 10th anniversary, praises his fresh approach to church teaching March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has brought a fresh perspective to established Catholic teaching, panelists said March 13 at an event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life to mark the pontiff’s 10th anniversary.
Francis’ decade as pope called dramatic, dizzying, daring and divisive — anything but dull March 14, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the biographer of Pope Francis, 10 years into the current papacy, “the church is in a very different place,” with “less anger and defensiveness.” Commentators add that Pope Francis is a pope “who is not afraid to spark controversy” and are certain he’s a “daring” pope “full of surprises.”
