Evangelization is the ‘oxygen’ of Christian life, pope says January 11, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Beginning a new series of catechesis focused on evangelization and apostolic zeal, the pope said that when Christian life loses its aim of proclaiming the Gospel, it becomes “self-referential” and “atrophied.”
Cardinal Pell dies at 81; he kept the faith even amid tribulation, pope says January 11, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell as a faithful servant of God and of the Catholic Church, who steadfastly followed the Lord even “in the hour of trial” when he was jailed for sexual abuse before his conviction was overturned by Australia’s highest court.
‘If we die, we will die together’: Women religious are pillars of peace in war-torn Ukraine January 11, 2023By Agata Puscikowska OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News After the Russian invasion that began Feb. 24, 2022, most of the sisters decided to stay in the war-torn country to support the local population.
Vatican prosecutor opens investigation into Orlandi disappearance January 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News The disappearance 40 years ago of Emanuela Orlandi has haunted her family, fueled conspiracy theories and provided grist for a recent Netflix series.
Artificial intelligence must not hurt the most vulnerable, pope says January 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: AI, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis criticized the use of artificial intelligence in ways that negatively affect the most vulnerable, specifically those seeking asylum.
Church’s mission is seen in care for the sick, pope says in message January 10, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News The way individual Catholics and their parishes care for the sick offers a precise measure of just how much they either are part of or are fighting the “throwaway culture” that ignores or discards anyone seen as flawed or weak, Pope Francis said in his message for the World Day of the Sick.
Migrant pleas, border realities confront President Biden in El Paso January 10, 2023By Maria-Pia Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News In this first trip to the border since he took office, President Joe Biden, who is Catholic, sought to “assess border enforcement operations” and talk to those helping to manage “the historic number of migrants fleeing political oppression and gang violence in Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua and Cuba,” according to the White House.
‘Prayer is real’: Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin recovers from near-fatal hit January 10, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin has united the nation and the world in prayer, supporters said at a Jan. 9 community vigil held in the injured NFL player’s hometown of McKees Rocks, Pa.
Safeguarding requires experts, survivors, support, cardinal says January 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News There can be no improvising or going it alone when it comes to preventing and handling cases of abuse in the Catholic Church, said U.S. Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Catholic leaders condemn attacks on Brazil’s Congress, high court, presidential palace January 9, 2023By Lisa Alves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops said in a statement it was “perplexed by the serious and violent occurrences” that erupted Jan. 8 in Brasilia, the nation’s capital.
In a turn of history, Poland is country that will miss German pope the most January 9, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Hundreds of Polish priests dropped everything and came to Rome to pay tribute to the pope emeritus.
Peace requires a ‘defense of life,’ pope tells ambassadors January 9, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “Peace requires before all else the defense of life,” which is threatened by the “alleged ‘right to abortion,'” Pope Francis told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
