world news FeatureNewsSocial JusticeWorld News Short-lived strike puts focus on how dockworkers’ labor keeps economy, supply chain rolling Kimberly HeatheringtonOctober 7, 20247 min read ILA members load and unload cargo from vessels in ports, harbors, and docks, while the USMX represents ocean cargo carriers and terminal operators. Conflict in the Middle EastNewsWorld News As church prepares for Jubilee, ‘Holy Land is bleeding,’ Palestine ambassador says Junno Arocho EstevesOctober 7, 20245 min read Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine’s ambassador to the Holy See said. In an interview with OSV News Sept. 27, Ambassador Issa Kassissieh said that he hopes that “the war will be behind us” by the time Pope Francis […] Conflict in the Middle EastNewsWorld News Israeli ambassador says country ‘craves peace’ as tensions rise in the Middle East Junno Arocho EstevesOctober 7, 20246 min read On the first anniversary of the attack that sparked an escalating conflict in the Holy Land, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said his country still hopes for peace. Conflict in the Middle EastNewsVaticanWorld News Powerful impose war on others, world shows indifference, pope says Carol GlatzOctober 7, 20245 min read On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering because of conflicts throughout the Middle East, urged Christians to be peacemakers and warned warmongers they will face God’s judgment. NewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups set up by pope Cindy WoodenOctober 7, 20243 min read Members of the Synod of Bishops have voted to give up one of their few free afternoons to “dialogue” with the leaders of the study groups Pope Francis set up to reflect on important questions raised by the synod in 2023. Conflict in the Middle EastFeatureNewsWorld News Patriarch: Amid ‘turmoil of hatred, violence,’ Christians in Holy Land keep spiritual life alive Judith SudilovskyOctober 7, 20247 min read In a year filled with the “turmoil of hatred and violence” — which Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa described as “terrible, horrible,” it has been very important to keep the “spiritual life of the Christian community,” as well as his own, “alive,” the patriarch said. NewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church Justin McLellanOctober 7, 20243 min read Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more harmonious, so that our witness may become more credible.” Catholic CharitiesDisaster ReliefFeatureGivingNewsWorld News Bishop Martin surveys Helene relief efforts in North Carolina OSV NewsOctober 7, 20248 min read Helene — which made landfall in Florida late in the evening of Sept. 26 as a Category 4 Hurricane and was downgraded the next day — has been reported to be one of the deadliest storms in the U.S., with more than 215 people confirmed dead Conflict in the Middle EastFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede Cindy WoodenOctober 7, 20243 min read As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to “intercede for our world in danger.” Marriage & Family LifeNewsVaticanWorld News Love is beautiful when lived generously, pope says at Angelus Carol GlatzOctober 7, 20242 min read Love is demanding, but it is also beautiful when a woman and a man love each other fully, “without half measures,” Pope Francis said. Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 529 Next