world news FeatureNewsSportsWorld News Catholic prayer app Hallow, He Gets Us campaign to run faith-focused Super Bowl commercials Maria WieringFebruary 10, 20243 min read Super Bowl LVIII watchers can expect to see at least three faith-based commercials during the televised Feb. 11 showdown in Las Vegas between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Child & Youth ProtectionFeatureHealth CareNewssocial mediaWorld News Social workers, counselor discuss effects of COVID, social media on teen mental health Natalie HoeferFebruary 10, 20249 min read Catholic high school social workers and a Catholic licensed mental health counselor shared their insights about teens and mental health. BooksFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Francis in new book interview says his predecessor had ‘courage to resign’ Magdalena Wolinska-RiediFebruary 9, 20245 min read While memories of the shocking moment when Pope Benedict XVI resigned Feb. 11, 2013, are still fresh for the German pope’s collaborators, it is Pope Francis who reflects on Benedict’s historic decision in a newly published book interview. Conflict in the Middle EastFeatureNewsU.S. CongressWar in UkraineWorld News Senate advances national security supplemental bill with aid for Ukraine, Israel Kate ScanlonFebruary 9, 20245 min read The Senate voted Feb. 8 to proceed with debate on a bill that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, among other measures. NewsSaintsVaticanWorld News Like future saint, share the Gospel with all, pope tells pilgrims Justin McLellanFebruary 9, 20243 min read In Blessed Maria Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known affectionately as “Mama Antula,” Christians can “find an example and inspiration that revives a preference for the least, for those who society discards and casts aside,” the pope told a group of Argentine pilgrims during a meeting at the Vatican Feb. 9. NewsVaticanVocationsWorld News ‘Feeling omnipotent’ is at root of clerical abuse, pope says Cindy WoodenFebruary 9, 20243 min read All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsWorld News Analysis: After Hill hearings on social media’s explicit deepfake scourge, will anything change? Kimberly HeatheringtonFebruary 9, 20247 min read Characterized by a remarkable and yet prevailing spirit of bipartisanship urgency, Democratic and Republican senators alike spent over four hours forcefully and often loudly interrogating the tech titans of major social media platforms FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Don’t reduce women’s role in church to question of ministry, pope says Cindy WoodenFebruary 8, 20243 min read The importance of women in the Catholic Church cannot be “reduced” to the question of ministry, Pope Francis told members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Disaster ReliefEnvironmentFeatureNewsWorld News Record storms damage Southern California Catholic schools, delay events Gina ChristianFebruary 8, 20244 min read Record-breaking storms in Southern California have damaged several Catholic schools and church properties, while forcing one archdiocese to reschedule its rite of election for catechumens. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsU.S. CongressWorld News Amid congressional impasse, Catholic immigration advocates seek ‘humane and just solutions’ Kate ScanlonFebruary 8, 20245 min read As congressional lawmakers appear to be at an impasse on immigration as a bipartisan border deal failed in the Senate and House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Catholic immigration advocates will continue to pursue “humane and just solutions,” one such advocate told OSV News. Previous 1 … 429 430 431 … 835 Next