Ukrainian Catholic bishops, ambassador say Ukraine has ‘no choice but to defend’ itself March 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops, led by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, have said their nation will continue to fight Russian aggression, “notwithstanding the suggestions for need for negotiations coming from representatives of different countries, including the Holy Father himself.
As Haiti descends into more chaos, priests vow to stay and minister to the people March 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As the nation of Haiti spirals into further violence and chaos, Catholic clergy there are reported to be remaining in place to serve the populace.
Major Archbishop Shevchuk: Cross is ‘tree of life’ bearing fruit in besieged Ukraine March 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Ukraine enters its 11th year of confronting Russian aggression, the cross of Christ is “a tree of life (that) bears its fruit every day” in the besieged nation, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Priest narrowly escapes attack damaging historic Oregon Catholic shrine March 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Security cameras, religious objects and windows were smashed in the monastery of The Grotto, the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, a 54-acre shrine operated by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary.
Walgreens, CVS pharmacies to begin dispensing pills used for abortion, early miscarriage March 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days.
Christian minister says nitrogen execution he witnessed is slow, ‘spiritually violent’ torture February 29, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Rev. Hood said he and the other witnesses “were very under-informed, very underprepared” for the execution method.
Seven U.S. cardinals pledge to help heal Ukraine’s wounds of war through new fund February 23, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. announced that their Metropolia Humanitarian Aid Fund has been restructured as the “Healing of Wounds of the War in Ukraine Fund.”
Canadian, Ukrainian religious leaders call for justice, peace in Ukraine as war enters third year February 23, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark, religious leaders in Canada and Ukraine have issued statements calling for justice, peace and broad support of Ukraine’s recovery.
National shrine of a beloved Philadelphia saint vandalized February 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Panels of three stained-glass windows were shattered at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia in the early morning hours of Feb. 19.
Archbishop Isichenko: ‘See the real Russia’ in the war on Ukraine February 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression is “about genocide and the survival of an ethnic nation” — something the West does not realize, a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop told OSV News.
‘We’ll be killed’: Ukrainian Catholic Church faces ‘eradication’ if Russia wins, archbishop warns February 20, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches the two-year mark Feb. 24, OSV News sat down with Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, recently returned from his latest visit to Ukraine, for his insights on the war.
Mass of reparation offered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral after ‘scandalous’ funeral, rector says February 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Two days after St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was filled with mourners for an irreverent “homecoming” funeral for a prominent activist who identified as transgender, the cathedral’s rector acknowledged that many people “have let us know they share our outrage over the scandalous behavior” that took place at the service.
