Iraqi archbishop says rift with Chaldean patriarch is a ‘misunderstanding’ September 30, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said tensions between himself and Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch, were the result of a misunderstanding and denied accusations he was working against the patriarch.
Excessive force, even after an attack, is immoral, pope says September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News During a brief question-and-answer period with reporters on the papal plane returning to Rome from Belgium Sept. 29, the pope was asked specifically whether he thought Israel had gone too far in its most recent strike on Lebanon.
Pope praises late king for abdicating rather than signing abortion law September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Every crisis, including what the Catholic Church can experience when people no longer care about religion or have distanced themselves from the faith, is meant to wake Christians up from their slumber, make them ask questions and to change, Pope Francis told bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers.
‘Peace is only possible if it is wanted,’ Cardinal Parolin tells U.N. assembly September 30, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Amid ongoing and potentially escalating conflict in both the Middle East and Ukraine, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin cautioned gathered delegates at the 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York Sept. 28 that, “peace is only possible if it is wanted.”
‘Catastrophic’ situation faces Lebanon, says U.N. rep September 30, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the military organization’s leader Hassan Nasrallah died in the strike.
University expresses sharp disagreement over pope’s stance on women September 30, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Students at the world’s oldest Catholic university applauded Pope Francis for his calls to protect the environment and promote justice, but he was challenged when it came to his vision of the role of women in the church and society.
What does the church teach about abortion? September 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic Church teaches today what it has for two thousand years: Human life begins at conception and any deliberate participation in the killing of that defenseless life is a mortal sin.
Cardinal urges day of prayer, penance on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, start of Israel-Hamas war September 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Oct. 7 will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that immediately followed.
Incorruptibility of saints can teach many lessons to the faithful, says professor September 29, 2024By Jennifer Barton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Exhumed in May 2023, four years after her death, Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, was discovered preserved from decay.
Prayer, thought and peaceful presence will be banned all over the UK September 29, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The English and Welsh bishops have criticized a decision by the British government to put “buffer zones” around all abortion clinics, which could see Christians arrested for offering private prayers.
WYD 2027 in South Korea to focus on courage, interreligious dialogue September 29, 2024By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News, Youth Ministry The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.
Professor: Christianity is not dead in Europe, but needs to free itself from old demons September 28, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Christianity “freed from the old demons” can be a driving force of Europe, a French professor argued during the Sept. 20-21 international conference on “The New Shape of Europe,” part of a series on the role of Christians in the process of European integration.
