(OSV News) — Embattled former priest and pro-life activist Frank Pavone is facing accusations of sexual misconduct that took place prior to his laicization in November 2022. Pavone, national director of the nonprofit Priests for Life, was the subject of … Continue reading
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Catholics call for prayer, justice as video of Memphis Black man’s deadly arrest released
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (OSV News) — Catholics in Memphis and throughout the nation are joining in prayer while calling for justice, as disturbing images of a police arrest turned fatal in that city were released Jan. 27. Five former Memphis police … Continue reading
El recuerdo del Holocausto es más crucial que nunca, dicen académicos de relaciones judeo-católicas
(OSV News) — Una conmemoración anual del genocidio nazi del pueblo judío se ha vuelto más crucial que nunca en medio del aumento del antisemitismo y la guerra de Rusia contra Ucrania, dicen académicos de relaciones judeo-católicas. El Día Internacional en … Continue reading
Holocaust remembrance more crucial than ever, say Jewish-Catholic relations scholars
(OSV News) — An annual commemoration of the Nazi genocide of the Jewish people has become more crucial than ever amid a rise in antisemitism and Russia’s war on Ukraine, say scholars of Jewish-Catholic relations. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed … Continue reading
Underway: Trial of pro-life activist charged with violating federal FACE Act
By Julie Asher (OSV News) — A Catholic pro-life advocate is on trial for allegedly violating a federal law that protects access to abortion clinics, and the lead lawyer defending him said the charges against his client are being pursued … Continue reading
Dolores Leckey, founding director of U.S. bishops’ laity secretariat, dies at 89; she worked in area of lay spirituality for over 40 years
ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) — Dolores R. Leckey, who was founding director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for the Laity in 1977 and at the time one of the highest ranking women in the U.S. Catholic Church, died peacefully of … Continue reading
Pope, bishops call for peace as violent protests in Peru turn deadly
By Junno Arocho Esteves (OSV News) — Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president and legislature have claimed the lives of dozens of people. “We deplore the violence that has been unleashed because violence … Continue reading
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes on ‘even greater significance’ in 2023
(Leer in Español) By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (OSV News) – James Griffin, executive director of the Durandus Institute for Sacred Music & Liturgy, said the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity “was instilled” in him at the parish church … Continue reading
Papa Francisco: La palabra de Dios, la misericordia debe ser compartida con todos
Por Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — La Palabra de Dios, que sana y levanta a las personas, es para todos, dijo el Papa Francisco. Jesús “quiere llegar a los lejanos, quiere sanar a los enfermos, quiere … Continue reading
Tens of thousands turn out for Walk for Life West Coast to speak for unborn
By Valerie Schmalz SAN FRANCISCO (OSV News) – The first Walk for Life West Coast since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June drew an outsized crowd of tens of thousands of pro-life supporters, apparently undaunted by … Continue reading