OSV News Showcase | August 18, 2023
August 18 happens to be the feast of St. Helena: empress, convert and finder of the relics of Christ’s cross. I won’t recount in detail the story of her life and how the cross was recovered — you can find plenty online, like this 2019 article in Our Sunday Visitor newspaper. But something striking to […]
Ohio Right to Life fires staffer after Jewish GOP lawmaker called her sharing of the Gospel ‘bigoted’
Congressman Max Miller demanded communications director Elizabeth Marbach ‘delete’ her post on X in which she wrote humanity’s only hope is ‘in Jesus Christ alone.’Read More
Senator calls for special legislative session to address indictment against Trump in Georgia
‘The Legislature has this great check and balance when it comes to controlling the purse,’ Georgia Republican Sen. Colton Moore said, arguing taxpayers don’t want their money ‘going to fund this type of political persecution.’Read More
Synod voter claims ‘a large number of bishops are ready to take steps’ to women’s ordination
Regarding the ‘role of women’ in the Catholic Church, Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler said ‘it became clear in practically all country reports that the church must finally move forward.’Read More
Tigray food crisis deepens as Catholic leaders plead for relief
Workers carry sacks of grain in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the city of Abala, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. The Afar region was the only passageway for humanitarian convoys bound for Tigray. / Credit: EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images St. Louis, Mo., Aug 18, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Widespread […]
South African bishops file class-action suit against mining company over black lung disease
South African platinum and chrome miners drilling holes in rock for blasting. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference began the process of filing a class-action suit against a global mining company on behalf of current and former miners who turned to the Church […]
Bishops of Mexico call for prayers for peace: ‘We live surrounded by violence’
A weapon is seen in the house where allegedly five young men were murdered in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State, Mexico, on Aug. 17, 2023. / Credit: ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM) released a new video message expressing its concern […]
Controversial Facility for Priests Being Sold
St. Lukes Institute (SLI) in Silver Spring, Maryland SILVER SPRING, Md. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A building that once housed priests — including some accused of abuse — is on the market for $28 million. The listing states, “MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC is pleased to present the opportunity to lease a multi-purpose facility OR acquire the […]
The Rome Life Forum is your opportunity to meet Bishop Athanasius Schneider in person
As a child Schneider was taught to defend Catholicism from the Soviet regime, but now he works to preserve the True Faith from enemies within the Church.
Naomi Wolf: Pfizer docs show the COVID jab ‘murders babies in the womb’
Naomi Wolf emphasized that the CDC promoted the COVID jab as ‘safe’ for pregnant women even after knowledge of multiple mRNA shot-induced deaths to unborn babies.