Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off May 18-19 with Masses, processions at iconic US sites
(OSV News) — In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an evening of Eucharistic adoration and prayer for the launch of the National Eucharistic […]
Ugandan ministry awarded for living the values taught by St. John Paul II
(OSV News) — This Ugandan ministry is transforming societal structures to “ensure dignity and justice for all.” Now it has been awarded the inaugural Premio San Giovanni Paolo II — Award of St. John Paul II, established Feb. 7, 2023, by the Vatican’s John Paul II Foundation. “We didn’t know that our humble work here […]
‘I desired to be with them,’ says Cardinal Pizzaballa as he visits Catholic parish in Gaza
JERUSALEM (OSV News) — In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first pastoral visit since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Holy Family Parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli, who […]
Hope in a wounded church
By Teresa Pitt Green Most Catholics experience the crisis of sexual abuse by clergy in relation to headlines, as stories from around the globe or from the local parish where a trusted priest has been removed. Yet the pain of abuse within the church bleeds somewhere else, in Someone else’s wounds, which are the only […]
Louisiana high court to reconsider recent ruling on ‘look back law’ for abuse claims
(OSV News) — Louisiana’s top court will reconsider its recent decision to scrap a “look back law” for abuse survivors — a move that could have a profound impact on several Catholic dioceses in the state that are already grappling with significant legal settlements and ongoing investigations. On May 10, the Louisiana Supreme Court granted […]
Cyberattack on largest US Catholic health care system part of rising criminal trend
(OSV News) — The nation’s largest Catholic health care system reported it experienced what it called a “cybersecurity incident” May 8, resulting in “a disruption to clinical operations.” The cyberattack is part of a rising and dangerous criminal trend targeting the entire health care sector. In a May 9 update posted to its website, Ascension […]
Missouri enacts legislation to block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding
(OSV News) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation May 9 that revives an effort to block Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that reversed its previous abortion precedent, Missouri banned abortion in most circumstances. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s […]
Medidas de votación sobre el aborto en varios estados podrían calificar para estar en las boletas electorales en noviembre
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Los defensores del aborto de al menos 15 estados están intentando presentar en las urnas para noviembre medidas que consagren la protección del aborto en la legislación o en las constituciones estatales — y algunos esfuerzos han tenido avances recientes. Maryland y Florida presentarán en las urnas medidas para consagrar la […]
Sculptor known for honoring car racing greats turns attention to Father Tolton
DANVILLE, Ind. (OSV News) — The thrill couldn’t get any better — or so Forrest Tucker thought. As a longtime welder for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and as a talented sculptor, Tucker was honored to be asked to create a lasting tribute to the four race car drivers who have won the Indianapolis 500 four […]
Postulator: ‘Madame Elisabeth,’ who died in 1794, could be patron saint of ‘singles’ today
By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — Called a “consoling angel,” the sister of King Louis XVI decided to stay on the side of her family even when death was imminent for doing so in the midst of horrors of the French Revolution. On the 230th anniversary of her death under the guillotine on […]