The Teachers and School Staff Palestine group has called for the “Anzac mythology” to be “dismantled”.
By Valentine Benjamin LAGOS, Nigeria (OSV News) — For decades, Nigeria has remained a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa, with her citizens making up 6% of immigrants in Libya, where they are commonly traded in open markets, according to a 2021 report from the International Organization for Migration. But […] The post In Nigeria, women religious are rescuing, rehabilitating victims of human trafficking first appeared on OSV News.
By Gina Christian and Kate Scanlon (OSV News) — Catholics working to address the nation’s fentanyl problem told OSV News a new congressional report naming China — and blaming its government — as the key source of the drug is important but old news, and that healing rising rates of addiction ultimately demands divine assistance. […] The post As House reveals China’s fentanyl role, Catholic experts say US has just one path out of the crisis first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — Catholic university professor Samuel Shephard suggests that Catholics can bring a unique viewpoint to Earth Day, celebrated April 22, because “as Catholics, we can understand we’re doing that as stewards of creation.” “When we get involved in Earth Day, we can do the same kind of things that everyone else is doing […] The post Ave Maria professor: Earth Day needs Catholics’ full engagement and hopeful vision first appeared on OSV News.
By Rocio Rios , OSV News (OSV News) — En solo unas semanas, la vida de Amayrani Higueldo va a dar un paso de profunda riqueza espiritual. Su vida cambiará radicalmente. Ella es uno de los 24 jóvenes que participarán de la Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional, que empezará entre el 17 al 19 de mayo — […] The post Joven mexicana participando en la Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional está emocionada de caminar dos meses al lado de Nuestro Señor first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — When people are impacted in their daily lives by strong examples of priests and religious faithfully living out their vocations, Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of Columbus believes that’s when vocations to the priesthood and religious life flourish. Bishop Fernandes, who spoke with OSV News ahead of the World Day of Prayer for […] The post Bishop Fernandes on building a ‘culture of vocations’ in his diocese where priestly vocations have increased first appeared on OSV News.
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — Aunque los problemas alrededor del mundo corren el riesgo de sumir a la gente en el pesimismo, los cristianos están llamados a perseguir su vocación de ser “hombres y mujeres de esperanza”, dijo el Papa Francisco. “Como individuos y como comunidad, en la variedad de los carismas y de los […] The post En un mundo hostil, la vocación de los cristianos es la esperanza, dice el Papa first appeared on OSV News.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — but also for abortion, which was opposed by many of the bill’s supporters. The regulations govern the implementation of the bipartisan legislation […] The post Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortion first...
(OSV News) — The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News. “The Catholic charismatic renewal is a deeply personal, life-giving, ongoing, transforming encounter with the […] The post Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — An assault on a Texas priest — along with recent incidents at Catholic churches in the U.S. and Canada — highlights the need for parishes to implement more robust security measures, experts told OSV News. On April 10, Father Tony Neusch, rector of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Amarillo, Texas, was pepper-sprayed […] The post Experts: Attack on Texas priest, other incidents show parishes need to get serious on security first appeared on OSV News.
“Daniel R. ‘Bob’ Graham served Florida as an elected official for nearly four decades at the local, state and national level. As first a state legislator, then governor, and finally as a three-term U.S. Senator, Graham had a role in nearly every major public policy issue in modern Florida’s history. “He created the Bob Graham
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — En el marco de la Conferencia de Inmigración “Respondiendo a las Realidades Cambiantes en la Frontera de los Estados Unidos y Más Allá”, llevada a cabo el pasado 11 de abril en la Universidad Católica de América en Washington D.C.; Peter K. Kilpatrick, presidente de esta institución educativa sostuvo una conversación […] The post El obispo Seitz llama a un trato más cristiano y caritativo frente a la comunidad migrante first appeared on OSV News.