National & World
Amid horrors of Holocaust, Polish Franciscan mother superior saved hundreds of Jewish children
WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — “I will not send away any Jewish child,” assured Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, founded by Father Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski in the mid-19th century.
Ukrainian art therapist helps people traumatized by the war that took her son
PITTSBURGH (OSV News) — Artist and psychologist Tetiana Myalkovska of Ukraine used her art therapy techniques to work with children who have special needs and with her country’s traumatized soldiers returning from the conflict when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
Dioceses should commemorate their own saints each year, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Starting in the Holy Year 2025, local churches worldwide will annually honor the saints, blesseds and other holy figures connected to their communities, Pope Francis announced.
Migrants hope, pray to enter US ahead of presidential inauguration
REYNOSA, Mexico (OSV News) — Reynaldo Ceron received an unexpected surprise on Nov. 6, the day after the U.S. election.
Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation, peace in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed for a conversion of hearts and a start to dialogue, reconciliation and peace in a letter marking the 1,000th day since Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As activists push President Joe Biden to commute existing federal death sentences during his final months in office, a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center examined what it called persistent racial disparities in federal death penalty prosecutions.
Italian Capuchin succeeds Cardinal Cantalamessa as papal preacher
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis appointed a new preacher of the papal household: a 53-year-old Italian Capuchin priest who studied computer science and mathematics and discovered his vocation while reading a free copy of St. Matthew’s Gospel on the subway.
Experts: Church must better educate Catholics about IVF moral objections, alternatives
(OSV News) — In vitro fertilization is a topic that received significant national attention during the past election season as candidates made it a policy issue. A costly, but widely accepted option in society for conceiving children through artificial means, IVF also involves significant moral and ethical concerns.
What it takes to be a military chaplain: ‘It’s a call within a call,’ says priest
(OSV News) — A small group of priests serve one of the largest archdioceses in the United States. But their parish could be as far away as a military base in Japan, or be confined to serving on a warship.
With ‘deep appreciation,’ Bishop Medley completes seven-country pastoral visit project begun six years ago
For Bishop William F. Medley, a lasting aspect of his legacy as the shepherd of the Diocese of Owensboro will be his initiative to visit the seven countries from which have come the many international priests serving western Kentucky.
