By MARILYN RODRIGUES SYDNEY (OSV News) – The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney’s Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a nine-month-old baby. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of … Read More about Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims
International
Still sick, Pope has aide read his audience talk on envy and pride
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Cardinal Schönborn warns of schism as Rome halts German bishops’ vote on lay committee
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Catholic mother of 2 killed in Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade mass shooting
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(OSV News) – At least 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria just for being Christian, a new report has revealed. The report, titled “Martyred Christians in Nigeria” and published by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), which is headquartered in Eastern Nigeria, says … Read More about More than 50,000 massacred in Nigeria for being Christian in the last 14 years, report says
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued new subpoenas to the FBI on April 10 for documents as House Republicans investigate a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond field office about political extremism in some Catholic groups. In a letter to … Read More about US House committee subpoenas FBI for documents over withdrawn memo on ‘radical traditionalist’ Catholics
By GINA CHRISTIAN (OSV News) (OSV News) – Close to 30 US women religious communities, who say they represent “over 6000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in over 18 states”, released a joint statement endorsing the March 31 observance of International Transgender Day of Visibility. The March 31 … Read More about Nearly 30 women religious communities endorse transgender observance, advocacy in joint statement
By CAROL GLATZ VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis’ message of hope for humanity will be shot into earth’s orbit as a “nanobook” embedded inside a small satellite, and his words will also be transmitted back to earth each day for ham radio reception. The new space mission, called “Spei … Read More about Pope’s message of hope headed to space, audio beamed back to earth
By GINA CHRISTIAN OSV News (OSV News) – The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle at one of its parishes, where Communion hosts seemingly multiplied during a March 5 Sunday Mass. Father Joseph Crowley, pastor of St Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Thomaston, Connecticut, said in a YouTube … Read More about Possible Eucharistic miracle in the US
Catholics must have a ‘real heart’ to accompany people with gender dysphoria, says Notre Dame expert
By JULIE ASHER, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Amid society’s push for medical intervention to resolve gender “discordance”, there is a strong need for “charitable, substantive conversations” on gender because it is “affecting real people”, a professor from the University of Notre Dame told a Washington audience on March 21. … Read More about Catholics must have a ‘real heart’ to accompany people with gender dysphoria, says Notre Dame expert
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