Catholic News & Perspectives

PARIS (OSV News) — Miraculously missed by burning beams falling from the roof on April 15, 2019, and waiting for five years to make it back to Notre Dame Cathedral, the 14th-century statue of the Virgin of Paris made it back home Nov. 15, accompanied by thousands of Parisians praying, singing and lighting candles as […] The post Notre Dame de Paris returns to her cathedral with thousands of Parisians walking her home first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international debt. “Countries and communities (are) in this vicious cycle … forced to do whatever […] The post COP 29: Sustainable climate financing needed for vulnerable nations, say Catholic relief experts first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — A cardinal in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during Mass, an incident that has sent shock waves across the city-state. Meanwhile, in Spain, one friar died and seven were wounded in an attack on the monastery in Gilet, in the region […] The post In Singapore, Spain and Poland Catholic communities in shock after attacks on priests first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — The English and Welsh bishops are inviting Catholics to join a holy hour to pray for the defeat of an assisted suicide bill. They are urging the faithful to pray either before the Blessed Sacrament in parish churches or in their own homes for an hour from 5.30 p.m. London time Nov. […] The post British bishops will pray in front of Blessed Sacrament ahead of assisted suicide vote first appeared on OSV News.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training program. One of the world’s leading groups combating human trafficking arranged its second national training program in Dhaka, the country’s capital, […] The post Talitha Kum trains nuns, youth against human trafficking and forced marriage in Bangladesh first appeared on OSV News.