News & Commentary
South Korean church leaders want inquiry after stampede, offer prayers
OSV News
November 1, 2022
Catholic bishops in South Korea expressed sorrow and offered prayers after more than 150 people died in a stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul. They also called for a detailed investigation to identify the cause of the incident.
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Archbishop offers prayers for Pelosi’s husband after hammer attack
OSV News
October 31, 2022
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he was praying for the husband of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi after police said he was "violently assaulted" at home early Oct. 28 by a man with a hammer.
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Catholic Charities agencies continue to help Florida’s hurricane victims
OSV News
October 28, 2022
Lizvelle Rivera recalls vividly how Hurricane Ian passed over her home in Fort Myers. “It was really scary,” she said. “I heard crazy sounds. You hear every single shingle come off; every single tree come down.”
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Nigerian teen held by Boko Haram: ‘I don’t think I am able to forgive’
OSV News
October 27, 2022
As Maryamu Joseph, a 16-year-old victim of Boko Haram violence, recovers from trauma after years of captivity, she finds it hard to forgive the men who abducted her.
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Missouri bishop offers prayers after deadly school shooting
OSV News
October 26, 2022
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, asked for prayers after three people died following an Oct. 24 shooting at a high school in St. Louis.
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Ukraine dominates interreligious prayer for peace meeting
OSV News
October 25, 2022
The international community must work for peace, and believers of all faiths must pray for it, but pressuring Ukraine to make peace with Russia would be to "consecrate the law of the strongest," French President Emmanuel Macron told religious leaders ...
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Ukraine religious leaders issue ‘desperate cry’ to world to end Russia’s war