By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher in the quiet Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border, had baked challah — the braided sweet bread Jews traditionally eat on the Sabbath […]
Author: Joseph De La Cruz
Seminarian is Burned to Death in Nigeria in Endless Cycle of Violence Against Christians
By Ngala Killian Chimton (OSV News) — In an endless cycle of violence against Christians in Nigeria, seminarian Na’Aman Danlami Stephen of the Diocese of Kafanchan was burned to death on Sept. 7 when a terrorist group called Fulani herdsmen attacked the rectory at St. Raphael Church in Fadan Kamantan. Bishop Julius Kundi of Kafanchan […]
POPE FRANCIS IN MONGOLIA
Letters to the Editor Week of May 20, 2023
What’s Next? ; The Unfortunate Truth About Suicide; A Tale of Right to Life; A Wonderful Teacher
Despite New Epa Rule to Reduce Toxic Pollution, Catholic Activist Says Fight to Protect Communities Far From Over
By Kimberley Heatherington (OSV News) — Sharon Lavigne has been called a modern-day Moses. But the perhaps unlikely environmental prophet — a 71-year-old retired special education teacher — doesn’t want to lead her neighbors out of St. James Parish, Louisiana. She said she just wants area industries — which lie in the 85-mile corridor between […]
New Discovery Finds Hidden Text Between the Lines of Biblical Passages
Reading between the lines of a couple of biblical passages, a researcher has rediscovered a hidden chapter within the text, according to a report from last month’s New Testament Studies.
Seven Dead, Including Three Children, in Nashville School Shooting
Seven people including three children are confirmed dead after a suspect began shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, March 27, police said.
Police Seek Teenage Vandals Who Destroyed Statue Outside Queens Church
The NYPD is looking for three teenagers after they destroyed a statue of an angel outside a church on March 23.
Energy Department Concludes China Lab Leak to Blame for COVID
The U.S. Department of Energy now believes the COVID-19 global pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Archdiocese of New York Announces Closings of Multiple Schools
Students at 12 Catholic schools in Manhattan and the Bronx will have to find a new place to learn starting in the next academic school year after the Archdiocese of New York announced they will close on Feb 15.