Jersey Catholic

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S. on the latest possible date this month, but it feels like it should be this weekend — which the OSV Editorial Board had something to say about in their editorial. With Advent coming right after the actual holiday next week, it’ll be nice to have a few days off The post Week in Review | Nov. 22, 2024 first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its historic insignia beyond strictly religious purposes. The Jerusalem Cross and the phrase “Deus The post Hegseth controversy compounds Vatican institution’s concerns over religious symbols’ misuse first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A touring relic will give the faithful in Washington and seven states a rare opportunity to venerate St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest Christian theologians. The skull of St. Thomas, which has been on tour in Europe for the past year for observances marking the jubilees of his canonization (700 The post St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull traveling to Washington, seven Eastern states first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — En México, era conocido como el padre Phil, el padre Felipe o simplemente “el padre”, como muchos niños y jóvenes de la organización Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), — una organización que ha ayudado al crecimiento de más de 18.000 niños y jóvenes en Latino América y que tiene programas de cuidado residencial The post Voluntarios y beneficiarios de NPH en México se despiden del padre ‘Phil’ y honran su memoria first appeared on OSV News.

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — A disagreement between the Catholic bishops in Kenya and the government has taken a new twist, with the church rejecting a $40,000 donation from President William Ruto. The president made the donation on Nov. 17, at a Sunday Mass in a parish church in Kayole-Soweto, an informal settlement in the The post Kenyan Catholic Church rejects President Ruto’s financial donation first appeared on OSV News.