Arizona GOP lawmakers block abortion ban repeal ahead of likely ballot measure April 19, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Republican lawmakers in Arizona’s Legislature chose different responses to the question of whether to repeal the state’s 1864 law banning abortion April 17. Some Republicans in the state Senate allowed that chamber to proceed to a repeal vote, while Republicans in the state House blocked a comparable effort.
Planned Parenthood annual report shows increase in abortion, decrease in health services April 19, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year, while also showing a decrease in health services.
Movie Review: ‘Abigail’ April 19, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews This humorous spin on the genre features a clever premise and often witty dialogue. Yet any amusement to be derived from it is drowned in a flood of needless bloodletting.
Is it the devil? Don’t ‘self-diagnose’ — follow the church’s protocols, say experts April 19, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, World News What should the faithful do if they, or others in their circle, suspect the presence of the demonic?
Lay Catholics have key role in church’s mission, says top Knight April 19, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Addressing the John Carroll Society at its April 13 annual awards dinner in Washington, Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly underscored something that Pope Francis once told him, that the laity have a co-responsibility along with the clergy for the mission of the Catholic Church.
Murdered Polish missionary begins ‘path to sainthood’ April 19, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Poland’s church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns at a children’s home in Bolivia in 2017.
‘It is the Lord!’ April 19, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary If there’s one thing we can learn from those who encountered the Risen Lord during the 40 days between his Resurrection and Ascension, it’s this: Seeing Jesus isn’t the same as recognizing him.
Paris archbishop moved by the joy of workers, artisans involved in cathedral restoration April 19, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Archbishop Laurent Ulrich found himself taking over the Archdioceses of Paris in the spotlight — three years after the Notre Dame fire, as the world watched the cathedral being rebuilt, and waiting for the work to be completed.
‘Nostalgia’ will not save monasteries from closing, pope says April 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis said.
Praying through the headlines in the year of prayer April 18, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary It is an important and, yes, powerful thing to invite our guardian angels to guide us, as we peruse the news, toward stories most worthy of our attention; to guard us against rash judgment or bitter cynicism.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortion April 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — but also for abortion, which was opposed by many of the bill’s supporters.
Burbidge: ‘Christian nationalism’ is opposed to Catholic teaching April 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The concept of Christian nationalism is not compatible with Catholic teaching, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., said on a recent episode of his “Walk Humbly” podcast.
