January 19, 2024

Nick Ulrich, a member of the Knights of Columbus council of Holy Family Parish in Hicksville, N.Y., participates in a pro-life rally outside Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., Jan. 17, 2021. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Poll finds majority in US ‘pro-choice,’ willing to support some abortion limits

OSV News January 19, 2024

Although most Americans describe themselves as “pro-choice,” a majority also would support some legal limits on abortion.

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Healing and Wholeness

Joseph Grant January 19, 2024

How do we heal our severed human family, so sorely divided, and make a home for the ones who have been cast out and cruelly isolated?

On Being Tempted

Colleen Arnold, MD January 19, 2024

Jesus was tempted in the desert by the devil. He was tired and hungry after his 40-day fast. Satan knew he was weakened and susceptible. The same happens with us.

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