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Ukraine religious leaders issue ‘desperate cry’ to world to end Russia’s war
OSV News
July 10, 2025
Ukraine's religious leaders have issued a "desperate cry" to the global faith community in ending "the humanitarian and spiritual catastrophe" resulting from Russia's war on their nation.
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Judge blocks, for now, Planned Parenthood defunding provision backed by bishops
OSV News
July 9, 2025
A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.
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Catholics offer support as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises
OSV News
July 8, 2025
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott declared Sunday, July 6 a day of prayer throughout the state, as the death toll from catastrophic flooding July 4 has now risen to at least 82 people as of July 7, including 28 children in ...
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Town officials vote to buy Pope Leo’s childhood home as ‘historical site’
OSV News
July 7, 2025
An Illinois town intends to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, hoping to turn the property and its surroundings into a historical site.
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Miami clergy raise concerns as Trump tours Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
OSV News
July 3, 2025
Most Americans agree on the need for good U.S. border security, but to hear politicians and civil authorities hurl insults and jokes at the expense of migrants as Florida opened its new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the Florida ...
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Senate passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’; measure heads to House
OSV News
July 2, 2025
Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda on taxes and immigration, without any Democratic support and losing three members of their ...
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Congolese Catholics honor their beatified martyr of ‘integrity and honesty’