News & Commentary
Sister Jean, Loyola Chicago’s biggest fan, returns to March Madness
OSV News
March 19, 2021
A year after it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA basketball tournament is back. And one of the sport's most beloved fans will have a shot at witnessing any buzzer-beaters by her favorite team in person, too.
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Tackling racism is difficult work, but it must be done, says Bishop Fabre
OSV News
March 18, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) -- The work it takes to respond to the issue of racism in the church and the wider community is difficult and slow, but it must be done, said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. Speaking ...
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Quebec bishops distance themselves from Canadian bishops’ vaccine note
OSV News
March 17, 2021
A note on COVID-19 vaccines from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops triggered nearly immediate responses from many bishops in Quebec, who felt it was "untimely" and lacked some clarity.
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U.N. condemns Myanmar bloodshed; cardinal criticizes ‘brutality, violence’
OSV News
March 16, 2021
The United Nations and human right groups have strongly condemned the worsening bloodshed in Myanmar as at least 38 people were killed in the military's crackdown on protesters March 14.
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American Rescue Plan praised for helping ‘the most vulnerable among us’
OSV News
March 15, 2021
The American Rescue Plan is "an extraordinarily practical way to help the American people, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement March 11, the same day President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into ...
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USCCB Administrative Committee’s pastoral message marks year of pandemic
OSV News
March 12, 2021
U.S. life has "dramatically changed" due to the yearlong pandemic, and alongside it, racial injustices and political divisions have shaken the nation, yet there is "comfort in God's promise," the U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee said in a March 9 pastoral ...
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Cardinal, imam hold dialogue as follow-up to pope’s meeting with ayatollah
With personal warmth paired with the careful phrasing of diplomats, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory and Imam Sayyid M. B. Kashmiri, a representative of Shiite Muslims in North America, held a dialogue on Christian-Muslim relations March 17.