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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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Idaho Catholics unite in prayer for firefighters killed in sniper ambush
OSV News
July 1, 2025
An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders.
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Slain Minnesota lawmaker, husband remembered for lives lived ‘with purpose, meaning’
OSV News
June 30, 2025
Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home June 14, were remembered at their funeral Mass June 28 for living their lives "with purpose and meaning."
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Studies show need to increase mental health support for young women, mothers
OSV News
June 27, 2025
Limited access to mental health care, rising substance use disorders and increasing income inequality are three likely reasons that young women and mothers are reporting declining mental health.
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Holy See tells UN: World needs peace, not just ‘absence of war’
OSV News
June 26, 2025
Peace is "more than just the absence of war," but instead a commitment to human flourishing -- and one required more than ever as conflict and global defense spending soar, said the Holy See's permanent mission to the United Nations.
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Love with Christ’s compassionate heart, Pope Leo tells seminarians
Catholic News Service
June 25, 2025
Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and his compassion, Pope Leo XIV told seminarians.
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Miami clergy raise concerns as Trump tours Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’