News & Commentary
Archbishop offers special Mass to pray for jurors, peace in communities
OSV News
April 20, 2021
As closing arguments began April 19 in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses "For ...
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U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan may risk civil war, says priest in Kabul
OSV News
April 19, 2021
The biggest risk Afghanistan might face with a withdrawal of U.S. troops could be civil war, said the Italian priest in charge of the small Catholic community in Afghanistan.
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Pandemic blamed for creating conditions for increased human trafficking
OSV News
April 16, 2021
The pandemic-related economic downturn, business closures, increase in global unemployment and reduced incomes have contributed to greater human trafficking of children, women, domestic workers and migrants without legal status.
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Faith is bolstered by prayer, not money, power, media, pope says
OSV News
April 15, 2021
Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.
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Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings
OSV News
April 14, 2021
Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager who was killed and an injured police officer involved in a school shooting.
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Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood in 2022
OSV News
April 13, 2021
Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
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Passions flare as Supreme Court hears case with impact on homelessness policy