News & Commentary
Catholic coalition stresses importance of COVID-19 vaccine for all
OSV News
April 8, 2021
On World Health Day, April 7, a new group of 31 U.S. Catholic organizations encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others.
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Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, theologian, dies at 93
OSV News
April 7, 2021
Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived and lectured since 1960, said a spokesman for his Global Ethic Foundation. He ...
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Smugglers, extortion, broken dreams: Migrants’ road to US has perils
OSV News
April 2, 2021
Migrants have streamed out of Central America in large numbers this year, fleeing violence, poverty and the destruction of twin hurricanes.
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San Jose Diocese voices support of Asian communities after hate crimes
OSV News
April 1, 2021
As the U.S. marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in April, the Diocese of San Jose, California, issued a statement March 29 in support of those communities, given a spate of crimes throughout the country targeting them.
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Orlando Magic recognize woman religious for her advocacy for farmworkers
OSV News
March 31, 2021
Sister Ann Kendrick might not be able to dunk a basketball, but she still made it on the Magic Vision screen at center court of Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida.
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Border surge straining shelters, says Mexican bishops’
OSV News
March 30, 2021
The Mexican bishops' migrant ministry says people are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with illusions of easily entering the United States, but they risk being returned to Mexico under rules for expelling people rapidly during the pandemic.
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As cross and tower bells return to Notre Dame, firefighters’ chaplain recalls battle to save icon