News & Commentary
Over 500,000 people sign petition urging court to overturn Roe decision
OSV News
October 5, 2021
After a prayer rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 4, Students for Life of America and the Justice Foundation released the "Moral Outcry Petition," a call for the court to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision ...
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October is month to focus on living as missionaries every day, pope says
OSV News
October 1, 2021
All Christians are called to be missionaries, which at its most basic level involves living in such a way that other people ask what motivates their love and concern, Pope Francis said.
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Time is now to care for each other, planet, pope says
OSV News
September 30, 2021
Pope Francis praised and encouraged young climate activists in their efforts to build a more fraternal society that cares for the environment.
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Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award
OSV News
September 29, 2021
Death row inmates in Florida's prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their "house," with some having lived in their "house" for 40 years—longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in his family home in Tallahassee.
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Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous
OSV News
September 28, 2021
Canada's Catholic bishops have "unequivocally" apologized for the Catholic Church's role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the "healing journey" between Canada's Indigenous peoples and ...
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God-centered nature docuseries meets $1 million crowdfunding goal
OSV News
September 27, 2021
It's full steam ahead for "The Riot and the Dance," a nature documentary series more God-centered than what host and executive producer Nathan "N.D." Wilson calls the typical nature show on television.
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Besides Leo XIII, 12 other popes have shared that name with new pontiff