News & Commentary
Selfishness is blocking progress on climate change, cardinal says
OSV News
November 14, 2024
Efforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican secretary of state told world leaders at the COP29 climate conference.
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Bishops stress standing for dignity of human life following presidential election
OSV News
November 13, 2024
The Catholic Church "always insists on the dignity of the human person from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, and we continue to insist on that," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services ...
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Federal judge strikes down Biden program shielding undocumented spouses from deportation
OSV News
November 12, 2024
A federal judge in Texas on Nov. 7 struck down a Biden administration program to protect from deportation and provide a path to U.S. citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the country who are married to ...
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20 years of abuse settlements for US Catholic dioceses exceeds $5 billion total
OSV News
November 11, 2024
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles' $880 million abuse claims settlement, announced Oct. 16, brings the total payouts of U.S. Catholic dioceses for abuse claims since 2004 to more than $5 billion -- and possibly more than $6 billion -- OSV News has ...
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Philadelphia’s St. Joseph Center serves immigrants, is ‘ready for any good work’
OSV News
November 8, 2024
More than 20 years ago, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia were dreaming of a way to help the many Albanian and other East European immigrants who were moving to the area.
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Catholics lament voter rejection of school choice initiatives in 3 states
OSV News
November 7, 2024
Proposed school choice initiatives in three states — Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska — appear to have been defeated at the ballot box in the Nov. 5 general election.
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Jailed Catholic priests ‘used as hostages’ in Belarus