News & Commentary
Catholic leaders express outrage at Texas AG attempt to shut down nonprofit serving migrants
OSV News
February 23, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in an attempt to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso serving migrants and asylum-seekers, accusing it of "human smuggling," in a move denounced by Catholic immigration advocates, including El Paso ...
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Cardinal Dolan: ‘I think our cathedral acted extraordinarily well’
OSV News
February 22, 2024
Five days after mourners filled the iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for an irreverent "homecoming" funeral for actor and author Cecilia Gentili, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he believes the "cathedral acted extraordinarily well."
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Overcoming obstacles key theme of 2024 LA Congress
OSV News
February 21, 2024
The challenge of overcoming obstacles -- whether they be cultural, spiritual or even ecclesial -- shaped much of the conversation at this year’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
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Vatican announces synod assembly dates; formation of study groups
OSV News
February 20, 2024
The second assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will meet Oct. 2-27 and will be preceded by several formal studies coordinated by the synod general secretariat working with various offices of the Roman Curia.
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Catholic mother of 2 killed in Super Bowl parade shooting
OSV News
February 16, 2024
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Catholic mother of two and beloved disc jockey for the KKFI radio station in Kansas City, Missouri, was killed Wednesday amid a mass shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
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Paris Archdiocese Reveals How Notre Dame’s Reopening Will Look
OSV News
February 15, 2024
The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, scheduled for Dec. 8, will be “six months of celebration and praise,” the archbishop of Paris said in a pastoral letter.
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Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics living under ‘dark clouds of Good Friday’