News & Commentary
Alabama House, Senate pass similar bills to safeguard IVF; once reconciled, bill goes to governor
OSV News
March 6, 2024
Alabama lawmakers in both the state's House and Senate Feb. 29 passed similar bills to implement legal protections to in vitro fertilization clinics following a ruling by that state's Supreme Court that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state ...
Read More →
Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga ignited by a radical traditionalist sect concludes
OSV News
March 5, 2024
Trapped in a vortex of scandal, the Ferndale, Michigan-based Church Militant is shutting down, the concluding chapter for the online news outlet thanks to a legal drama set in motion by a fringe traditionalist group and its canon lawyer, who ...
Read More →
Walgreens, CVS pharmacies to begin dispensing pills used for abortion, early miscarriage
OSV News
March 4, 2024
Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days.
Read More →
Texas executes death-row inmate despite allegations of false testimony at trial
OSV News
March 1, 2024
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin's fiancee, was based on false testimony.
Read More →
Pastor is one of first ‘priest companions’ for Eden Invitation LGBTQ+ outreach
OSV News
February 29, 2024
Catholics in the Diocese of Lincoln with same-sex desires or gender discordance have a program they can turn to for help in living a chaste life within the Catholic Church: Eden Invitation.
Read More →
Seven U.S. cardinals pledge to help heal Ukraine’s wounds through new fund
OSV News
February 28, 2024
With Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine entering its third year, seven U.S. cardinals have become patrons of a new effort to heal the suffering of Ukraine's people due to Russian aggression.
Read More →
Mexico’s bishops denounce use of Santa Muerte in political advertising