News & Commentary
Ukrainian major archbishop tells US Catholics: ‘Ukraine will prevail’
OSV News
March 11, 2024
As Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine continues into its third year, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church reassured faithful in the U.S. that Ukraine's forces will oust Russia's occupying armies.
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Alabama governor signs IVF bill pro-life groups call ‘ill-considered’ and ‘unjust’
OSV News
March 8, 2024
Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey March 6 signed into law a bill passed by lawmakers to grant legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after a ruling by that state's Supreme Court found that frozen embryos qualify as children under ...
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‘Cabrini’ tells the story of an empire of hope built by a woman with great faith
OSV News
March 7, 2024
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini faced life-threatening health struggles and a crippling fear of water due to a near-drowning experience.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility