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Vatican aims to have a net-zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2030
OSV News
November 17, 2023
As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a program to replace its existing vehicle fleet with electric vehicles.
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March for Israel draws busloads to National Mall to protest antisemitism
OSV News
November 15, 2023
An estimated tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Nov. 14 in a show of solidarity for Israel in the wake of the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on that country and a protest of antisemitism ...
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U.S. bishops open fall assembly with prayer, reflection and a Mass for peace
OSV News
November 14, 2023
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led his brother bishops in prayer for wisdom as they began their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore Nov. ...
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Bishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing ‘attack on the sacred’
OSV News
November 13, 2023
Pope Francis has "relieved" Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11.
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Religious Sisters Who Fight Human Trafficking Honored for Their Work
OSV News
November 10, 2023
In late October in London, the spotlight was on the exceptional contribution of Catholic religious sisters to the anti-trafficking movement at the inaugural Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards, or SATAs.
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Younger priests identify as theologically conservative, politically moderate
OSV News
November 9, 2023
A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed "a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood," said researchers.
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California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility