News & Commentary
At Mass in Mongolia, pope sends ‘warm greetings’ to neighboring China
OSV News
September 5, 2023
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (CNSA) — While China allowed Pope Francis’ plane to cross its airspace on the way to Mongolia, an office of the Chinese Communist Party prevented any Catholic bishops or priests in the mainland from traveling there to see ...
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Americans are talking about labor issues more now than in recent past, experts say
OSV News
September 4, 2023
As Americans are heating up the backyard barbecue for celebratory Labor Day cookouts Sept. 4, news headlines daily shout about the cooling down of the U.S. job market.
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Judge Dismisses Criminal Abuse Charges against Theodore McCarrick
OSV News
September 1, 2023
The Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
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Church environmentalists worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River
OSV News
August 31, 2023
Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
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Florida Bishop Condemns Racially Motivated Shooting In Jacksonville
OSV News
August 30, 2023
A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”
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Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in U.S. Catholic Church
OSV News
August 29, 2023
The Catholic Church in the United States has "a very strong reactionary" element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal.
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At memorial, Charlie Kirk’s wife says she forgives alleged shooter