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God Is with Us in Our Suffering

María Ruiz Scaperlanda January 24, 2025

“Bella, can you put it here?” I’m lying next to 3-year-old Xavier, hoping that we will both get to take a nap.

People react in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan 19, 2025, as they watch news coverage of the release of Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, three female hostages who have been held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack, as part of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. (OSV News photo/Shir Torem, Reuters) Editors: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE IN ISRAEL. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

As ceasefire starts, first Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners return home

OSV News January 21, 2025

Starting at 4 p.m. on Jan. 19, crowds of Israelis arrived at what has become known as Hostages Square in the center of Tel Aviv to support the hostage families and watch the release screened on the giant screen in the square.

People march for civil rights | Photo by Jerónimo Bernot on Unsplash

Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges us to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity

OSV News January 20, 2025

The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.

A file photo shows the front of the New York state Capitol in Albany. New York is now the first state to offer paid prenatal care leave to expectant mothers. As of Jan. 1, 2025, privately-employed New Yorkers will be able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments, fertility treatments and abortion. The law was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

NY becomes first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal appointments

OSV News January 14, 2025

New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments.

Under the law — which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul — privately employed New Yorkers as of Jan. 1 are able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments.

Goodbye, Hello

Stephen Copeland January 12, 2025

One of the most challenging things about grief is trusting God with the person we have lost, especially when it feels like God is silent in our suffering.

Our True Source of Peace

Brother David Steindl-Rast January 9, 2025

“One is the human Spirit,” but the human Spirit is more than human because the human heart is unfathomable.

Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City Sept. 20, 2024, to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Catholic climate policy advocates express concern about Trump proposals

OSV News January 9, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump Jan. 7 reiterated his call for some companies that make investments in the U.S. economy to bypass some environmental regulations.

The Ultimate Prayer

Natalie Ryan January 7, 2025

Sacred silence—there’s no irony or coincidence that the words “silent” and “listen” are spelled with the same letters.

‘Dead Man Walking’ at 30: The Fight Continues

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD December 30, 2024

“Grace comes and wakes us up,” says Sister Helen Prejean, who has dedicated her life to fighting capital punishment in the United States. “It’s what you do with it when it comes that counts.”

Pioneering Support for Pregnant Women

Stephen Copeland December 30, 2024

In southwest Ohio, an organization called Healthy Moms & Babes is quietly revolutionizing maternal and infant care.

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