Pro-life thought leaders explore how to change hearts and minds post-Roe January 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The pro-life movement should work to change hearts and minds on the issue of abortion by demonstrating “radical solidarity” with women and unborn children, some of the movement’s thought leaders said at a Jan. 19 panel in the nation’s capital.
‘We are not yet done’: March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v. Wade January 21, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the nation’s capital for the 50th March for Life Jan. 20 — the first national march since the overturn of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that initially prompted the annual demonstration.
U.S. Supreme Court admits ‘not possible’ to identify Dobbs draft leaker January 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court revealed Jan. 19 that after a monthslong investigation by its marshal, it has yet to identify who leaked the draft of the high court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
After mixed record in 2022, pro-life activists set sights on 2024 campaign cycle January 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News After 2022 offered a mixed bag of political outcomes for the pro-life cause, with the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade followed by ballot initiative losses in multiple states, pro-life activists are setting their sights on the 2024 campaign cycle.
More Americans identify as pro-choice, but most support some legal curbs to abortion January 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Although most Americans describe themselves as pro-choice, a majority also would support some legal limits on abortion, while keeping the procedure largely available, according to a new Marist Poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
Eucharistic Revival songwriting competition seeks to inspire Catholic music January 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, seeks entries from Catholic composers, poets and songwriters for Catholic music, with a particular emphasis on texts that focus on the Eucharist or the church’s unity as the body of Christ.
‘Bear witness to the truth’ on Religious Freedom Day, cardinal says January 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops marked Religious Freedom Day Jan. 16 by encouraging Catholics engaged in public life to examine their consciences and heed the late Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in prioritizing truth and reason.
Biden cites faith, proclaiming U.S. must ‘preserve, protect’ religious freedom January 15, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Like his five most recent predecessors, President Joe Biden has issued a proclamation declaring Jan. 16 Religious Freedom Day and calling for the protection of religious freedom in the U.S. and around the globe.
Catholics oppose Alabama attorney general suggestion of prosecuting women over abortion pills January 13, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Days after the federal government signaled it would allow abortion pills to be distributed through the postal service even in states that have banned or restricted the procedure, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall indicated that women who undergo medication abortions in the state could still be subject to prosecution.
Biden administration permits first death penalty trial despite campaign pledge January 13, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The terrorism trial of Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of fatally striking eight people with a truck in New York City in 2017, began Jan. 9 and marks the first federal death penalty case heard under President Joe Biden, who pledged as a candidate to end the practice at the federal level.
Congress failed to renew expanded child tax credit — can bipartisanship save it? January 12, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Catholics see hope that bipartisanship in Congress may save a valuable tool in the fight against poverty and even abortion.
U.S. House passes two pro-life measures facing steep odds in the Senate January 12, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 11 passed two pro-life measures, however neither has a clear path through the U.S. Senate to become law.
