South Carolina GOP lawmakers’ bill opens up women to death penalty over abortion, a move pro-life leaders reject March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill that if passed, could subject women who undergo abortions to the same punishments as those for murder in the state, including the death penalty.
Biden issues executive order on guns, calls on Congress to reduce gun violence March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden announced March 14 he would sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks on prospective gun buyers, as well as measures to promote red flag laws and the secure storage of firearms.
At prayer breakfast, Catholics challenged to assist Ukraine, mothers and children post-Dobbs March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, War in Ukraine, World News U.S. Catholics should urge their lawmakers to continue to help the people of Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion of their country, Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told attendees of the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast March 14.
Twin bank failures underscore ‘solemn obligation’ of banking prudence for common good of society March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After the failures of two banks in March, the U.S. government has taken steps to prevent similar failures and the risks such failures would present to the economy.
Georgetown panel marks pope’s 10th anniversary, praises his fresh approach to church teaching March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has brought a fresh perspective to established Catholic teaching, panelists said March 13 at an event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life to mark the pontiff’s 10th anniversary.
Pope Francis’ pontificate prompts U.S. Catholics to reimagine role in public life, experts say March 13, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ call for the church to serve those on the peripheries should prompt American Catholics to reimagine their role in U.S. public life, Catholics in politics or public life told OSV News shortly before the pontiff’s 10th anniversary as pope.
Biden argues new budget would reflect U.S. values; GOP hits rising debt March 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Democratic President Joe Biden unveiled the third budget proposal of his presidency March 9, and his first to a divided Congress.
Pro-life leaders defend Texas abortion law facing new lawsuit March 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Five women who said they were denied abortions under Texas law despite pregnancy complications filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, while pro-life leaders defended the law, saying it already takes into account life-threatening situations.
New Mexico lawmakers approve bill blocking local jurisdictions from restricting abortion March 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A bill that would ban local jurisdictions in New Mexico from restricting abortion was approved by state lawmakers March 7, as the state seeks to block such ordinances by some communities in rural parts of the state.
Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 narrative engages in post-truth journalism, Catholic scholars warn March 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, U.S. Congress, World News Fox News host Tucker Carlson sparked bipartisan controversy on Capitol Hill after a March 6 package on his program “Tucker Carlson Tonight” depicted the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “mostly peaceful chaos.” Catholic political observers called the package a false portrayal of the day’s events.
Biden administration reportedly weighs reinstating family detention of unauthorized migrants March 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration is reportedly weighing whether to reinstate a policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border without authorization, a practice President Joe Biden condemned and ended when he took office. Catholic immigration advocates have vocally opposed the policy as well.
U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services advances relief efforts at home, abroad March 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Giving, News, World News The Catholic Relief Services Collection, an annual fund supporting Catholic Church organizations that carry out international relief efforts, will be taken up in March, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said.
