With national March for Life behind them, pro-life advocates plan for state marches, rallies January 31, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News With the national March for Life in the nation’s capital marking the Roe v. Wade anniversary behind them, pro-life advocates are gearing up for March for Life events in a number of states in the months ahead.
Dolores Leckey, founding director of U.S. bishops’ laity secretariat dies at 89 January 25, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Dolores R. Leckey, who was founding director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for the Laity in 1977 and at the time one of the highest ranking women in the U.S. Catholic Church, died peacefully of natural causes Jan. 17 in her home in Arlington. She was 89.
Montse Alvarado named president, COO of EWTN News January 24, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Montse Alvarado, vice president and executive director of Becket, the Washington-based religious liberty firm, has been named president and chief operating officer of EWTN News Inc., the EWTN Global Catholic Network announced Jan. 23.
Archbishop Cordileone on recent mass shootings: ‘We need to reclaim God at the center of our lives’ January 24, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Less than 48 hours after 11 people were killed and nine more injured at a dance hall Jan. 21 in Monterey Park, California, seven more people were shot and killed at two different landscaping nurseries Jan. 23 near Half Moon Bay, California, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
Outpouring of grief, prayers as Lunar New Year massacre latest U.S. mass shooting January 23, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Archbishop Gomez prayed for God to give “wisdom and prudence to law enforcement and public officials working to make sense of the violence and keep our communities safe.”
Here’s how to participate in March for Life from home January 19, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life advocates from around the country can mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by virtually participating in events being held in the nation’s capital in conjunction with the national march.
Sister André, a Daughter of Charity and oldest known person in world, dies in France at age 118 January 18, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Sister André, a Daughter of Charity and the world’s oldest known person, died at age 118, a spokesman of the nursing home where she died told AFP agency on Tuesday.
Catholics ‘must act’ for racial justice to honor MLK, says USCCB president January 15, 2023By OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Archbishop Broglio noted that while society has made progress toward “a just society that leaves no one on the margins” in the 60 years since Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, nevertheless “much work remains.”
