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Simone Orendain

Simone Orendain writes for OSV News from Chicago.

80 years after ‘Trinity,’ Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

July 14, 2025
By Simone Orendain
Filed Under: News, World News

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, N.M., to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide.

Planned Parenthood

Judge blocks, for now, Planned Parenthood defunding provision backed by bishops

July 9, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.

Juneteenth

Juneteenth seen as day to reflect on freedom, ending racism and Black Catholics’ contributions

June 20, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the last Confederate state that continued to uphold the practice of slavery two years after it was abolished in the country — an event marked by Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021.

In video for Chicago’s celebration, Pope Leo urges youth to recognize the ways God is reaching out to them

June 15, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News

he June 14 celebration, organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago, included a series of short video clips and first-ever airing of Pope Leo XIV’s video message to the world’s youth at Rate Field on Chicago’s Southside.

Pope’s brother says even as a baby, future pontiff had a spiritual ‘air’ about him

June 13, 2025
By Simone Orendain
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News

In an interview with OSV News, Louis Prevost said that it was more than just Robert being “the baby of the family. … There was an air about him. I mean the spirit coming out of his physical body as he grew older.”

With an Augustinian in chair of St. Peter, order sees growing interest in vocations

June 6, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News

The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the inquiries into joining the U.S. provinces of the men’s Order of St. Augustine.

Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox team up to celebrate Pope Leo and his ‘message of peace’

May 25, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News

The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, a native son of the Windy City.

Pope Leo XIV’s election gives new hope to Dolton, Ill., and church that formed him

May 18, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News

Christ Our Savior — through two sets of church mergers — is now known as the “de facto” home parish of the new pope when he was just Robert F. Prevost.

Chicago-style hotdogs, pizza, the White Sox just a few of new pope’s Windy City faves

May 14, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News

As details of Pope Leo’s past life come to light one thing, many are struck by his Chicago roots and his Chicago-ness.

Several Asian cardinals are on some Vatican watchers’ short lists of ‘papabile’

May 6, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News

At the upcoming conclave, of the 133 cardinal electors who will enter the Sistine Chapel, 23 will come from Asia. At least six are on various short lists as “papabile,” or “popeable” candidates.

Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide

April 17, 2025
By Simone Orendain
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is making strides, according to religious missionaries who have spent significant years of service in the southeast Asian country.

Prison calls lead Chicago Archdiocese to allege fraud against abuse claimants in moneymaking scheme

April 3, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News

The Archdiocese of Chicago filed a countersuit March 24 against seven alleged victims of clergy child sex abuse who either have pending settlements or have already received settlements in the millions of dollars.

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