How to participate in the upcoming March for Life in person or virtually January 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The 52nd annual March for Life will take place Jan. 24 in Washington. The theme of the 2025 event is “Life: Why We March.”
Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies at 67 January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and progressive activist, died Jan. 20 after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67.
AI is human creation that must be controlled by humans, pope says January 23, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Artificial intelligence or any other technology that worsens inequality around the world and increases fake news should not be embraced as “progress,” Pope Francis told business and government leaders meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump cancels refugee program in order condemned by Catholic leaders January 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The State Department has canceled all refugee travel to the U.S., following a Jan. 20 executive order by newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
Thousands of Angelenos at annual OneLife event invited to find hope in L.A.’s ‘trial by fire’ January 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Respect Life, World News The specter of the lingering wildfires hung in the air as thousands gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Jan. 18 for the 11th annual OneLife LA celebration and Requiem Mass for the Unborn.
Top 10 Films of 2024 January 23, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews 2024 is not likely to be remembered as an outstanding era in movie history. How many of the pictures released nationwide last year will stand the test of time remains open to question. Yet some quality productions were discernible as the months passed.
Building Hope Center opens, offering support in Dundalk January 23, 2025By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News The newly opened Building Hope Dundalk Support Center offers a variety of services to help individuals become independent and productive members of society.
The missionary imperative of Catholic health care January 23, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Health Care More Catholics stepping into and supporting Catholic health care professionals who are living the mission, as well as living in solidarity with others through health-sharing organizations, can be antidotes to the increasing depersonalization of health care.
Coming home to a community of faith at Naval Academy January 23, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry When Una Johnson arrived in the fall of 2023 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis from her home in Washington state, she was struck by the number of her classmates attending Catholic liturgies.
Movie Review: ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ January 23, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Will Gerard Butler’s unorthodox Los Angeles police detective Nicholas “Big Nick” O’Brien cross over to the dark side? That’s the question returning writer-director Christian Gudegast is hoping viewers will be asking themselves as his slow-paced, overly detailed heist sequel “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” unfolds.
Catholic leaders condemn Trump’s order to expand use of death penalty January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” prompting statements of concern from Catholic opponents of the practice.
USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’ January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.
