Why are abortions increasing after Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling overturned Roe? June 23, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive research organization that supports abortion, estimated earlier this year that the number of abortions is the highest it has been in over a decade.
Vatican communications prefect on using Rupnik art: ‘I don’t think we have to throw stones’ June 22, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News On the final day of the Catholic Media Conference in Atlanta, the prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication addressed questions posed by journalists about the dicastery’s regular practice of posting art by Father Marko Rupnik — a Rome-based priest accused of sexually abusing multiple women — on the Vatican News website and social media, especially to illustrate church feast days.
Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp officials overjoyed as namesake heads toward canonization June 22, 2024By Colleen Rowan OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Its mission is to lead young people to a deep relationship with Jesus Christ through his church. And the Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp does just that each summer for young Catholics in West Virginia.
Comic book tells story of Buffalo priest up for sainthood and beloved for his work with poor June 22, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Saints, World News Dubbed by local newspapers as “the padre of the poor,” Father Baker (1842-1936) built, in addition to the basilica, an orphanage, a maternity hospital, a trade school and a home for infant care.
Science that serves humanity is in harmony with faith, pope says June 22, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Faith and science can go hand in hand as long as science is put at the service of humanity and not used to hurt or extinguish human life, Pope Francis said.
‘Lots of pain’ as families lose everything in New Mexico wildfires, says parish volunteer June 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News A volunteer at a New Mexico parish told OSV News June 20 he’s seeing “lots of pain” in the faces of those displaced by massive wildfires in that state’s central region.
Supreme Court upholds gun ban for domestic abusers June 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court June 21 upheld a federal ban on the possession of firearms by domestic abusers, rejecting an argument that the ban violated the Second Amendment.
‘No’ to discrimination, ‘yes’ to closeness, true love, pope tells students June 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Mental health, discrimination against minorities, including LGBTQ+ people, and a desire to be included more in church life were some of the concerns young college students shared with Pope Francis on a Zoom conference call.
Face adversity with courage, pope tells Italy’s pro-life marchers June 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News There are no compromises when it comes to human life, Pope Francis said.
‘Jesus cannot help but pour himself out’ on National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, pilgrim says June 21, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Each day, the perpetual pilgrims stop at parishes, Catholic institutions or secular sites for Mass, eucharistic processions and other worship. Their continuous companion is the Eucharist, carried in a specially designed monstrance or reserved in a special tabernacle in their support van.
Church-run school in Jordan for Iraqi refugee children educates, saves lives June 21, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Father Khalil Ja’ar, pastor at Mary Mother of the Church, who runs the school, aids Iraqi Christians who escaped from Islamic State militants to neighboring Jordan.
New book examines history of the fall of Roe and central role Catholics played in effort June 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In the nearly 50 years separating Roe v. Wade from the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that reversed the court’s previous abortion precedent, abortion opponents argued against the Roe ruling many of them saw as judicial overreach.
