FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill July 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Food and Drug Administration announced July 13 it approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription for the first time in the United States, a move that will increase the availability of oral contraception and impact ongoing debates about abortion policy post-Dobbs.
Thank you, Father Joe July 13, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I’ve long admired Father Joe Breighner’s work.
An Adventure in the Kitchen July 13, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window There wasn’t quite enough for another double-crusted pie, but I could maybe make a tart.
Medieval altar masterpiece of Kraków, Poland, receives European ‘Oscar of Culture’ July 13, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland’s medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece.
Take heart, press forward July 13, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice Congress XIII participants can take heart from the consecrated men and women who for decades courageously spoke truth to power as they called for the inclusion of the cultural contributions of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church during those troubling times before the Baltimore-based National Black Catholic Congress Inc. (NBCC) was established.
Dr. Joseph Thomas, ‘Unbound,’ and the ‘great adventure of blessings’ July 12, 2023By Mary Clifford Morrell Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Turning points are often the result of the workings of the Holy Spirit, as was the experience for Dr. Joseph Thomas, a parishioner of Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, and retired specialist in allergy and clinical immunology
Meet four 2023 Distinctive Scholars July 12, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the three top-performing graduating seniors from each of the 18 Catholic high schools of the archdiocese during the 31st annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, March 30 at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn.
On cannabis: Let’s stop digging the hole July 12, 2023By Dr. Tim Millea OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Health Care Information pointing out the profoundly negative effects of marijuana use continues to grow, in direct correlation with the severity of these effects.
U.S. to provide Ukraine cluster munitions opposed by the church as ‘inhumane’ July 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News President Joe Biden defended what he called a “very difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.
Ukraine’s military chaplains ‘in position’ on front line, ‘ready to heal the wounds of war’ July 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian military chaplains told OSV News they’re standing shoulder-to-shoulder with their troops across a long front line, while readying themselves for a post-war ministry of healing throughout their nation.
No place like Bill’s Place in Western Maryland July 11, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate A priest walking into a bar is no joke at Bill’s Place, a remote, log-cabin hangout right in the heart of Western Maryland’s 49,000-acre Green Ridge State Forest.
Pro-life advocates take ‘moment to regroup’ after Maine expands abortion access July 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News With Maine set to broadly expand access to abortion, pro-life advocates in that state are taking “a moment to regroup,” said an official from the Diocese of Portland.
