U.S. lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The language of the latest incarnation of the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, a bill aimed at protecting more than 2,700 pregnancy resource centers nationwide from federal and state interference, is not radically different than the language of the one introduced in Congress last year.
Special Mass at Washington cathedral offers support to federal workers March 25, 2025By Nicole Olea OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, World News A special Mass for federal workers and civil servants celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington offered a message of solidarity and hope amid ongoing employment uncertainties.
Catholic groups call sudden cancellation of CHNV migrants’ program ‘counterproductive’ March 25, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic groups that minister to migrants and refugees are expressing concern over President Donald Trump’s order to revoke the parole program that allows legal migrants from several Latin American and Caribbean countries to connect with sponsoring family members and work in the United States.
Archbishop Lori confers Archdiocesan Medals of Honor March 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori conferred the honors at a private reception at his residence next to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Honorees will be publicly recognized in May at the archdiocesan Shine the Light Gala.
Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans March 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Mass deportations and asylum bans — part of the Trump administration’s rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy — destroy communities and human dignity, while constituting a “war on the poor,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
Pope knew he ‘might not make it,’ physician says March 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For Pope Francis’ medical team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day.
No eucharistic miracle in Indianapolis, archdiocese confirms after lab tests March 25, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News An investigation by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis into an alleged eucharistic miracle at an Indiana parish has indicated that “natural, not miraculous causes” resulted in a host displaying a red discoloration, the archdiocese said in a March 24 statement sent to OSV News.
Massive USDA program cuts hit some Catholic efforts to feed school kids March 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, Schools, World News Several diocesan overseers of federally funded school meal programs told OSV News that Trump administration changes stand to leave some children’s plates empty, while potentially making surviving versions of the programs too burdensome to operate.
Spanish Church rallies Catholics against ‘demographic winter’ of abortion March 25, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Spanish bishops marked International Day for Life March 25 by demanding a better environment for “stable families,” as pro-life campaigners rallied in Madrid against promoting abortion in the traditionally Catholic country.
Safeguarding is essential to being faithful to Gospel, papal message says March 25, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Those who work to keep children and vulnerable adults safe are serving and honoring Christ, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Lasting impact: Unthinkable tragedy unites community in prayer and service after Key Bridge collapse March 25, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News For Andy Middleton, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge March 26, 2024, changed more than the skyline of Baltimore’s harbor.
Uncertain future for some Dali crew members a year after Key Bridge collapse March 25, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News Charles, a crew member of the Dali, the cargo ship that lost power and struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge March 26, 2024, remains stranded in the U.S. He and his fellow crew members cannot leave the country until they testify in court about the disaster.
