Supreme Court considers Texas death-row inmate’s request for DNA testing February 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 24 considered the case of a Texas death-row inmate who is seeking to obtain post-conviction DNA testing on evidence that he claims would show he did not directly participate in a 1998 murder and lead to the repeal of his death sentence.
U.S. bishops’ Lenten message to those grieving an abortion: Jesus’ love is unconditional February 20, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Lent, News, Respect Life, World News In sharing the U.S. bishops’ Lenten message this year, their pro-life chairman used it “to speak to all who carry the unbearable sadness and guilt of an abortion experience” and remind them that Jesus’ love knows no bounds.
Trump orders expanded access to IVF, a practice contrary to Catholic teaching February 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to expand access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a practice contrary to Catholic teaching.
New abortion clinic trial in New Jersey involves a hermit, a friar and two laypeople February 19, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Despite President Donald Trump’s January pardons of 23 people convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics Act, or FACE Act, at least one prosecution of pro-life activists accused of violating a local law by disrupting an abortion clinic is moving ahead.
British pro-lifers urge church to speak out in wake of nation’s worst public abortion scandal February 18, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life campaigners have urged Britain’s Catholic bishops to speak out against pressure for abortions.
In talk on euthanasia, pro-life attorney raises concerns over organ donor registry programs February 18, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Organ donor registry programs typically offered during state driver’s license renewals might seem like a straight-forward and noble choice but should require greater awareness of pitfalls. They should also offer easier exits from the program.
Tuscan bishop laments passage of right-to-die law in Italy, calls it a ‘defeat for everyone’ February 15, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The head of the Tuscan Bishops’ Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was “not an achievement, but a defeat for everyone.”
Red state death penalty repeal efforts emerge despite Trump’s order to expand use of the practice February 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their Catholic faith as a factor in their opposition to capital punishment. The efforts come even as President Donald Trump has moved to expand the use of the practice.
African Catholics join forces against human trafficking in unprecedented campaign February 10, 2025By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Marches and Masses in more than 30 African countries were organized Feb. 8 to raise voices against human trafficking, marking the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, and kicking off a Jubilee Year campaign “Restoring Hope in Africa: A Jubilee Call to End Human Trafficking.”
Pardoned pro-lifers describe their legal ordeal, what lies ahead for their activism February 10, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News On Jan. 23, the president pardoned Paulette Harlow and 22 other pro-life activists convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics Act, or FACE Act.
Strengthening religious practice could help reverse demographic crisis, says Irish study February 9, 2025By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News A decline in religion will likely deepen Ireland’s demographic crisis, according to a new study by a pro-family and pro-life Irish institute.
Pro-life groups welcome British cardinal’s attack on ‘irresponsible’ assisted suicide bill February 8, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life groups welcomed comments by the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales bitterly criticizing attempts by government-aligned parliamentarians to rush through a bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide.
