Death penalty fuels ‘poison’ of revenge in society, pope says August 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis said.
Report claims U.S. abortions on the rise since Dobbs, driven by telehealth services August 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the number of abortions in the United States have increased, even as some states implemented near-total bans on the procedure, according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion.
Wester warns: ‘We are now in a nuclear arms race far more dangerous than the first’ August 7, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., has traveled to Japan on a “pilgrimage of peace” commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
Parents win appeal in death of daughter forced off life support by British court August 7, 2024By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The parents of a young woman branded “delusional” for wanting continued hospital treatment instead of palliative care have won a court battle over the legality of the ruling that led to their daughter’s death.
Catholic group sues EEOC over regulations involving abortion, gender identity August 7, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The Catholic Benefits Association recently filed a motion for preliminary injunction against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over two regulations it says violate Catholics’ religious beliefs.
‘Abundant data’ shows elective induced abortion is not ‘health care,’ says OB-GYN August 7, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Abortion, which intentionally ends the life of an unborn child, is not health care, according to a new publication by Dr. Ingrid Skop, an board-certified OB-GYN with more than 30 years of experience.
After weeks of speculation, Harris picks Minnesota’s Walz as running mate August 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Vice President Kamala Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., as her running mate on the Democratic Party’s ticket Aug. 6.
75 years after George Orwell’s ‘1984,’ we are awash in Newspeak and Doublethink August 6, 2024By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Seventy-five years after its publication, and 40 years after its historical setting, 1984 has never been more accurate in its description of the increasing dystopia of American public life.
Arrest made in 2023 assault outside Planned Parenthood in Baltimore July 31, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Baltimore City Police confirmed that after more than a year they have made an arrest in an assault of two elderly pro-life activists outside a downtown Planned Parenthood Center.
Question Corner: What level of involvement in abortion carries the canonical penalty of excommunication? July 31, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Respect Life Looking at the crime of abortion specifically, one meaningful phrase in the relevant canon is that the penalty applies to those “who actually procure an abortion.” We can read “actually procure” as meaning: “directly and intentionally bringing about an abortion in a specific instance.”
Gallup poll: Majority back birth control, IVF, but almost half see US morality as ‘poor’ July 30, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News New data shows most of the nation views birth control and in vitro fertilization as “morally acceptable,” while extramarital affairs and suicide are regarded as the most “morally wrong” of several behaviors — with close to half the nation regarding overall morality in the U.S. as “poor.”
Nebraska’s high court upholds law restricting abortion, transgender interventions for minors July 29, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Nebraska Supreme Court July 26 upheld a law that combined a 12-week abortion ban with a measure banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
