Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have been left to grapple with some lack of clarity from him on the issue.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The church must continue to stand for the dignity of all human life under the incoming Trump administration. That was the message from Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the bishops’ migration committee, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, the bishops’ new pro-life committee chair, who both spoke with OSV News at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, returns to the White House.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life
As the church attempts to address gender ideology with compassion and clarity, studies continue to emerge about its impact on children, families and society.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News
Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether to hear a pair of First Amendment cases seeking to strike down so-called “bubble zones” for pro-life demonstrators outside abortion clinics.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
The annual Prayer Vigil for Life will take place Jan. 23-24, 2025, the U.S. bishops’ conference announced Nov. 22.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News
Churches and faith groups across the United Kingdom have condemned a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide and stepped up efforts to block its Nov. 29 approval by parliamentarians.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
President Joe Biden awarded Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Nov. 20 in a private ceremony, the White House said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion — including one banning chemical or medication abortions — violated the state’s constitution and could not be enforced.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
As activists push President Joe Biden to commute existing federal death sentences during his final months in office, a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center examined what it called persistent racial disparities in federal death penalty prosecutions.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Respect Life, World News
Pro-life organizers are hoping to augment that sense of togetherness with the merger of two pre-march youth events, announced Nov. 14. The Diocese of Arlington, Va., and host of Life is VERY Good since 2009, and the Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of Life, co-hosts of Life Fest since 2022, are joining forces to create one big pro-life rally called Life Fest ahead of the 2025 March for Life Jan. 24.
