Supreme Court justices express skepticism over standing amid abortion pill arguments March 26, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 26 in a case concerning mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion. It is the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent in 2022.
Pope: Government is complicit if not fighting both drug supply, demand March 26, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The fight against illegal drugs and narcotrafficking must target not just drug supplies, but also the demand for drugs through prevention programs and assistance, Pope Francis said.
Gov. Noem signs bill to create video explainer of South Dakota abortion laws March 26, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., signed into law legislation proponents call a medical education bill that directs South Dakota’s Department of Health to create a video explaining the state’s abortion regulations for health care professionals and the general public.
U.S. Catholic, other Christian leaders condemn Russian strikes on Ukraine energy grid March 26, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and other Christian leaders in the U.S. have denounced Russia’s massive recent attack on Ukraine’s energy system.
Young people are the living hope of a missionary church, pope says March 26, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News – Young people need to understand how much Christ loves them unconditionally and how much the church needs their voices and presence, Pope Francis said.
‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ patriarch of Jerusalem says on Palm Sunday March 25, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Israel, Feature, News, World News When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus’ entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, “crushed by so much hatred” in the months following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Pope asks Nigerians in Rome to be models of dialogue March 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Meeting hundreds of Nigerian Catholics who live, work and study in Rome, Pope Francis asked them to make their Rome parishes places where cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences are respected and shared.
Pope asks broadcasters to share the truth, not spread ideology March 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war March 25, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Crisis in Israel, Feature, Lent, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Dressed in red vestments, the color of the Passion, Pope Francis presided over the Mass, the solemn beginning of Holy Week, but he skipped the homily and did not have an aide read any prepared remarks.
Vatican Palm Sunday recalls early Christian martyrs, brave sea captain March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Palm Sunday procession at the foot of an 85-foot-tall Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter’s Square recalls the martyrdom of many early Christians and the fast-thinking foresight of an Italian Renaissance sea captain.
After son’s abuse, Louisiana deacon and family join Anglican church, incurring excommunication March 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A permanent deacon in the Diocese of Lafayette, La., whose then-teenage son was molested by the priest he once served alongside, is now excommunicated after leaving his ministry, because he formally left the Catholic Church, according to the recent decree written by his bishop.