Voters reject states’ recreational marijuana, psychedelic drug legalization efforts November 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News A bid to legalize recreational marijuana fell short in Florida, while North Dakota and South Dakota have rejected doing so, according to general election projections.
U.S. bishops’ conference president calls for prayer, unity following the 2024 election November 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Bishops, Feature, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for prayer and unity, following the nation’s general election that saw Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris to win another term as president.
After being missing 4 days, priest is found dead in Ecuador November 6, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Four days after 53-year-old Father Enrique Fabián Arcos went missing in Ecuador, the authorities found his body Nov. 3 in a dump about 18 miles north of Ambato, where he lived.
West Virginia assisted suicide ban leads by narrow margin as vote count continues November 6, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News West Virginians appeared on track to approve a constitutional amendment to ban medically assisted suicide and euthanasia in their state, with the ballot measure leading by just several thousand votes as the counting of votes from Election Day Nov. 5 continued into the following morning.
Trump is reelected to White House, becoming only second US president to win second, nonconsecutive term November 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump was elected to a second term in the Oval Office four years after he lost his run for a second consecutive term, according to multiple projections.
Voters in 3 states reject abortion ballot measures, defying trend around country November 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota Nov. 5 rejected amendments to their state constitutions that would have codified abortion as a right, while other states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Missouri, did vote to codify such a right in their constitutions, on Election Day. Nebraska’s 12-week abortion ban will […]
Holy Spirit is God’s gift to help faithful pray, persevere, pope says November 6, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Holy Spirit helps the faithful understand that praying to God is praying to a loving and merciful father, Pope Francis said.
Across the U.S., Catholics seek out prayer before — and after — voting at the polls November 5, 2024By Gina Christian Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News On Election Day, Catholic faithful across the nation are turning to prayer before — and after — heading to the polls Nov. 5, with many parishes and dioceses offering Holy Hours.
Catholic nun among 10 killed in Indonesian volcano eruption November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in a volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s predominantly Catholic Flores Island.
Can voter lobbying groups use ‘Catholic’ in their names? Bishops may have to decide November 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News The appropriation of the word “Catholic” may exploit what one canon law scholar described to OSV News as a “blind spot” in canon law, the Catholic Church’s principal legislative code.
Pope: Rome’s Jesuit-run university must be rooted in Gospel, voice of poor November 5, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Fewer lecterns and more round tables are needed in higher education for students and staff to come together to dialogue, seek the truth and truly fulfill the mandate of a Jesuit-run institution, Pope Francis said.
Experts worry Trump’s mass deportation plan could damage economy like Great Recession November 5, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Just ahead of Election Day, immigration and the economy were still ranked in the top three of U.S. registered voters’ concerns.