South Carolina Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban August 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in an Aug. 23 ruling, permitting that law to go into effect.
Western Canada wildfires spare churches as blazes consume dozens of houses August 23, 2023By Quinton Amundson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada have apparently spared Catholic churches, though the same thing cannot be said for numerous other buildings.
Guadalupe shows how faith is shared simply, with respect, pope says August 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans and elaborate theological explanations but sharing the faith in “a language suitable for all, a language that is comprehensible, like that of Jesus,” Pope Francis said.
Under new Indiana abortion law, 9,000 unborn babies will be saved each year, pro-lifers say August 23, 2023By Natalie Hoefer OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Indiana’s new law banning most abortions finally went into effect Aug. 21, almost a year after the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs filed a suit Aug. 30, 2022, charging that Indiana’s new law violated the state’s constitution.
Biden: Maui will receive federal help for ‘as long as it takes’; Catholics urged to give to relief efforts August 23, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News As the Hawaii island of Maui struggles to recover from horrific wildfires that destroyed historic Lahaina, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden toured the fire-ravaged town Aug. 21.
Pope: Dorothy Day’s life shows evangelizing power of charity, witness, love August 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Dorothy Day was “a great witness to faith, hope and charity in the 20th century,” a woman who loved the Catholic Church despite the flaws of its members and who knew that serving God meant serving the poor and working for justice, Pope Francis wrote.
Three years after disputed election, Belarus church is urged to speak up for the persecuted August 23, 2023By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Christian campaigner has urged Catholic church leaders and the Vatican to condemn worsening human rights abuses in Belarus, after another Catholic priest was arrested in front of his parishioners for spreading “extremist material.”
‘We are willing to die for the name of Jesus,’ persecuted Christians say as world marks day of awareness for religion-based violence August 22, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, observed on the United Nations’ calendar Aug. 22, Pakistan and India are among places of particular concern for Christian rights advocates.
Pope, top U.S. military officer discuss war in Ukraine August 22, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The top-ranking U.S. military officer told reporters he and Pope Francis discussed the war in Ukraine, especially the war’s impact on the people there.
Texas lawsuit demands Planned Parenthood pay back millions in Medicaid funding August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Texas lawsuit is seeking for Planned Parenthood to pay back millions of funds it received through Medicaid, which the abortion provider says could shutter its operations in the state.
Judge blocks portion of Georgia law, allowing some transgender hormone treatments for minors August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Georgia Aug. 20 temporarily blocked part of a state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender while a challenge to that law plays out in court.
General who headed Notre Dame Cathedral rebuilding dies at 74 while hiking in mountains August 21, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News The French army general appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral will not see the reopening of the pearl of France Dec. 8, 2024. Army Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin died Aug. 18 while hiking in the Pyrénées mountains.
