Missouri lawmakers ban gender reassignment surgery, treatments for minors May 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Missouri lawmakers passed a bill May 10 banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, as well as a measure blocking transgender student athletes from competing on sports teams opposite their biological sex.
FDA advisory panels back over-the-counter sales of birth control pills May 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A panel of federal advisers voted May 10 in favor of a pharmaceutical company’s request to sell a type of their birth control pills over the counter and without a doctor’s prescription, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to approve such sales of oral contraception.
Eucharistic Revival playbook offers direction, ideas for parish year May 11, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Parish leaders seeking guidance for the National Eucharistic Revival’s upcoming parish year now have a 24-page resource to assist their discernment.
Priests, seminarians, laity to gather May 16 at international symposium on priesthood in Washington May 11, 2023By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News A gathering for American theologians, priests, seminarians and laity will be held May 16 at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Catholic nurses care for body and soul as part of long tradition of care, say experts May 11, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Every year the U.S. marks National Nurses Week May 6-12, ending on the birthday of nursing and social reform pioneer Florence Nightingale.
D.C.’s Cardinal Gregory marks 50th anniversary as priest May 10, 2023By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and eight other priests ordained with him in the Chicago area 50 years ago concelebrated a special Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington May 9 to mark their shared anniversary of priestly ordination.
Biden administration finalizes plans for end of Title 42 May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Since its 2020 implementation, Title 42 has been invoked more than 2.7 million times to expel migrants, including those seeking asylum, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
‘Adoration is like sunbathing — you let the sun shine on you, as you truly are,’ says cardinal May 10, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Monthly adoration has become a new normal for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s Square. For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, who led a monthly Vatican outdoor Holy Hour May 9, adoration is a crucial hour of any day.
Pope to pope: Let our churches be united by Christ’s love May 10, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, was at the Vatican to mark the 50th anniversary of a joint declaration signed by St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III in 1973 outlining the beliefs shared by their churches.
Poll shows a majority of Americans say abortion drug should stay on market May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
Bishops critical of House Republicans’ plan on border security as Title 42 ends May 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Bishop Flores: Brownsville vehicle crash indicative of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue vulnerable human life May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
