world news FeatureNewsRespect LifeSupreme CourtWorld News Supreme Court agrees to review legal challenge to abortion pill Kate ScanlonDecember 14, 20235 min read The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year. FeatureNewsRespect LifeWorld News Federal court strikes down Illinois law restricting pro-life pregnancy center speech Kurt JensenDecember 14, 20234 min read A federal court has struck down an Illinois law that restricted what the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers — but not abortion clinics — could tell patients. FeatureNewsWorld News Tennessee tornadoes strike nearly to the day of 2021 deadly storm Robert Alan GloverDecember 14, 20233 min read Two years ago over the course of a Friday night Dec. 10-11, a series of tornadoes struck western Kentucky, killing 57 with additional fatalities in Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri and damaging and destroying several thousand residences as well as nearly 200 commercial buildings. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsWorld News Ireland plans to dramatically cut welfare benefits for Ukrainian refugees Michael KellyDecember 13, 20234 min read Plans to dramatically cut welfare benefits for refugees from Ukraine who flee to Ireland to avoid Russia’s war are causing anxiety, according to a priest who works with the new arrivals. Officials in Dublin say that they want to “slow” the number of people arriving from Ukraine. FeatureGun ViolenceNewsWorld News Four congregations of women religious sue gunmaker Smith & Wesson over assault weapons Dan StockmanDecember 13, 20235 min read Four congregations of women religious filed suit against the board of gunmaker Smith & Wesson Dec. 5 in a Las Vegas court, the day before a shooter killed three people and critically wounded a fourth on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus five miles away. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Christians must be open to listening to God, helping others, pope says Carol GlatzDecember 13, 20233 min read Christians must be open to the Word of God and to welcoming and serving others, Pope Francis said. Ecumenism and Interfaith RelationsFeatureNewsWorld News Cardinal ‘ashamed’ after lawmaker puts out Hanukkah candles in Poland’s parliament Paulina GuzikDecember 13, 20234 min read Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lodz, chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish bishops’ conference, strongly condemned the incident in which a far-right Polish lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in the Sejm, the country’s parliament. NewsVaticanWorld News Prudent use of Vatican finances is essential for mission, pope says Cindy WoodenDecember 13, 20233 min read The Vatican’s financial planning, budgeting, auditing, investing and saving are essential for carrying out the Catholic Church’s mission and must be handled with the highest sense of responsibility and prudence, Pope Francis wrote in a letter to the staff of the Secretariat for the Economy. NewsVaticanWorld News Pope says he’ll be buried outside the Vatican, is simplifying funeral Justin McLellanDecember 13, 20233 min read Pope Francis said he has decided to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major instead of in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and that he has simplified the rites for a papal funeral. FeatureNewsWorld News Our Lady of Guadalupe is ‘mother of all mothers,’ bishop says on her feast day OSV NewsDecember 13, 20233 min read Our Lady of Guadalupe is “the mother of all mothers — a loving bridge between worlds and peoples who unifies through her maternal embrace,” the U.S. bishops’ migration chairman said in a statement issued on the Dec. 12 Marian feast. Previous 1 … 72 73 74 … 450 Next