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Texas ‘stepped over a line into the inhumane’ in denying migrants...
Catholic migrant advocates condemned a report alleging inhumane treatment of migrants seeking to cross the border into Texas, including an allegation that the state...
President Joe Biden and Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi meet to discuss...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden meets July 18 with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the...
Record number of mass killings tracked in United States: ‘They’re not...
WASHINGTON -- The United States endured a record number of mass killings in the first half of 2023, according to a new analysis. The...
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act introduced in Congress; Bishops to support...
WASHINGTON -- A bill to ban the use of capital punishment by the federal government was reintroduced in Congress, where it faces steep odds...
The Food and Drug Administration approves first over-the-counter birth control pill...
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration announced July 13 it approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription for the...
Despite Ukraine’s just cause to defend itself, Church opposes U.S. decision...
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion...
High court sides with Christian web designer opposed to making websites...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30 in favor of a Christian web designer who argued she had a First Amendment right...
Supreme Court unanimous decision upholds former postal worker who says he...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision June 29 in favor of a former postal worker who said he was denied...
‘Self-identified Catholic’ Democrats in U.S. House argue for abortion rights; bishops...
WASHINGTON -- After more than two dozen Catholic Democratic House lawmakers signed a "statement of principles" advocating for abortion access that cited tenets of...
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York celebrates Dobbs anniversary — ‘Twenty-five...
WASHINGTON -- The first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is an "opportunity to continue...