DEDHAM, Mass. -- The Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
Dedham District Court Judge Michael Pomarole...
By Silvio Cuéllar
OSV News
In today's world, we are surrounded by constant noise and distractions. At home, we are always connected to media such as smartphones, computers, television and tablets. In the car, we are also saturated by noise and...
"Uh, we had something happen," Father Joseph Crowley told the congregation March 5 near the end of Mass at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston, Connecticut, a parish once pastored by Knights of Columbus founder Blessed Michael McGivney.
Visibly rattled, he...
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. —Sister Mary Reese, a Wilmington native who was a Maryknoll Sister for 77 years, died Aug. 17 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. She was 100.
Born on Dec. 8, 1922, Sister Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth and...
WASHINGTON -- After activists for legal abortion pushed back on some Republican presidential candidates' criticism of some state abortion laws as being without limits, a prominent pro-life group cast those arguments as disingenuous and said some states actually do...
WASHINGTON -- Sixty years after the March on Washington, there is still work to be done to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream a reality, a Georgetown University panel said Aug. 28.
On Aug. 28, 1963, more...
NEW YORK -- The national kickoff for the annual A-Cross America Relay for Life, began early Aug. 26 in Manhattan, with a group walking and praying for the end of abortion.
Participants met at 8 a.m. in front of Planned...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against a school district in the state Aug. 28, asking a judge to block that district's requirement that parents be notified if their child seeks to change their pronouns or gender...
SÃO PAULO -- Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Oil drilling, an issue discussed in different meetings over the...
With National Suicide Prevention Month approaching in September, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia -- just a few miles from the nation's capital -- is urging mental health discussion and engagement, rather than avoidance and...