March 2023

(OSV News) — Not all children filling many vacant U.S. jobs are working the drive-thru window, pushing carts or helping on the family farm — jobs typically associated with teenagers …

(OSV News) — With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Lenten Friday this year, many U.S. bishops have issued dispensations from abstinence on March 17, allowing the faithful to enjoy …

(Leer in Español) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A pandemic-era program that provided extra payments to Americans who qualify for food stamps ended March 1, causing concern for some Catholic advocates …

ROME (OSV News) — From the devastating war in 2003 to the three-year occupation of Mosul by Islamic State militants, Iraq is often portrayed as a land caught in a …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a case April 18 that could have broad implications for employees seeking religious accommodations from their employers. The …

(OSV News) — Among Catholics, the sacrament of matrimony is in freefall. Over 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69% even as the Catholic population increased by …

What are you doing in Lent? Some are trying something new, something that will jolt them out of complacency; others have returned to practices that have been meaningful and successful …

(OSV News) — Robert Jastrow, the NASA astronomer, planetary physicist and popular author who decoded the complexities of space for a generation of Americans until his passing in 2008, told …

NEW YORK (OSV News) — More than a few beleaguered employees may have been tempted to regard their boss as the devil incarnate from time to time. Two of the …

(OSV News) — Blunt remarks by New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a Feb. 28 interfaith breakfast made waves amid critics’ accusations of intolerance. However, some Catholic leaders praised …