April 2023

Q: A friend is in a relationship where his fiancée won’t sign a prenuptial agreement because she thinks it would make the marriage invalid. It could be grounds for annulment. …

(OSV News) — Lawmakers in the Kansas Legislature voted April 26 to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a “born-alive infants protection act.” The Kansas House voted to override …

(OSV News) — Prayer, sacramental grace and the cultivation of virtue are Catholics’ most effective responses to an upcoming satanist convention in Boston — and the event itself is an …

What could possibly bring G. K. Chesterton, a religious order of female mice and a prize wheel of cheese together? Perhaps just some human imagination and a gifted mom’s wish …

(OSV News) — Two newly appointed Vatican consultants on evangelization told OSV News that prayer, humility and authentic friendship are key to spreading the Gospel, particularly among youth and young …

(OSV News) — Ahead of an annual day of prayer for vocations, a newly released report shows what one researcher called greater “consistency of age,” more diverse educational backgrounds and …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — House Republicans on April 26 voted to pass House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s legislation to raise the debt ceiling through 2024 and cut government spending, but the …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Responses to immigration issues are “bellwethers” for the health of communities and the country, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, said April 24 at …

(OSV News) — Russian forces have reportedly seized a Roman Catholic church in Ukraine, according to published accounts. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit public …

(UPDATE: quote attribution paragraphs 20-22) The Catholic Church in the U.S. has made progress over the past two decades in confronting sexual abuse against minors within the church, but has …