(OSV News) — The biblical author of Proverbs advises, “Drink water from your own cistern; flowing water from your own well.” But in the centuries before Jesus Christ’s birth when …
April 2023
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The final document of the latest phase of the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality was released April 12, capturing a process of dialogue and discernment that two …
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) — A British-Israeli mother and her two daughters were killed in a drive-by-shooting terrorist attack in the Jordan valley on April 7, during a week that, instead …
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Archbishop, governor call for prayer as Louisville mourns mass shooting ‘in the shadow of the cross’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) — Amid calls for prayer and praise for first responders, officials confirmed that five people were killed in an April 10 mass shooting, Easter Monday morning, …
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Two Catholic Relief Services’ workers slain in Ethiopia amid Easter Sunday unrest
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — Two Catholic Relief Services staff members were shot and killed Easter Sunday in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, according to the U.S. Catholic Church’s international aid agency. Details of …
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(OSV News) — Recent studies show that online dating is one of the most popular ways couples meet each other. But some single Catholics are growing disillusioned with the digital …
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Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) — On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines …
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(OSV News) — “For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners,” the psalmist says, and these words resonate with Catholics who take …
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Good questions, FOCUS and large stuffed pigs: one new Catholic’s journey to the faith
by Kiki Haydenby Kiki Hayden(OSV News) — Nineteen-year-old Kelsey Moore felt drawn to the Catholic faith because of the joy it brings her, as well as its solid foundations in logic. But her journey …
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Federal Judge Issues Good Friday Ruling Suspending FDA Approval of Abortion Pill
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — A federal judge in Texas ruled April 7 to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a medication abortion pill, additionally granting a seven …