August 2023

(OSV News) — The Texas Supreme Court on Aug. 31 moved to allow a state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as …

(OSV News) — In 2022, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life released “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life”, providing principles for rethinking marriage preparation in the Catholic Church. Nearly …

DEDHAM, Mass. (OSV News) — 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 …

By Janet Russell On my 51st birthday, my life as a “malade” began. “Malade” is the French word for “sick one,” and it became part of my identity when I …

(OSV News) — 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 …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Grupos provida, grupos de libertad religiosa y expertos en la Primera Enmienda se encuentran entre los que han pedido a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Sixty years ago when she was a student at George Washington University, Diane Patterson met her future husband, Gerry Tolson, in economics class. After the first …

(OSV News) — A Christian campaigner has urged Catholic church leaders and the Vatican to condemn worsening human rights abuses in Belarus, after another Catholic priest was arrested in front …

(OSV News) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will seek the passage of a 15-week abortion ban if Republicans gain control of the state’s General Assembly this fall, NBC News reported. …

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (OSV News) — “Can we give you a hug?” the leaders of the Lodz pilgrimage asked Cardinal-designate Grzegorz Rys while he was stretching his arms wide right at …