October 2023

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — With close to 30 major wars and conflicts raging throughout the world — among them, the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s war on Ukraine — Catholics across …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The number of legal abortions provided by virtual-only clinics via abortion pill prescriptions spiked 72% in the year following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. …

(OSV News) — When Enrique Alarcón Garcia, president of Frater España, a Christian fraternity of people with disabilities in Spain, entered the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall as a papal …

(OSV News) — As the Israel-Hamas war nears its fourth week, the pastor of Gaza’s only Catholic church urged prayers for peace, the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian …

(OSV News) — Catholic social teaching has widely been described as “the church’s best kept secret.” A recent report indicates that may still be the case, and that efforts to …

NEW YORK (OSV News) — In a time of international tensions and domestic divisions, it is crucial for leaders to bridge the gap between political strategy and practical tactics, said …

ROME (OSV News) — Amid wars around the world, particularly in Ukraine and the Holy Land, the Catholic Church needs to speak out on nonviolence as a necessary option for …

(OSV News) — Throughout the Synod on Synodality’s meetings in Rome, concern for migrants and refugees has repeatedly emerged as a central theme — with an emphasis on the importance …

(OSV News) — “Are we ready to accept that Christ is the head of the body, and that the body can only function if each part relates to the head …

DUBUQUE, Iowa (OSV News) — As Cardinal Christophe Pierre prepared to read the apostolic mandate appointing then-Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula of Davenport to head the Archdiocese of Dubuque, his home …