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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, pictured in an undated photo, was arrested in March 2023 for praying silently outside an abortion facility in Birmingham, England. Six months later Vaughan-Spruce, a Catholic, received notification that she will not be prosecuted, and in a Sept. 22 letter, the West Midlands Police apologized to her for the length of time it took to reach their decision. (OSV News photo/courtesy ADF UK) Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, pictured in an undated photo, was arrested in March 2023 for praying silently outside an abortion facility in Birmingham, England. Six months later Vaughan-Spruce, a Catholic, received notification that she will not be prosecuted, and in a Sept. 22 letter, the West Midlands Police apologized to her for the length of time it took to reach their decision. (OSV News photo/courtesy ADF UK)

World

English police apologize to woman arrested for silently praying outside abortion facility

LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) — Police in England have apologized to a Catholic woman six months after she was arrested for praying silently outside...

September 27, 2023

Spanish

Misión a Mongolia: el Papa alentará al pequeño rebaño y promoverá la armonía

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS)– El Papa Francisco llama continuamente a los católicos a ir a las “periferias”, y eso es exactamente lo que hará...

August 28, 2023

National

Lenten display captures pathos of the Passion at Utah Catholic church

By Linda Petersen OGDEN, Utah (OSV News) — As they worship during this season of Lent, parishioners at St. James the Just Catholic Church...

April 3, 2023

National

Lenten radio campaign invites listeners back to sacrament of reconciliation

By Joe Bollig KANSAS CITY, Kan. (OSV News) — In the film “Bruce Almighty,” a desperate Bruce Nolan (comedian Jim Carrey) calls out to...

March 29, 2023

National

Jonathan Roumie’s Lent: fasting, sharing faith, and a new film on the ‘Jesus people’

(OSV News) — This Lent, Jonathan Roumie has a full plate at work — and an empty one at home, he told OSV News,...

March 1, 2023

Vatican

Pope says Lent is time to let go of the frivolous, to choose truth, love

By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — What matters is the truth and the love that God sees, not what is superficial, showy and self-centered,...

February 23, 2023

National

Professor sees religious tapestry woven across the millennia in Lent’s history, traditions

By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — When Thomas Neal, a professor of spiritual theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans,...

February 22, 2023

National

Marriage ministry offers couples antidote to ‘Valentine’s Effect’ divorces

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — About 10 years ago, Peter Piotti was anything but a fan of Valentine’s Day. “I hated it,” he admitted. So...

February 18, 2023

National

New translation tweaks to sacrament of penance take effect this Lent

(OSV News) — The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes...

February 4, 2023

South America

Pope, bishops call for peace as violent protests in Peru turn deadly

By Junno Arocho Esteves (OSV News) — Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president and legislature have claimed...

January 25, 2023
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