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(OSV News) — California’s lawsuit against two pro-life nonprofit organizations that specialize in helping to reverse the immediate effects of abortion pills went to trial June 24. The Thomas More …

Two Opus Dei “numeraries” who died last year while trying to rescue a drowning friend will each receive the Carnegie Medal posthumously.

Father Brendan McGuire used to be a Silicon Valley technology executive. Now he’s hearing their confessions.

The Eudist sisters, who serve the imprisoned, are seeing one of their members at risk of eviction from a San Diego residence they have rented for years.

(OSV News) — Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., announced May 8 a first-in-the-nation program to provide 400 free diapers to every newborn in the state. California, he said, will partner with Baby2Baby, …

“They were simple ranchers who didn’t have much education, but they had strong faith — and they died for it. … “I’ve always found that very beautiful.”

A California-based initiative is working to help speed along sainthood causes among Americans, and to make the canonization process more accessible overall.

In Mirabelli v. Bonta, the Thomas More Society, a Catholic-run public interest law firm, is representing a class of public school parents and a class of public school teachers.

(OSV News) — Newly revealed sexual abuse and assault allegations against the late civil rights leader César Chávez reignite a call for the Church to “honor our stories,” a Latino clergy …

(OSV News) — Catholic dioceses and organizations are canceling events and rethinking initiatives honoring the late civil rights icon César Chávez, following newly reported allegations the activist — who publicly drew …