WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which they may deport migrants who aren’t accepted by their home countries, NBC News reported …
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(OSV News) — A retired New Orleans priest who walked back a public admission of sexual abuse has pleaded guilty to charges for offenses dating from 1975-1976. Msgr. Lawrence Hecker was …
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(OSV News) — The devastating images — whether viewed from the banks of the Seine River in Paris or on millions of glowing screens around the world — stunned onlookers. …
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(OSV News) — A Catholic diocese on New York’s Long Island has seen its long-running bankruptcy filing finally concluded, enabling hundreds of sexual abuse claims to be settled. “We are …
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As border state bishops, New Mexico prelates urge Trump to reconsider mass deportation plans
by Kate Scanlonby Kate Scanlon(OSV News) — The incoming Trump administration should “rethink” its plans to carry out mass deportations, the bishops of New Mexico wrote in an open letter. President-elect Donald Trump campaigned …
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TORONTO (OSV News) — Rewind the clock to a little over one year ago. The Canadian Human Rights Commission was attracting scorn for a discussion paper declaring that statutory holidays …
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Supreme Court hears challenge to Tennessee’s gender transition ban for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical …
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Biden’s controversial pardon of son Hunter brings mixed reaction, potential consequences
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Joe Biden’s expansive pardon for his son Hunter Biden Dec. 1 brought strong reaction from Catholic political observers and lawmakers alike, including criticism from Republicans …
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(OSV News) — Despite a few high-profile delays in recent years, the beatification of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen — the popular, scholarly archbishop and 20th-century pioneer of Catholic broadcasting — …
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Supreme Court gets set for oral arguments over state’s gender transition ban for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures …