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The founders “believed that only religion could bring from the human heart a willingness to look past self-interest to a wider sense of the common good.”

“The Scriptures point unswervingly to the need to keep the poor and the powerless at the forefront of our thoughts and actions,” Cardinal McElroy said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was recently targeted with a bomb threat, law enforcement officials said, shedding light on growing concern about …

BETHESDA, Md. (OSV News) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. military archdiocese, reminded the congregation at an Ash Wednesday Mass of the elements of “our blessed journey” of …

ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) — They are silent sentinels.  Painted a somber, stormy ocean blue, others an earthy olive drab, and some still bare wood and awaiting color, dozens of simple …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The theme of the 52nd National March for Life was “Life: Why We March,” and for the thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Jan. 24 it would take up a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s effort to establish the St. Isidore of Seville …

(OSV News) — The pro-life chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops lauded U.S. House passage of a bill Jan. 23 that would require life-saving medical attention for babies who …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President-elect Donald Trump is preparing a wave of executive orders for his first day in office, including what could constitute dramatic action on deportations as well as …