USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty…
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Be not afraid, because God is always near, pope says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God tells Christians not to be afraid because he is always close, accompanying the faithful…
Trump administration reverses policy to permit ICE arrests at churches
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
‘We go to cry with them,’ says nun as migrants lament Trump immigration orders
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News When OSV News called her Jan. 21, Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Rose Patrice Kuhn had already crossed the…
As ceasefire starts, first Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners return home
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News JERUSALEM — Starting at 4 p.m. on Jan. 19, crowds of Israelis arrived at what has become known as…
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of…
Pope to Trump: May US prosper, shun all hatred, discrimination
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told U.S. President Donald Trump he hoped that the nation would prosper under…
US Catholics urged to ‘express unity’ with Latin American Catholics through collection
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — By donating to the U.S. bishops’ national Collection for the Church in Latin America, U.S. Catholics can support the…
Dialogue, listening and the power of prayer key to Christian unity, say Catholic experts
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Dialogue, listening and the power of prayer are key to forging Christian unity, Catholic experts told OSV News. Christians throughout the…
National Prayer Vigil for Life takes place Jan. 23-24 at Washington basilica
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholics across the country are invited to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Jan. 23 to Jan. 24 to…