Two much-honored NYPD officers who were murdered last year received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor from President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
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Appeals Court Hears Abortion Pill Case, Next Stop Supreme Court
A federal appeals court in Louisiana is hearing arguments May 17 about the accessibility of the abortion drug mifepristone.
North Carolina Lawmakers Uphold Abortion Ban Legislation
Legislation in North Carolina that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, which the state’s bishops say “represents progress toward building a culture of life,” will now become law after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto.
Parish Helps East Palestine Residents Amid ‘A Lot Of Uncertainty’ After Toxic Train Wreck
More than three months after an environmentally hazardous train derailment, Catholics in an Ohio town are still facing “a lot of uncertainty” about their surroundings, while working to support their community, a pastoral worker told OSV News.
Faithful Join In Our Lady of Fatima Procession Through Newark On Her Feast Day
Hundreds walked four miles and prayed the rosary through the streets of Newark behind the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima May 13 — the anniversary of Our Lady’s first apparition at the Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal, 106 years ago — during a special procession.
Bishop Urges FDA to Reject Recommendation to Make Birth Control Pill Available Over the Counter
A U.S. bishop said the Federal Drug Administration should reject a unanimous vote by a panel of advisers May 10 recommending that it allow a birth control pill to be sold over the counter without a doctor’s prescription.
U.S. Border Bishops Stress Renewed Commitment to Welcome Migrants
The day after Title 42 expired, lifting pandemic public health restrictions that had limited border crossings into the United States, a group of bishops along the southwest U.S.-Mexico border said they “remain committed” to the Church’s efforts to welcome migrants.
Foster Care Is a Pro-Life Issue The Church Should Fully Support, Parents Say
“There are no unwanted children,” an anonymous inspiring quote declares, “just unfound families.” If that’s so, the almost 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system — approximately 100,000 of whom are legally adoptable — need only wait. But the reality, especially in post-Roe v. Wade America, presents a more complex and challenging scenario — one in which foster care must, Catholic experts urge, be viewed as a pro-life issue.
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Named Chairman of U.S. Bishops’ Anti-Racism Committee
A Chicago bishop has been tapped to lead the U.S. bishops’ ongoing efforts to combat racism. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago has been named chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.
With New Exhibit, Texas Museum Has Only Permanent Display of Shroud of Turin in U.S.
Entering a cavelike entrance, visitors at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston confront a life-size statue lying in the tomb, a replica of the man’s body image from the Shroud of Turin.