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March for Life puts pro-life vision that welcomes babies, supports families in focus

by Maria Wiering

(OSV News) — “Let me say very simply: I want more babies in the United States of America,” Vice President JD Vance told a cheering crowd at the 52nd …

Trump tells March for Life rally by video he will ‘stand proudly’ for life and family
US bishops’ pro-life chair praises House for voting to protect babies who survive abortion
Holocaust survivor honors Polish priest who aided his family
Pope ‘saddened,’ ‘disgusted’ by Sodalitium abuses, survivor says

U.S. Church

Catholic K-12 excellence shows kids ‘the vision of life in Jesus Christ,’ says USCCB leader

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — Ahead of national Catholic Schools Week 2025 (Jan. 26-Feb. 1), OSV News spoke with Mary Pat Donoghue, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Catholic Education, for her thoughts on the state …

Philly priest: New immigration arrest policy threatens freedom to worship

At National Prayer Vigil for Life, young people challenged ‘to be a light in our culture’

Trump pardons 23 pro-life activists convicted of FACE Act violations

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order

Effort to enshrine abortion in Virginia Constitution ‘extreme, radical, deadly,’ say bishops

Trump to send video message to March for Life rally; Vance to speak at event

World

Veteran Austrian cardinal wins tributes on retirement, called ‘pontifex austriacus’

by Jonathan Luxmoore

(OSV News) — Church and state leaders in Austria have praised the veteran Cardinal Christoph Schönborn on his retirement, at age 80, after three decades as archbishop of Vienna. …

Poland’s church deplores government curbs on religious teaching, with lessons cut in half
Pilgrimages are ‘safe,’ Holy Land church leaders say, telling pilgrims: ‘We’re waiting for you’
Cardinal urges restraint as retaliatory attacks ignite after killings of South Sudanese refugees
Sodalitium confirms its suppression after news of it leaks with no Vatican confirmation
Church leaders support migrants threatened by deportation plans, urge readiness to receive them

Pope recalls case of 5-year-old boy who disappeared in Argentina without trace

US declares genocide in Sudan as country undergoes ‘unimaginable’ suffering

Holy Land church leaders welcome ceasefire with relief, urge delivering critical aid

Vatican

Be not afraid, because God is always near, pope says

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

Being ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ in the Digital Landscape

by Sister Hosea Rupprecht

Week in Review | January 17, 2025

by Megan Marley

The missionary imperative of Catholic health care

by Jason Adkins

Reviews

Top 10 Films of 2024

by John Mulderig
Wolf Man
Into the desert with St. Anthony of Egypt
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
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