News & Commentary
Orlando Magic recognize woman religious for her advocacy for farmworkers
OSV News
March 31, 2021
Sister Ann Kendrick might not be able to dunk a basketball, but she still made it on the Magic Vision screen at center court of Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida.
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Border surge straining shelters, says Mexican bishops’
OSV News
March 30, 2021
The Mexican bishops' migrant ministry says people are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with illusions of easily entering the United States, but they risk being returned to Mexico under rules for expelling people rapidly during the pandemic.
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Birmingham Diocese helping 60 families after spring tornadoes
OSV News
March 29, 2021
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, is working with at least 60 families whose homes sustained damage in a spring tornado.
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Governor signs death penalty repeal at site of 101 executions since 1991
OSV News
March 26, 2021
While standing outside the prison that housed Virginia's execution chamber, Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in the state March 24.
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Pope names Chilean survivor to Commission for the Protection of Minors
OSV News
March 25, 2021
Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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Boulder, Colorado, police officer first to die in mass shooting called hero
OSV News
March 24, 2021
Officer Eric Talley, an 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department, was the first to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store the afternoon of March 22 and the first of 10 to ...
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The story of the LA miracle that will make Pier Giorgio Frassati a saint