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3rd-Grader Launches ‘Kid’s Bible in a Year with Teddy’ Podcast
By Gabriella Patti NEWPORT, Michigan (OSV News) — When he grows up, 3rd-grader Teddy Howell, a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Newport, and wants to be a podcaster […]
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Pope decides women will be voting members of Synod of Bishops
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At least three dozen women will be voting members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October, Pope Francis has decided. In a decision […]
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School Choice, Mental Health Expansions Top Wish List
With an additional $1.5 billion to work with in the final days of the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers negotiated the state’s next two-year budget as the Indiana Catholic Conference and […]
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Progress Made Protecting Minors, but Adults Remain Vulnerable to Clergy Abuse, Say Experts
(OSV News) — The Catholic Church in the U.S. has made progress in the past two decades in confronting sexual abuse against minors within the Church, but has only begun […]
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News Briefs: April 30, 2023
Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court’s Restrictions on Abortion Pill, Leaving Drug on The Market During Litigation WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court said on April 21 it […]
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Cardinal: Papal Commission Begins Building Safeguarding Culture in Curia
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The heads of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and a section of the Dicastery for Evangelization have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed […]
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Catholic Leaders, Laity Join in ‘Linking Arms for Change’ to Push for Gun Safety in Tennessee
By Katie Peterson NASHVILLE, Tennessee (OSV News) — Thousands upon thousands of Nashvillians, representing multiple faiths and backgrounds, came together on April 18 to create a three-mile human chain from […]
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News Briefs: April 23, 2023
Orthodox Christians Celebrated Easter in the Holy Land with Another Year of Holy Fire Restrictions JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem’s Old […]
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Tearful Joe Biden Visits Major Irish Marian Shrine in Knock, Ireland
KNOCK, Ireland (OSV News) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears at Ireland’s National Marian Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, April 14 on learning that the priest who gave […]
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Pope Francis Confirms Trip to Mongolia in Fall
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis confirmed he will travel to Mongolia in September, becoming the first pope to visit the Asian nation, which is home to a cardinal and […]
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U.S. Bishops Call on Catholics to Support Measure in Congress About Transgender Athletes in Female Sports
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics to contact their representatives and senators in Congress and urge them to vote for a bill that would […]
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Pinwheels on Display Represent Children’s Innocence, Safe Childhood They Deserve
By Moira Cullings KANSAS CITY, Kansas (OSV News) — It’s a simple child’s toy — a wheel of plastic curls connected to a small blue stick. But each blue pinwheel […]