WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — but also for abortion, which was opposed by many of the bill’s supporters. The regulations govern the implementation of the bipartisan legislation […] The post Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortion first...
(OSV News) — The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News. “The Catholic charismatic renewal is a deeply personal, life-giving, ongoing, transforming encounter with the […] The post Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — An assault on a Texas priest — along with recent incidents at Catholic churches in the U.S. and Canada — highlights the need for parishes to implement more robust security measures, experts told OSV News. On April 10, Father Tony Neusch, rector of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Amarillo, Texas, was pepper-sprayed […] The post Experts: Attack on Texas priest, other incidents show parishes need to get serious on security first appeared on OSV News.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — En el marco de la Conferencia de Inmigración “Respondiendo a las Realidades Cambiantes en la Frontera de los Estados Unidos y Más Allá”, llevada a cabo el pasado 11 de abril en la Universidad Católica de América en Washington D.C.; Peter K. Kilpatrick, presidente de esta institución educativa sostuvo una conversación […] The post El obispo Seitz llama a un trato más cristiano y caritativo frente a la comunidad migrante first appeared on OSV News.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis expressed his support for peasant farmers in northern Peru threatened to be evicted off what they claim is their ancestral territory by companies associated with a Catholic movement. “I know what is happening to you. Defend the land, don’t let it be stolen,” the pope said in a video […] The post Pope backs peasant farmers in land dispute with Catholic group first appeared on OSV News.
By Colleen Rowan WHEELING, W.Va. (OSV News) — Never underestimate what one small act of compassion can do. That was Antonia Sobocki’s message to the faithful gathered for Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling April 7. She was there to represent LOUDfence, a campaign of awareness and support for victims of abuse […] The post West Virginia diocese welcomes LOUDfence campaign of awareness, support for abuse victims first appeared on OSV News.
By Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board Five years ago, the world watched in collective heartbreak as flames engulfed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Parisians openly wept in the streets. The bells of French churches rang in mournful solidarity, calling the people of France to pray for the nation’s beloved cathedral. The April 15, […] The post The reconstruction of Notre Dame is a symbol of hope first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — On the first day of filming for “Irena’s Vow” (Quiver), Sophie Nélisse had to witness a mass hanging. The Canadian actor, 24, has been making movies since childhood. So the scripted summary executions by Nazis — meant to terrorize the population of occupied Poland during World War II — were all in […] The post “Irena’s Vow,” Heroism in the Face of Evil first appeared on OSV News.
ROME (OSV News)– A judge in Argentina ruled that two bishops and two priests were liable for gender-based discrimination and violence toward a group of Discalced Carmelite nuns. Argentine Judge Carolina Cáceres Moreno issued an 87-page ruling April 4 that said the cloistered nuns of the Monastery of St. Bernard in Salta were subjected to […] The post Argentine bishop, clergy found liable for gender-based violence, discrimination against nuns first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — La madre María Elena Martínez forma parte de la asociación privada de fieles María Madre del Amor, con sede en México, una comunidad mixta de laicos y consagrados cuyo carisma es vivir las cuatro obras de misericordia del pasaje del encuentro de Jesús con los discípulos camino a Emaús que son: dar […] The post Retiros de Emaús en las cárceles, una misión evangelizadora que toca y cambia corazones first appeared on OSV News.
(OSV News) — Participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced April 9. “It is with gratitude to the Holy Father that we receive his Apostolic Blessing upon the participants in the […] The post Pope Francis grants plenary indulgences for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Congress participants first...
(OSV News) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter J. Jugis, 67, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, for health reasons and appointed Conventual Franciscan Father Michael T. Martin, 62, as his successor. Bishop Jugis, who has headed the diocese since 2003, is 67, eight years younger […] The post Charlotte, N.C., bishop resigns for health reasons; Franciscan named as successor first appeared on OSV News.