A recent study from the Guttmacher Institute, an organization that supports abortion access, found that the number of abortions in 2023 has increased to the highest number and rate in the United States in over a decade.
An understated tone bolsters the impact of the fact-based drama "One Life" (Bleecker Street). The educational value and formative potential of the film's uplifting story, a lesser-known chapter in the history of the Holocaust, moreover, make it probably acceptable for older teens, despite some off-color vocabulary in the script.
England's decision to halt routine prescriptions of puberty blockers following a review is "absolutely very important news" -- and shows that research is a "game-changer" in the debate over gender transitioning for children, two U.S.-based experts told OSV News.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision late March 19 once again blocking Texas from enforcing its controversial law that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico.
For years, David Fischer dreamt of being a priest, immersing himself in a year of NET Ministries, four years at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul plus summers with the Companions of Christ, a local group of seminarians and priests. Then, he discerned marriage was his vocation and he carried the fruits of that intense formation into fatherhood, raising nine kids — now ages 2 to 20 — with his wife, Laura, in Woodbury.
Hoping to advance local conversation about racial equity, particularly from a Catholic perspective, the Catholic Racial Justice Coalition (CRJC) is sponsoring an April 13 event at St. Mary’s University in Minneapolis.
A formation advisor and spiritual director at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul has been appointed vocations director of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.