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Puerto Rico Catholic governor signs historic personhood law for the unborn
19+ hour, 16+ min ago (528+ words) (OSV News) "On Dec. 21, Puerto Rico's Gov. Jenniffer Gonz'lez-Col'n approved Law 183-2025, which amends the Civil Code of Puerto Rico and recognizes the unborn child or "nasciturus" " a Latin legal term referring to "conceived but not born" " as a natural person…...
White House rejects call from key pro-life group to fire FDA commissioner
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (551+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "The White House Dec. 9 rejected a call from a national pro-life organization for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary to be fired. The pro-life group argued Makaray has "slow-walked a promised safety study of women's real-world…...
Supreme Court weighs appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy centers
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (547+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "The Supreme Court on Dec. 2 heard oral arguments in an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and…...
Record numbers of women are visiting pregnancy centers, study shows
4+ week, 1+ day ago (680+ words) (OSV News) "In 2024, pregnancy centers saw more new clients, provided more medical care and distributed more material goods than ever before, according to a new report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Between free medical care, education services such as childbirth…...
Vatican says cause can move forward for Massachusetts pro-life activist, wife, mother
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (975+ words) By Tanya Connor / The Catholic Free PressWORCESTER, Mass. (OSV News) "This fall the Vatican paved the way for the Worcester Diocese to begin the cause for the potential canonization of a local Catholic " Ruth V. K. Pakaluk. Ruth, a wife and mother…...
US Catholics urged to build culture of life, pray for end to abortion during January vigil
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (319+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "The U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 19 called on the faithful to observe a nationwide prayer vigil Jan. 22-23 "to pray for an end to abortion and a greater respect for all human life in post-Roe America." "Together, we must pray…...
Bishops’ new pro-life chair: Project Rachel ministries ‘key to our pro-life efforts’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) Bishop Thomas said he sees the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops" Committee on Pro-Life Activities" role as speaking "as best we can to issues that arise that require a moral voice and issues that arise that require really an effort for…...
Church must support concrete pro-family policies, pope says
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (434+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) " A society cannot pretend to be pro-family if it does not adopt policies that allow parents and children to spend time together rather than always being worried about work, Pope Leo XIV said. "In a society that…...
Trump rolls out policy proposal to increase access to in vitro fertilization
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (455+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "President Donald Trump announced Oct. 16 a policy proposal to increase access to in vitro fertilization, including issuing guidance urging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees. Trump previously campaigned on requiring the government or insurance…...
Pope Leo tells migration advocates church must not be ‘silent’ on the issue
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with the immigrant community in the U.S. and urged the church to be a united voice on their behalf in an Oct. 8 private audience with immigration advocates. Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso,…...