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Catholic sister challenges JD Vance over ICE tactics, treatment of immigrants

by Dan Stockman | Global Sisters Report

(OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance is used to being confronted by questions from the press. He recently faced questions from a Catholic sister. Sister Nancy Sylvester, …

Trump holds Oval Office meeting with some US bishops shortly before midterms
Savannah bishop shares timeless witness of Georgia Martyrs ahead of beatification
Pope Leo cancels Assisi visit on doctor’s advice following lung surgery
Vatican diplomat warns UN of arms race in space, calls for ban on all space weapons
Alberta rejects separation in referendum, but ‘road to healing will be a long one’

U.S. Church

Archbishop Coakley: Botched execution, proposed livestream reveal ‘inhumanity’ of death penalty

by Kate Scanlon

“This is not easy work, in part because so many people feel that prisoners facing death have entirely forfeited their human dignity and right to life.”

Vatican diplomat warns UN of arms race in space, calls for ban on all space weapons

Archbishop Coakley: Botched execution, proposed livestream reveal ‘inhumanity’ of death penalty

Most Catholic health institutions in Illinois temporarily protected from assisted suicide law

Haitian Catholics in Philly mark 50 years of faith, despite immigration crackdown

Archbishop ‘grateful, honored’ Indianapolis chosen to host 2029 National Eucharistic Congress

World

48 years after installation, St. John Paul II provides moral foundation for today’s tech race

by Katarzyna Szalajko

In 1989, when the World Wide Web was created, St. John Paul II was already thinking about how computer technology might change human life.

Pope invites youth to bring wounds, dreams to Seoul as WYD registration opens
Irish synod marks ‘end of an era’ with national gathering
Protecting marriage more urgent than ever, pope says after surgery
Holy Land Church leaders condemn settler attack on Christian village, European diplomats
Pope Leo urges Ukraine-Russia humanitarian cooperation as Russian strike kills children at playground

Ahead of pope’s surgery, Mexican bishops brought plight of country’s missing persons to pontiff

French bishops condemn ‘unacceptable violence’ as riots sweep nation

Priest in Ecuador, 53, struck and killed by falling crucifix during Mass

Vatican

Meeting US Jewish leaders, pope warns differences must not fuel prejudice

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

Blaming Autumn: Unjust cranks in this excellent season of wonder

by Elizabeth Scalia

Beneath our division lies a crisis of dehumanization

by Vicente Del Real

The courage to risk death for life

by Katie Yoder

Reviews

Sense and Sensibility

by John Mulderig
Catholic actor’s new sketch comedy series evangelizes through laughter
Adore Him: He Is Here
Heart of the Beast
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