(OSV News) Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Catholic who campaigned on a pro-life stance, signed legislation in May granting some protections for those who travel to the state seeking to undergo or perform an abortion.
The move sets the Republican governor apart from his GOP counterparts in other states that signed legislation restricting abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court s Dobbs v. Jackson Women s Health Organization decision in June 2022 that overturned prior precedent making abortion acces
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis named Tracey Rowland, an Australian theologian; Justin Farrell, a U.S. sociologist; and Tongdong Bai, a Chinese philosopher, to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
The Vatican announced the appointments June 5.
Rowland, who was born in Ipswich, Australia, in 1963, is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Long recognized as a leading scholar specializing in the thought and writings of Joseph Ratzinger, who served as Pope Bene
(OSV News) Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, has dismissed a religious superior from the Carmelite order after finding her guilty of violating the Sixth Commandment and her vow of chastity, which she denies.
The diocese s June 1 decree announcing the nun s dismissal said Bishop Olson was acting as Pontifical Commissary of the Monastery in Arlington, authority granted him May 31 by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, a department of
MIAMI (OSV News) Two teams in championship contention mean two friendly wagers between bishops, in this case Miami s Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski and the archbishops of Las Vegas and Denver.
Archbishop Wenski is betting that the Florida Panthers will beat Las Vegas Golden Knights for the NHL Stanley Cup, and the Miami Heat will beat the Denver Nuggets for the NBA championship.
At stake, should the Panthers and Heat lose, are Florida stone crabs and hand-rolled Cuban cigars from Miami s Litt
(OSV News) The Los Angeles Dodgers decision to host a July 30 Christian Faith and Family Day does not allay concerns and outrage over the team s plans to honor a self-described order of drag, queer and LGBTQ+ nuns, Catholic experts told OSV News. This is not a quid pro quo, said Kathleen Domingo, executive director of the California Catholic Conference. You can t have a night where you invite one group that is openly bigoted towards another, then invite that other group. Why do you have