A protester is seen in a file photo holding a placard during a demonstration against physician-assisted suicide. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns and a pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3, 2026, over the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. The […]
Father Joseph Wilson of St. Margaret Church in the New York borough of Queens prays during a candlelight vigil Sept. 11, 2013. The ceremony marked the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) On Sept. 11, 2001 — the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four […]
Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: In the Gospel’s account of Peter’s confession of Christ, Jesus responded with: “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.” I sometimes wonder if it wouldn’t have been better if Jesus would have skipped the wordplay and simply said: […]
Amnesty International presents Stories That Resist, its first Virtual Museum—an immersive 360° experience that allows visitors to explore 65 years of campaigning, research and collective action in defence of human rights around the world. Across five thematic galleries, visitors can explore more than 50 historical items, including emblematic objects from Amnesty International’s archives, campaigns that […]
Badan Pengusahaan (BP) Batam terus memperkuat posisi Batam sebagai salah satu destinasi investasi yang diperhitungkan perusahaan Jepang. Upaya itu dilakukan dengan membangun sinergi bersama KBRI Tokyo, Indonesia Investment Promotion Centre (IIPC) Tokyo, dan Bank BNI Tokyo untuk meningkatkan promosi serta membuka akses investasi baru dari Jepang, Kamis (3/9/2026). BP Batam memanfaatkan pertemuan itu untuk menyampaikan […]
The 13th annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children at Church of the Holy Child, Saturday September 13, 2025. Photo/Don Blake As baseball great Willie Stargell once said, “I love September, especially when we’re in it.” There’s lots to love in the diocese this month, including the Catholic Business Network breakfast on Sept. 18 […]
Elizabeth Scalia “Bad times, hard times, … We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times” (Sermon 30, St Augustine). In my youth I knew a mother who played cruel “jokes” on babies. With a little one seated on her lap, she would temptingly show a biscuit or a candy, and — […]
The St. Elizabeth football team begins the season at First State Military after a preseason that included a scrimmage against Mount Pleasant and Delaware Military Academy. Dialog photo/Mike Lang It’s been nearly three months since the last high school champion was crowned in Delaware or Maryland. Since then, athletes have been busy in the weight […]
Greg Erlandson I wonder if you can tell the age of a person by the number of dead people’s phone numbers he still has saved on his phone? It could be like judging the age of a tree by the rings on its core. A young person may have only a few. I feel like […]
Haitian-born Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old honors student at at Wright State University in Greene County, Ohio, died in an apparent suicide Aug. 31, 2026. He is pictured in an undated photo posted on Instagram. His father said that “everything changed” once his son was fitted with an ankle monitor by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement […]