The Idaho State Capitol building is seen in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 29, 2021. A federal appeals court panel ruled Oct. 30, 2026, that Idaho’s abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the legality of abortion Nov. 3. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) A […]
Pro-life advocate Laura Gies kneels at the unmarked grave of 47 preborn children whose bodies were discovered in 2010 at the Philadelphia clinic of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Convicted in 2013 of multiple murder, involuntary manslaughter and drug charges, Gosnell died in prison in 2026. Gies and fellow pro-life advocates joined in Mass and graveside prayers […]
University of Delaware student Sarah Saville and Sister Janet Mary, lsp, enjoy “Snowball” fun at Jeanne Jugan Residence in Newark. Contributed photo As a Little Sister of the Poor, nothing gives me greater joy than making the elderly happy by helping them to rediscover the many reasons to celebrate life. I love to listen to […]
A file photo shows disabled protesters against physician-assisted suicide silhouetted as they hold up a banner. Former Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s reservations about Canada’s expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, from an Oct. 10, 2026, interview are drawing international attention. Assisted dying was legalized in Quebec in 2014 when Couillard was premier. He […]
Bishop Koenig speaks with MaryAnn Wallen, the director of the diocesan Office for Marriage and Family Life, at St. John the Beloved Church, site of the Footprints Mass on Oct. 18. Dialog photo/Don Blake WILMINGTON – The annual Footprints Mass, sponsored by the diocesan Office of Marriage and Family Life, was celebrated Oct. 18 at […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after disembarking Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Oct. 10, 2026. (OSV News photo/Eric Lee, Reuters) Catholic leaders across the nation are continuing to express their shock and concern over the Trump administration’s plans to livestream a military execution. Questions over the […]
Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, is seen in Anaheim, Calif., calling for an end to the death penalty in this 2016 file photo. (CNS photo/J.D. Long-Garcia, The Tidings) WASHINGTON — After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, […]
The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) mark the globally popular saint’s own journey from life to death, his “Transitus,” through special community commemorations. (OSV News photo/courtesy Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi) By MaryAnn WallenDiocese of Wilmington During […]
A nurse gives a patient medication at the palliative care unit of the Clinic Saint-Elisabeth in Marseille, France, May 31, 2024. Pope Leo XIV’s forceful defense of human life during his Sept. 25-27, 2026, visit to France has reignited debate over the country’s newly approved assisted-dying law, which lawmakers had largely considered settled after its […]
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington Jan. 22, 2026, calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to ban the abortion pill. In a Sept. 29, statement, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee, urged the faithful to mark […]