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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed in the Senate as negotiations over new, stronger constraints on federal immigration officers stalled.
The same week, the Senate passed housing legislation that has an uncertain future in the House, and President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba acknowledged talks with the Trump administra...
DETROIT (OSV News) — In a new pastoral message released March 11, Detroit Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger expressed “heartfelt sorrow for the evil of abuse and the profound suffering it has caused.”
He also outlined several new measures designed to strengthen safe environment protections and accompany victims of clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
(OSV News) — From Dublin to Dubuque, and Montserrat to Melbourne, the feast of St. Patrick is celebrated by millions around the world — and for as many reasons as there are revelers, from faith to cultural heritage to fun.
But the fifth-century bishop at the heart of the merriment, who became an adopted son and apostle of Ireland, is far more relatable than many realiz...
BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Josephite Father William Norvel, a forceful voice for Black Catholic identity who spent more than six decades challenging the institutional church to live up to its claim of being universal, died March 8. He was 90.
A pioneer in bringing Gospel music into Catholic liturgy following the Second Vatican Council, Father Norvel helped shape the spi...
(OSV News) — A Catholic deacon in Omaha, Nebraska, has been murdered, with his adult son now in custody as the suspected killer.
Deacon John Zak, who served at St. Peter Catholic Church in Omaha, was found dead in his home late March 11.
The deacon’s son, 36-year-old Martin Zak, was arrested the following day on suspicion of criminal homicide, felony fligh...