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(OSV News) — Poland’s church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns at a children’s home in Bolivia in 2017. “In five years as a volunteer, she discovered her calling to spread the Gospel — and it The post Murdered Polish missionary begins ‘path to sainthood’ first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — but also for abortion, which was opposed by many of the bill’s supporters. The regulations govern the implementation of the bipartisan legislation The post Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortion first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News. “The Catholic charismatic renewal … is a deeply personal, life-giving, ongoing, transforming encounter with the The post Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — An assault on a Texas priest — along with recent incidents at Catholic churches in the U.S. and Canada — highlights the need for parishes to implement more robust security measures, experts told OSV News. On April 10, Father Tony Neusch, rector of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Amarillo, Texas, was pepper-sprayed The post Experts: Attack on Texas priest, other incidents show parishes need to get serious on security first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — En el marco de la Conferencia de Inmigración “Respondiendo a las Realidades Cambiantes en la Frontera de los Estados Unidos y Más Allá”, llevada a cabo el pasado 11 de abril en la Universidad Católica de América en Washington D.C.; Peter K. Kilpatrick, presidente de esta institución educativa sostuvo una conversación The post El obispo Seitz llama a un trato más cristiano y caritativo frente a la comunidad migrante first appeared on OSV News.