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- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortionby Kate Scanlon on April 18, 2024 at 2:30 pm
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.
- Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishopby Gina Christian on April 18, 2024 at 10:30 am
(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.
- Experts: Attack on Texas priest, other incidents show parishes need to get serious on securityby Gina Christian on April 17, 2024 at 6:45 pm
(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.
- El obispo Seitz llama a un trato más cristiano y caritativo frente a la comunidad migranteby Marietha Góngora V. on April 17, 2024 at 6:02 pm
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.
- Pope backs peasant farmers in land dispute with Catholic groupby Justin McLellan on April 16, 2024 at 6:30 pm
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis expressed his support for peasant farmers in northern Peru threatened to be evicted off what they claim is their ancestral territory by companies associated with a Catholic movement. “I know what is happening to you. Defend the land, don’t let it be stolen,” the pope said in a video The post Pope backs peasant farmers in land dispute with Catholic group first appeared on OSV News.