A prominent pro-life group pushed former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to back federal legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The same week in Washington, President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the humanitarian situation in
Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation's eastern shore.
In a message sent to the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan, April 4, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the
Commemorating the first anniversary of the "Disaster of the Century" brought unrest and anger in Turkey, where over 50,000 people died in a deadly earthquake that hit the country on Feb. 6, 2023. In neighboring Syria, 6,000 people died.
In Antakya, capital of
Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by a devastating earthquake in Japan, offering encouragement to emergency crews who were assisting victims and searching for survivors under the rubble.
As the official death toll from the quake reached 48 people, the pope prayed
(OSV News) — A powerful earthquake struck Morocco the night of Sept. 8, killing more than 2,000 people, with the numbers expected to rise as rescuers continue to search through the rubble. Search and rescue teams continue their attempt to reach those
Students at a Catholic liberal arts college in California told OSV News that they're more ready than ever for the new school year, after weathering both a major storm and an earthquake on the same day.
On Aug. 20, tropical storm Hilary made
Isolating Syria from the international community through sanctions "benefits no one" and complicates relief efforts to the millions left homeless after earthquakes devasted the country, said a top Vatican official who visited Turkey and Syria.
"We are still in the middle of this
If a normal picture is worth 1,000 words, the photos coming out of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake Feb. 6 were worth that and then some. As Gretchen Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, writes in her latest column,
Catholic humanitarian agencies are launching emergency relief campaigns following Feb. 6's devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, which have so far killed more than 11,200 and injured upward of 40,900.
The number of dead and injured was expected to climb further as rescue
AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Catholic and other humanitarian agencies are calling Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake and a second tremor striking southern Turkey and northern Syria “tragic” and are appealing for aid. They are assisting Syrians in the north of the country