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Gianni DiTola

Understanding language can help you understand others

From the Seminary

Emmaus Conference 2025

Good music ministry helps people pray better

Emmaus Conference 2026

Nash Joseph Cooper, son of Barbara J. Cooper and Tyler A. Maciejewski of Crown Point.

Franciscan Health newborns getting into the Spring spirit

Happy Easter!

Palm Sunday

Diocese ready to commemorate the final days of Jesus' life

Holy Week 2026

Our lady of Guadalupe Statue in Gary

Historic statue finds a new home in Gary

Entering a New Era

Father Roque Meraz, associate pastor at St. Paul in Valparaiso, explains the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in relation to civil laws during the Saturday Formation program on “Faith and Politics” at the Pastoral Center in Merrillville on March 21. He taught Spanish speakers while Father Jacob McDaniel simultaneously met with English-speaking attendees on the same topic. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Catholic Church sticks to discussing principles, not candidates

Faith and Politics

Nation & World

Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo poses in front of the Basilica of the Holy Family, known in Spanish as Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, Spain,Nov. 4, 2010. Sotoo, whose decades of carving at the basilica, have shaped one of the world's great sacred spaces, the slow, humbling work of sculpting stone ultimately led him to encounter the God whom Antoni Gaudí -- Sagrada's iconic architect -- served, and to enter the Catholic Church through baptism. (OSV News photo/Gustau Nacarino, Reuters)

Carved by grace: How Gaudí led a Japanese artist to the Catholic faith

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, washes the feet of laypeople during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Altar of the Chair in the Vatican April 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Some thoughts on washing feet

Jamar Carr, a substance abuse counselor with Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the launch of a three-year journey of Catholic Charities USA's People of Hope Museum March 26, 2026, in Manhattan. Under the sponsorship of Catholic Charities USA, the tractor-trailer-sized traveling museum will tour the country highlighting "the impact of neighbors helping neighbors, and celebrating the power of Christian service," organizers said. (OSV News photo/Armando Mach

Catholic Charities USA's traveling museum 'celebrates power of Christian service'