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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!

Our lady of Guadalupe Statue in Gary

Historic statue finds a new home in Gary

Entering a New Era

Palm Sunday

Diocese ready to commemorate the final days of Jesus' life

Holy Week 2026

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

Zosia Podczerwinski (left) and her sister-in-law Stasia Podczerwinski start preparations for the catered Easter Sunday meals under the watchful eye of Father Irek Bem in the kitchen at the Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine in Merrillville. Orders for the meals, 10 and up, must be made by April 1. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Shrine’s catering team prepares Easter dinners for local families

Polish Food Featured

Mexico Trip 2025

Diocesan pilgrims ready to return to Mexico

More Than a Trip, It's a Mission

Nation & World

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris speaks at a ceremony Sept. 22, 2025, to bless the foundation stone of the future Maison de la Visitation–Vaugirard in central Paris, where a former convent site -- a 78,500-square-foot property with a 43,000-square-foot garden -- will be transformed into a special housing project for the poor and vulnerable. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Paris)

French Church gives 'best to the poorest' in landmark Paris architectural project

A young altar server raises a palm frond during Palm Sunday Mass at Gaza City's Holy Family Church March 29, 2026. (OSV News photo/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters)

Gaza Christians mark Palm Sunday with hope amid ongoing hardships

Wyatt and Andrea Artz, are pictured in an undated photo with their three children Roselyn, Adeline and Catherine outside their home in Gann Valley, S.D. As a fourth grader, Andrea Artz remembers praying that she would experience a Eucharistic miracle one day. She never imagined that, years later, she might witness one with her newborn daughter Catherine. (OSV News photo/courtesy Artz family)

After Eucharistic encounter, dying baby is thriving one year later