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Dr. Claudia Sadowski

Leadership formation focuses on pastoral service within Hispanic communities

See. Illuminate. Act. Celebrate.

Rebekah Martin and Sister Benedicta stand by bags containing 1,500 stuffed animals donated to Franciscan Health by The Eva Martin Project, founded in memory of Rebekah’s daughter.

The Eva Martin Project honors memory of 3-year-old Michigan girl

Stuffed Animals for Pediatric Patients

CYO

Hard work and good defense prove critical in championship games

CYO Boys’ Basketball

ICC, bishops call for ‘humane legislative solutions’ on immigration

Matt Kresich

Diocesan native asks readers to listen for God's call

The Path of Discernment

Noreen Bickel

Annual CSA campaign kicks off, offers support to important ministries

On the Way With Jesus

Nation & World

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori reflects on the ministry of priests during Mass for the Archdiocese of Baltimore day of prayer, celebration of service and remembrance Nov. 18, 2024, at St. Joseph Church in Cockeysville, Md. In a Feb. 9, 2026, pastoral letter, Archbishop Lori urged Catholics to approach public life with synodal listening and civic virtue, drawing on Blessed Michael McGivney's example of serving immigrant families. (OSV News photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

In pastoral letter, Baltimore archbishop calls for renewed political culture

Father Geoffroy Génin, a 69-year-old French priest, helps a disabled woman ski down the slopes in Val Cenis, France in this undated photo. Father Génin spends one day a week offering chairlift confessions for skiers in the Alps. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Génin)

French priest hears confessions while riding chairlift in the Alps

Pope Francis meets with Cuban bishops during their 2017 "ad limina" visit to the Vatican. The bishops of Cuba have postponed their planned "ad limina" visit to Rome Feb. 16-20, 2026, after government authorities announced that airlines could no longer refuel due to U.S. tariff threats against countries supplying oil to the island nation. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Cuban bishops postpone 'ad limina' visit amid fuel shortage crisis