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Chris and Linda Padgett

Diocesan retreat creates time for couples to grow together

EMBRACE!

Catholic Schools Week

Diocesan schools ready to welcome families during open house events

Kicking Off Catholic Schools Week

Seminarian Gianni DiTola

Seminarians receive Ministry of Lector in Rome

PNAC 2026 Lector Installation

Firing squad as new execution method draws serious concerns

Senate Bill 11

Father Jon Plavcan, pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Community, and Susan Hadenfelt, St. Patrick School principal, pose together with Father Plavcan’s certificate he received after the pair completed Chesterton Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

Citizens police academy allows pastor and principal to experience police life

Walking In Their Shoes

The leading throng of mainly Catholic youth carry a pro-life banner near Monument Circle during the Indiana March for Life on Jan. 22 in Indianapolis. The state march, in its eighth year, is a localized version of the National March for Life, which, since 1974, has brought together millions of concerned Americans who wish to publicly proclaim the Gospel of Life – to establish legal protections for the unborn from abortion and promote a womb-to-tomb respect for human life. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)

Faithful to rally for sanctity of all human life at various events throughout January

Praying for an End to Abortion

Nation & World

Sue Kohl, Msgr. Liam Kidney and Paola Sessarego during a visit to the site of Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades, Calif., in Dec. 2025. Behind them are multiple rebuilt homes under construction following the devastating fires. Tens of thousands of people were impacted after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton blazes began Jan. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Reese Cuevas, Angelus)

A year after LA wildfires, parishes hit hard by the blaze look to rebuild community

Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy is pictured in an undated photo. Father McCarthy was elected prior provincial of the Chicago-based Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel Dec. 22, 2025, in a vote by 73 friars from the Midwest, Canada and the Chulacanas Vicariate of northern Peru, according to the province secretary. (OSV News photo/courtesy Midwest Augustinians)

Prior provincial-elect of Midwest Augustinians looks to growth and the 'Leo effect'

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are pictured in a combination photo. Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 19, Archbishop Coakley urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to be "drum majors for justice" in their own communities, drawing on the Civil Rights leader's words and the Church's Gospel mission in a Jan. 13, 2026, statement released by the USCCB. (OSV News photo/Bob roller/LBJ Library)

USCCB president exhorts faithful to heed MLK's call to be 'a drum major for justice'