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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
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
Mexico Trip 2025
Diocesan pilgrims ready to return to Mexico
More Than a Trip, It's a Mission
John Juscik
Man spreads faith through handmade crosses 
A Symbol of God's Love
CYO Girls' Championships
Hard work, teamwork and determination create champions at basketball finals
CYO Girls’ Basketball Championships
Students from Nativity of Our Savior
Nativity students ready to make step forward in faith this spring
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Silver vessels containing sacramental oils are displayed during the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
What are the three holy oils?
Former astrologer Molly Curtis described astrology as a system where one is always looking inward, trying to discover how signs in the sky affect one's life. In Christ, Curtis said, she is now looking outward, discovering how Jesus is affecting those in the world, including herself. After putting Christ at the center, she is to be confirmed at Easter 2026 in the Archdiocese of Detroit. (OSV News photo/Valaurian Waller, Detroit Catholic)
Former astrologer rediscovers Catholic roots, will enter full communion with Church at Easter
Groups of tourists walk around the Basilica of the Holy Family, known in Spanish as Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, Spain, June 30, 2025. Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona in June 2026 to mark the centenary of the death of the Sagrada Familia’s iconic architect, Antoni Gaudí, a candidate for sainthood declared venerable by Pope Francis April 14, 2025. (OSV News photo/Albert Gea, Reuters)
Gaudí's hidden dimension: Visionary Sagrada Familia's architect was a giant of faith
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