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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

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'

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