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Father Jaime Perea

Saint was a pioneer in spreading the Gospel in Asia

Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis Xavier

“People came up the Missouri River Valley as a conduit from Missouri and Kentucky … and through Indiana in a separate move headed to Detroit,” Dr. Larry McClellan, the lead project historian of the Midwest Underground Railroad Network, told Boomers and Beyond members and their guests at St. John the Evangelist in St. John on Nov. 19. He made a plea for local residents interested in history to assist the project research. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Northwest Indiana residents helped Freedom Seekers escape slavery

People Helping People

Bishop Noll students with Bishop McClory after the Diocesan Mass

Teens hear Pope Leo XIV on Faith, AI, and the present Church

NCYC 2025

Thanksgiving meal prep boxes for families

Franciscan provides Thanksgiving meal prep boxes for families facing food insecurity

In Giving, We Recieve

Marquette Catholic High School performing arts students Chris Lawhorn (Oberon) and Ella Crane (Titania) exchange lines during a scene of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Nov. 13. (Deacon Bob Wellinski photo)

A broken leg doesn’t stop the show from going on

'It was Pretty Intense'

Diocese of Gary to expand partnership with Hallow

Simple Daily Prayers For Advent And Beyond

Nation & World

Volunteers with the Ladies of Charity of Calvert County, Md., load turkeys and other provisions into the car of a person in need at a food pantry Nov. 20, 2021, held on the grounds of of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in North Beach. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Four steps for Christian discipleship in Advent

A digital billboard showing Pope Leo XIV stands along a road in Beirut Nov. 19, 2025, ahead of his planned visit to Lebanon. Nearby are partially collapsed grain silos that were damaged in the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port blast. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)

Lebanese long for peace ahead of Pope Leo's visit

Sam Sorich, a Catholic filmmaker producing a documentary on Catholicism and UFOs, is seen filming a behind-the-scenes segment of an episode of Jesse Michels’ podcast on location in San Oreste, Italy, DATE, 2025. Michels and his production team were given a private tour of the Monte Soratte military bunker, where some people claim UFO technology was studied in the early 20th century. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Catholic filmmaker investigates UFO mysteries at the Vatican