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Father Paul K. Hurley, then-U.S. Army chaplain, is pictured in a 2014 photo giving a blessing for deployed U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan. (OSV News photo/courtesy Journey Films)
Need for more Catholic Army chaplains to serve military flock as great as ever, say 2 priests
Ultra Orthodox Jews look at an impacted site in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 16, 2025, following a missile attack from Iran. Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early June 16, killing several people, while Israel warned residents of part of Tehran to evacuate ahead of new strikes. (OSV News photo/Miro Maman, Reuters)
US bishop calls for ardent prayer, diplomacy as Israel-Iran strikes continue
Pope Leo XIV greets Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, during an audience with students in the summer school of the observatory, at the Vatican June 16, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Sharing joy of discovery contributes to peace, pope tells astronomers
Pope Leo XIV addresses bishops from Madagascar visiting Rome for the Holy Year 2025 during a meeting at the Vatican June 16, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope urges Madagascar's bishops to protect creation as prophetic mission
K-yes Radio host Glen Lewerenz poses in the studio in St. Cloud, Minn., in this undated photo. "Holy curiosity" is the driving force behind the radio personality’s ministry of listening. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
'Holy curiosity' is driving force behind radio personality's ministry of listening
A woman holds a child next to a destroyed bridge during evacuation from Irpin, Ukraine, March 28, 2022, as Russia continues its attack on the country. (OSV News photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak, Reuters)
Vatican can take 3 key steps to bring Ukrainian kids back from Russia, says child advocate
Pope Leo XIV receives a decorative shawl from a priest during a meeting with clergy ministering in the Diocese of Rome in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican June 12, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Diversity is cause for strength, not division, pope tells Rome clergy
Bishops pray June 13, 2024, at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Ky. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
 While the U.S. bishops go on retreat this June, business follows them
A photo taken May 6, 2025, shows a print of George Herman "Babe" Ruth visiting St. Mary's Industrial School in Southwest Baltimore was sent to Archbishop William E. Lori for the archdiocesan archives. It was discovered by Ginny Black, a resident of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, while she was searching through her late mother’s possessions. That same image O is featured in a book titled "The Babe and I." (OSV News photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)
Rare Babe Ruth image a reminder of Baltimore Catholic school's huge role in his life, career
Nico Parker, and Mason Thames star in a scene from the movie "How to Train Your Dragon." The OSV News classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. (OSV News photo/Universal Pictures)
Movie Review: How to Train Your Dragon
Pope Leo XIV greets a child from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience June 11, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Call out to Jesus for healing; he will hear you, pope says
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City blesses the gathered crowd at the top of the Tepeyac Hill at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City during a Eucharistic procession on June 3, 2025.(OSV News photo/Avery Holt, courtesy Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)
National pilgrimage walks with Christ amid protests and finds inspiration along the way 
Pope Leo XIV receives the offertory gifts during Mass for the Jubilee of the Holy See in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 9, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Serve the Holy See by striving for holiness, pope tells officials, staff
Pope Leo XIV smiles at the conclusion of Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 8, 2025, marking the end of the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New Communities. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
God's love breaks down walls, opens borders, dispels hatred, pope says
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'The Ritual' seeks to portray exorcism respectfully
Blessed Carlo Acutis sits in front of a computer in a scene from a stop-motion animation Lego-Carlo Acutis film made by three brothers in Limerick County, Ireland, and released in mind-May 2025 on their YouTube channel, Fiontar Floinn. On the wall to left is a blue poster of the last Super Mario Bros video game to be released in the lifetime of Blessed Carlo (1996-2006). (OSV News photo/courtesy Flynn family) Editors: best quality available.
Inspired by millennial soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens created animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during an audience at the Vatican with officials from the Secretariat of State June 5, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Vatican office must be place of faith, charity, not ambition, pope says
People gather for a prayer vigil in Boulder, Colo., June 2, 2025, beside a makeshift memorial at the scene of an attack that injured multiple people outside the Boulder County Courthouse. The alleged attacker, identified by the FBI as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was armed with a homemade flamethrower and threw two Molotov cocktails at the group June 1, burning multiple victims, police said. Witnesses said Soliman yelled, "Free Palestine." (OSV News photo/Mark Makela, Reuters)
Colorado faith leaders express sorrow over attack on rally for release of Hamas hostages
Brazilian Sister Marizele Isabel Cassiano Rego is seen in an undated photograph. Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral worldwide after a May 28, 2025, video showed them beatboxing and dancing hip hop on Catholic TV -- drawing comparisons to a real-life "Sister Act." (OSV News/courtesy Copiosa Redenção)
Video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing goes viral, boosts interest in their ministry
Pope Leo XIV watches as cyclists participating in the Giro d’Italia begin their ride through the Vatican Gardens during a special passage through Vatican City June 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Take care of body, mind, heart, spirit, pope tells professional cyclists
Caption: Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 2025. The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to accept foreign students May 22, a move currently being battled in the courts. The Department of Homeland Security on May 29 gave the school 30 days to prove it satisfies visa program requirements. (OSV News photo/Faith Ninivaggi, Reuters)
Fordham, Notre Dame look to support foreign students amid Trump visa crackdown
Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing at the conclusion of Mass and the recitation of the "Regina Coeli" marking the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photograph with members of grassroots groups and Catholic associations that work for peace and justice during an audience at the Vatican May 30, 2025. To the left of the pope is Bishop Domenico Pompili of Verona, Italy. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Decisions, relationships, actions must be rooted in nonviolence, pope says
A Vatican flag is seen on a balcony on the main square outside the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, May 29, 2025, the day Pope Leo XIV visited. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Pope visits papal villa, former summer residence in Castel Gandolfo
A mural dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, alongside a special Pope Leo No. 14 Chicago White Sox jersey, is unveiled in Section 140 of Rate Field, the White Sox's ballpark, in Chicago, May 19, 2025. (OSV News photo / Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)
Pope Leo video message to feature at Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox celebration
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