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Blessed Solanus Casey is pictured taking a note from a woman who visited him at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit in 1941. The Capuchin Franciscan friar kept dozens of notebooks filled with prayer requests and favors from the thousands who visited him each year. (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Detroit)
Lessons from Blessed Solanus Casey, 'God's doorkeeper'
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass "for the care of creation" on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si' ecology center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 9, 2025. The vestments Pope Leo is wearing were new and made by Chicago-based House of Hansen. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, pool)
Pope Leo wears Chicago-made vestments to July 9 'care of creation' Mass
Father Francesco Patton, the custos of the Holy Land, is seen Dec. 28, 2024, in the Franciscan Curia in Jerusalem. After nine years of service as custos, Father Patton has been succeeded in the role by Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, whose election was approved by Pope Leo XIV June 24, 2025. (OSV News photo/Matthew Lomanno)
Outgoing custos leaves with gratitude but a bittersweet longing for peace in Holy Land
 David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan star in a scene from the movie "Superman." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (OSV News photo/Jessica Miglio, Warner Bros.)
Movie Review: Superman
"NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Tom Llamas speaks to students and faculty at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, his high school alma mater, during a "fireside chat" event May 1, 2025. He was joined by Cesar Conde, another Belen alumnus, who is chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, overseeing NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC. (OSV News photo/courtesy Belem High School)
NBC's Tom Llamas says Catholic education deepened his faith, pushed him to always do his best
Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wave from the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during their meeting July 9, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Ukraine religious leaders issue 'desperate cry' to world to end Russia's war
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich uses a censer June 23, 2025, near a statue of St. Paul, the first of the 16 now-renovated statues that adorn the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, as it is about to be lifted by crane, marking the last phase of reconstruction of the cathedral's roof, damaged by the April 2019 fire. (OSV News photo/courtesy David Bordes, Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris)
Notre Dame prepares to reopen towers' tour with return of famed statues of saints to rooftop
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, MSpS, speaks July 5 on the flooding in Kerr County that has left at least 50 dead and many more missing. (OSV News photo/Screenshot via Catholic Television of San Antonio)
San Antonio Archbishop García-Siller asks for prayers, solidarity following Texas flooding tragedy
Pope Leo XIV greets Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry, France, during a meeting at the Vatican June 5, 2025. The pope appointed Archbishop Verny president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, succeeding U.S. Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Safeguarding remains a top priority with new appointment, US cardinal says
First responders attend to a vehicle pulled from the water in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, July 6, 2025. At least 82 people are dead and at least 41 more are missing after devastating flash floods slammed the Texas Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River, which rose rapidly early July 4 to the height of a two-story building. Among the missing were almost a dozen from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, a children's summer camp, officials said July 6. (OSV New
San Antonio archdiocese calls for prayers as at least 20 girls missing from Christian camp
One of the gardens of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, is seen May 29, 2025, the day Pope Leo XIV made a visit to the villa and the "Borgo Laudato Si'" project, which Pope Francis set up to promote ecology education. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
After 12 years, locals welcome pope back to his summer home
The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV is pictured in the Dolton suburb of Chicago May 9, 2025. The Village of Dolton intends to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo, hoping to turn the property and its surroundings into a historical site. (OSV News photo/Carlos Osorio, Reuters)
Town officials vote to buy, renovate Pope Leo's childhood home as 'historical site'
Fourth-grade students are pictured in a file photo working on laptop computers at Monarch School in San Diego. An analysis from Pew Research Center published June 23, 2025, showed 57% of U.S. adults say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers referencing God, while 52% support teachers leading prayers "that refer to Jesus." (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
Pew: Support for Christian prayer in public schools varies widely across US
Members of the cast and crew of the series, "The Chosen," pose for a picture in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome June 23, 2025. From left to right are: Actors George Xanthis, who portrays John; Vanessa Benavente, who portrays Jesus' mother Mary; Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus; director Dallas Jenkins; and actor Elizabeth Tabish, who portrays Mary Magdalene. While Season 5 already streamed in the U.S., it was being released in select countries worldwide in July. (CNS photo/courtesy TheChosen.tv)
The Chosen's 'endgame' is to point people to Jesus, series' creator says
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo with the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod during a meeting at the Vatican June 26, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
With pope's support, Vatican to publish document on synod's final phase
U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance pose with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, far left, and Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, far right, during the signing of a peace agreement in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington June 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ken Cedeno, Reuters)
Congolese church leaders welcome US-brokered peace agreement, warn of its hidden costs
Pope Leo XIV presents the pallium to Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2025, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The pallium, which symbolizes an archbishop’s authority and unity with the pope, is given to metropolitan archbishops. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Archbishops must promote unity, seek new ways to share Gospel, pope says
Actors dressed in historic clothes perform June 26, 2025, in front of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Paray-le-Monial as the French sanctuary southeast of Paris concludes the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Jesus showing his heart to French Visitation religious sister, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. (OSV News photo/courtesy Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Paray-le-Monial)
Shrine celebrates 350 years since Jesus showed his heart to French nun as symbol of love
Mourners pay their respects as senior Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, lie in state June 27, 2025, at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul. The couple was shot dead in their home in a Minneapolis suburb June 14. A funeral Mass for them was celebrated June 28 at at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)
Slain Minnesota lawmaker, husband remembered for lives lived 'with purpose, meaning'
Edmundo Reyes, co-founder of Real+True, gestures during a panel discussion titled "Bearers of Truth" June 26, 2025, at the Catholic Media Conference in Phoenix. Also pictured are Jeanette De Melo, strategic initiatives director for EWTN News; Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News and immediate past president of the Catholic Media Association, and James Rogers, chief communications officer for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Experts: Catholic media witness to truth, Gospel and are at 'kairos moment' in church
This is the cover of "Joan of Arkansas" by Sarah Robsdottir. (OSV News photo/Voyage Comics & Publishing)
Novel puts Joan of Arc's heroic struggle into modern context
Violet McGraw as Cady in a scene in "M3GAN 2.0." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (OSV News photo/Geoffrey Short, Universal Pictures)
Movie Review: M3GAN 2.0
Pope Leo XIV ordains 32 priests during Mass on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Remain united, care for those who are lost, suffering, pope tells priests
A file photo shows a family praying during Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. The Pew Research Center released a June 16, 2025, analysis of U.S. Catholic life. (OSV News photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
Almost half of U.S. adults have Catholic connection, but Mass makes difference in Catholic identity
Pope Leo XIV greets seminarians after leading a meditation in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 24, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of Seminarians. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Love with Christ's compassionate heart, Pope Leo tells seminarians
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