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Jaafar Jackson stars as Michael Jackson in a scene from the movie "Michael." 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/Glen Wilson, Lionsgate)
Movie Review: Michael
A priest lays hands on Deacon Kieran Halloran during his ordination to the priesthood at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City June 14, 2025. A new report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, conducted for the U.S. bishops, looks at the defining features of the more than 400 men who will be ordained to the priesthood in 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Top 10 takeaways from a report on the 400 men becoming US priests in 2026
Pope Leo XIV celebrates the final Mass of his apostolic journey to Africa at Malabo Stadium in Equatorial Guinea April 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
From conflict zones to ancient Christian sites, Pope Leo XIV brings message of peace, hope to Africa
Pope Leo XIV meets with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at the Presidential Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 21, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea's dictator, quoting St. Augustine's 'City of God'
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress, blesses pilgrims July 17, 2024, during adoration at the opening revival night of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
National Eucharistic Congress says use of 'one nation under God' is about 'spiritual renewal' 
Pope Leo XIV greets residents of a home for the elderly run by of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Annaba, Algeria, April 14, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
See what missionaries say Pope Leo's Africa trip was (really) all about
Pope Francis is brought on stage in St. Peter's Square by his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, at the end of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers at the Vatican April 6, 2025. As the Catholic Church commemorated the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death April 21, 2026, Strappetti, who attended the pontiff until the end, remembered the man he regarded as "a second father." (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
One year later, nurse remembers Pope Francis' last journey with love and gratitude
Rain falls as Pope Francis speaks during the World Youth Day welcome ceremony on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in this July 25, 2013, file photo. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88 (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
One year ago today: The pope from the peripheries died on Easter Monday
People hold rosaries ahead of the rosary prayer led by Pope Leo XIV at the "Mama Muxima" Shrine, during his apostolic journey in Africa, in Muxima, Angola, April 19, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
'The heart of the Church' is 'alive and beating': Pope Leo XIV leads rosary at beloved Muxima Marian shrine in Angola
Pope Leo XIV stands next to a figure of the Virgin Mary on the day he leads a Holy Mass during his apostolic journey in Africa, in Kilamba, Luanda province, Angola, April 19, 2026. (OSV News/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
The Eucharist can 'rekindle lost hope,' Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola
A young man bows his head in prayer during Holy Thursday’s Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Gallup: Young men are an 'emerging exception' among 'low ebb' of religiosity in US
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a meeting with university students and professors at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
Pope Leo tells African students AI revolution risks changing 'our very relationship with truth'
Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 11, 2025. The new co-owner of the Chicago White Sox calls meeting Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Nov. 19 "a really wonderful experience and one that I won't forget." News reports said he asked for a papal blessing on a future new stadium he hopes to see one day. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, via Reuters)
Hope meets history in Pope Leo XIV's Chicago
Immigrant advocates, including the Rev. Russell l. Meyer, executive director of the Florida Council of Churches, center front, wave on Good Friday, April 3, 2026, to detainees housed at Deportation Depot in Sanderson, Fla., which formerly served as Baker Correctional Institution. (OSV News photo/Jean Gonzalez, Florida Catholic)
Faithful sing, pray, walk in solidarity with detained immigrants in Florida to bring them hope
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowds as he rides in the popemobile among the faithful as he arrives outside Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with 120,000 people in Cameroon: 'Bring the bread of life to your neighbors'
A painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is seen during Palm Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., April 13, 2025. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
5 ways to foster devotion to the Sacred Heart
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2025. Shortly after Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue with his description of the U.S. conflict in Iran as unjust, a key U.S. bishop issued a statement clarifying the Church's teaching on just war theory. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
US bishops' doctrine chair defends Church's just war tradition
Pope Leo XIV releases a dove after he attended a Meeting for Peace at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, April 16, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
'We can always begin anew': Pope Leo leads peace meeting in heart of Cameroon's conflict zone
Pope Benedict XVI smiles as he bids the crowd farewell after celebrating Mass at Nationals Park in Washington April 17, 2008. Pope Benedict, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Munich and Freising, died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican. (OSV News photo/Nancy Wiechec, CNS)
Vatican foundation announces global events to honor Benedict XVI ahead of 2027 centenary
Archbishop Andrew Nkea of Bamenda, Cameroon, speaks at a press briefing about the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2024. Pope Leo XIV was scheduled to meet with Cameroon religious and political leaders, traditional chiefs, peacemakers, as well as faithful during his April 15-18, 2026, visit to the African country. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Bamenda's archbishop: Papal visit to Cameroon has brought miracles before it even begins
Pope Leo XIV is assisted by a Boy Scout as he visits the archaeological site of Hippo Regius in Annaba, Algeria, April 14, 2026. At right is Bishop Michel Guillaud of Constantine-Hippone in Algeria. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
'Son of Augustine': Pope Leo XIV retraces St. Augustine's steps in Algeria
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a meeting with members of the Chaldean Catholic Church during their synod to elect a new patriarch at the Vatican April 10, 2026. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media)
New Chaldean patriarch elected for Iraq amid pope's calls he 'should be' a 'father in faith'
In a joint interview with CBS's Norah O'Donnell on "60 Minutes" April 12, 2026, Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., Robert W. McElroy of Washingto, and Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, began by giving their impressions of the first U.S. pope, Pope Leo XIV. (OSV News screenshot/Facebook)
US cardinals speak out against Iran war, mass deportations in 60 Minutes appearance
Pope Leo XIV is greeted by an Algerian girl with flowers upon arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Dar El Beida district in Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026, to begin his apostolic journey to Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo arrives in Algeria on first-ever papal visit to the country 
Butter sculptor Gerry Kulzer works on creating a bust of Pope Leo XIV out of the dairy staple April 7, 2026, during the 2026 National Catholic Educational Association Convention in Minneapolis, held April 7-9. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
Minnesota butter sculptor brings skills to NCEA convention, enshrines pope in the dairy staple
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