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Then-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks inside of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, NY, the day of his installation as the sixth bishop of Rochester Dec. 15, 1966. Catholics in the Diocese of Rochester will soon have a physical link to Venerable Sheen: A first-class relic of the soon-to-be-beatified cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being gifted to the diocese by Archbishop Sheen's native Diocese of Peoria, Ill. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Rochester Archives)
Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori greets people gathered for Mass Aug. 30, 2026, at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights. Concelebrating was Father Robert Fitzpatrick, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and former pastor of Corpus Christi in Roseville, who has celebrated state fair Masses since 2014. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Archbishop Lori of Baltimore enjoys the 'very wonderful world' of Minnesota State Fair
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a private audience with members of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions at the Vatican Sept. 3, 2026. Pope Leo spoke about the "precious presence" of the small Christian community in the Middle East. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV says Christians in the Middle East offer a 'precious testimony for the entire Church'
A man carries the body of of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl during her funeral in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 24, 2026. She was shot in the back while eating inside her family's tent and later died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to medics and relatives. A network of Catholic priests in Africa has become the latest group to declare genocide in Gaza, as the United Nations reports continuing airstrikes, deaths and injuries, amid a shaky ceasefire in the area. (OSV News photo/Ramadan Abed, Reute
Catholic priests network calls out genocide by Israel in Gaza
A Carmelite Sister comforts a resident Aug. 21, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Residence in Naperville, Ill. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm and the Chicago Province of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. (OSV News photo/courtesy Becket)
Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Groups from across the U.S. are planning pilgrimages to St. Louis for the Sept. 24, 2026, beatification of Archbishop Sheen. (OSV News photo/Sheen Foundation)
Inspired by the zeal of the venerable Fulton Sheen, a man who lived life to the fullest
Father Patrick Seo, left, director of priestly vocations in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., joins Father George Joseph, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Westfield, Dominic Auricchio, Maria Auricchio, Maximo Auricchio, Neal Auricchio and Vincenzo Auricchio at a ceremony this summer to present Dominic, 13, a plaque and $1,500 for his first-place essay in the archdiocese’s 2026 Cardinal Joseph Tobin Essay and Video Contest. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Newark)
A dream, strong faith and a health struggle inspire teen's winning essay on priesthood
A drone view of a broken bridge and damaged houses after the flash floods and mudslide, at Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Aug. 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters)
Catholic agencies respond to Nepal floods, as U.S. bishop calls for greater international aid
A therapist assists a child during activities of the Maltese Center for Assistance to Disabled Children and Their Families in an undated photo. The center in Kraków, Poland, is operated by the Foundation of the Order of Malta. (OSV News photo/courtesy Maltese Center for Assistance to Disabled Children and Their Families)
A name on the wall, a gift to a child: Polish Americans invited to turn memory into mercy
Local judges gather at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oct. 15, 2025, for the annual Red Mass of the St. Thomas More Society of South Florida. (OSV New photo/Tom Tracy)
Red Mass, Blue Mass: How 'color' Masses serve professionals
American country music star Dolly Parton performs on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, during the Glastonbury Festival June 29, 2014. The iconic singer-songwriter-actress, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died Aug. 25, 2026, at age 80, after a brief battle with cancer. (OSV News photo/Cathal McNaughton, Reuters)
East Tennessee diocese mourns Dolly Parton as 'one of our own'
Steve Brock with the Order of St. Lazarus chats with EPIC Ministry members Aug. 21, 2026, who were giving out propane and propane tanks to residents in Hawaii island’s Kau district so they could cook during the extended power outage after Hurricane Lala barreled across the Hawaiian Islands Aug. 15-16. (OSV News photo/Lisa Dahm, Hawaii Catholic Herald)
Faithful across Honolulu Diocese rally after devastating hurricane
Police officers carry an elderly survivor to a safer place at Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district Aug. 27, 2026, following devastating floods. Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after suddenly sweeping through communities and halting travel in some areas Aug. 26. Experts said a glacial collapse caused the disaster in the warming Himalayan region. (OSV News photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters)
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., is pictured in a July 11, 2018, file photo. Bishop Paprocki, four Catholic doctors and Lutheran Care Center, a nursing home in south-central Illinois, are plaintiffs in a suit filed against Illinois' physician-assisted suicide law. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Springfield in Illinois)
Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel 'relief, gratitude for now'
Cistercian Father Thomas Esposito is pictured at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey on June 30, 2026. Father Esposito is the author of “Blue Miles: A Monastic Novel,” which is the monk’s first published novel. (OSV News photo/Amy White, The Texas Catholic)
'Blue Miles,' Cistercian monk's debut novel, offers glimpse into abbey life
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes is pictured in an undated photo. All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV's Sept. 25-28, 2026, visit to France and will remain covered indefinitely, said Bishop Micas. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)
Bishop: Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope's visit and remain masked indefinitely
A student from Bishop Flaget Catholic School in Chillicothe, Ohio, presents Bishop Earl K. Fernandes with gifts during an all-school Mass Sept. 5, 2025. Amid political, social and economic turmoil, Catholic education is "a sign of hope," said Bishop Fernandes in a pastoral letter released Aug. 18, 2026. (OSV News photo/Sarah Lightle, courtesy Diocese of Columbus)
Catholic education is 'an act of hope' that proclaims Christ's love, says Bishop Fernandes
A woman prays as she attends a candlelight vigil in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 17, 2026, in memory of the victims of the earthquake. Priests from the Archdiocese of Bogota, led by their bishop, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, embarked on a five-day mission to provide spiritual assistance to people living in cities affected by the Aug. 10 earthquake. (OSV News photo/Sergio Acero, Reuters)
Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims before his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 19, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Sacred music must be 'dignified,' reflecting the mystery being celebrated, pope says
A clergyman kneels before a monstrance as worshippers take part in the an annual 40-mile Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic boat procession held on Aug. 15, 2026, along Louisiana's historic Bayou Teche. It commemorates the Feast of the Assumption and retraces the historic 1765 migration journey of the Acadian (Cajun) people from Leonville to St. Martinville. (OSV News photo/courtesy Chris Lancon)
Come to the Water: Eucharist boat procession along the Bayou Teche celebrates faith, history
Students are seen in a Jan. 21, 2026, photo, singing during Mass at Regina Pacis Academy in Norwalk, Conn. Regina Pacis Academy, a preschool-to-eighth-grade independent Catholic school, was founded as a tech-free classical school. Instead of smartboards, devices and a computer lab, the academy has chalkboards, textbooks and a well-stocked library, said Kimberly Quatela, its principal. (OSV News photo/courtesy Regina Pacis Academy)
Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age of AI
Pope Leo XIV greets people around noon in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo near Rome Aug. 16, 2026. After leading the Angelus prayer, the pope decried the violence in the West Bank and called on the international community to "work toward advancing the two-state solution." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution
People evacuate from a building collapse at Jayakarta hotel following an earthquake of magnitude 7.7, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Aug.15, 2026. Earlier that day, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country's eastern coast, killing over 50 people and leaving thousands displaced in the aftermath. (OSV News photo/Stringer, Reuters)
Pope 'saddened' by devastation in Indonesia following earthquake
John DeJak, director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Catholic Education, smiles in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy John DeJak)
USCCB's education director reflects on Catholic school landscape as school year begins
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass in the Pontifical Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug. 15, 2026, on the feast the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (OSV News photo/Gregorio Borgia, pool via Reuters)
True beauty found in enduring love, which 'ennobles and lifts us up,' pope says on feast of Assumption
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