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A file photo shows a statue of St. Therese of Lisieux holding a crucifix and flowers is seen at St. Anne Mission Church in Acomita, N.M., on the Acoma Indian reservation. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Celebrating the four women doctors of the church
A woman stands near a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 6, 2025, looking at messages and drawings for Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized there since Feb. 14, receiving treatment for double pneumonia. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Like St. John Paul II, pope shows untiring will to serve, says cardinal
Elizabeth Hauger, left, Kathryn Marszalek and Carrie Pfeiffer give the peace sign during the Warriors for Kathryn event Feb. 3, 2023. (OSV News photo/Handout)
Daughter's rare disorder leads Indiana family on faith journey with 'divine connections'
Parishioners participate in a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross at St. John of God Church in Central Islip, N.Y., on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. Most members of the parish trace their ancestral roots to Central America, where the living Way of the Cross is a solemn Holy Week tradition. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
The Way of the Cross: Not only for Lent
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a meeting during a European leaders' summit at Lancaster House in central London March 2, 2025. (OSV News photo/Justin Tallis, Reuters)
As U.S. pauses military aid, EU bishops call for unity in supporting Ukraine
The monstrance is pictured during Eucharistic adoration at the July 18, 2024, second revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle involving an allegedly "bleeding host" at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Morris, Ind., that took place in February. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Indianapolis Archdiocese probes parish's alleged Eucharistic miracle
A balloon featuring an image of Pope Francis is seen as people pray around a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 2, 2025. Pope Francis is receiving treatment there for double pneumonia. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope, from hospital, writes about 'blessing' hidden in frailty
Pope Francis prays the rosary in the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal, Aug. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Fatima statue to visit Rome for Jubilee of Marian Spirituality
Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski delivers the Jan. 24 keynote speech during the 2025 Serra USA Rally for Vocations in Miami Jan. 23-25 at the Miami Marriott Dadeland. (OSV News photo/Emily Chaffins, Florida Catholic)
Wenski: Prayer is anecdote to modern society's most pressing problem - a shortage of hope
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, leads the recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2025. Other cardinals living in Rome, leaders of the Roman Curia and the faithful joined him for the nighttime prayer. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Pope's condition worsened after inhaling vomit, on stronger ventilation
Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in a scene from the movie "Nickel Boys." 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/courtesy Orion Pictures)
A Catholic look at this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees
Health professionals stand outside the chapel of Rome’s Gemelli hospital as Father Nunzio Currao, the hospital chaplain, celebrates Mass Feb. 27, 2025. Medical staff, patients and family members gather in prayer for Pope Francis as he receives treatment at the hospital. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope continues to improve, is doing respiratory therapy
French riot police patrol as people wait in line to visit Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Dec. 27, 2024, after it reopened Dec. 7 following its restoration from a devastating 2019 fire. A mere three months after the reopening the iconic Gothic cathedral is seeing a record 29,000 visitors a day, up from 23,500 a day before the fire in 2019. (OSV News photo/Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters)
Three months into reopening, Notre Dame witnesses record crowds, confessions
A family prays before eating a meatless meal of baked potatoes and salad at their home. As Catholics, we undertake the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving seeking spiritual conversion as we journey to the cross with Christ. (OSV News photo/Nancy Wiechec)
10 tips for a Christ-centered Lent
Passengers leave a Delta Air Lines CRJ-900 jet after it crashed and flipped over on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Feb. 17, 2025. While more than a dozen people sustained injuries, including a seriously injured child, all 80 people on board the flight from Minneapolis survived the crash. (OSV News photoPeter Koukov handout via Reuters)
Providence allowed airport chaplains to be available to help Delta crash victims, priest says
People join Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, in reciting the rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2025. Cardinals living in Rome, leaders of the Roman Curia and the faithful joined the nighttime prayer. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Faithful unite in St. Peter's Square praying for pope's health
Father Oleksandr Bohomaz, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and Knights of Columbus chaplain from Melitopol, Ukraine, is seen June 24, 2024, in St. Volodymyr the Great Church in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Andrey Gorb, courtesy Knights of Columbus)
Ukrainians need to be comforted 'in their pain,' chaplains say as war enters fourth year
Paddington in Peru review Catholic perspective
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Sister Gemma del Duca, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa., is pictured in a file photo at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Sister Gemma, co-founder of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill, was awarded the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania Class of 2024 last September. The award honors women for their outstanding service and contributions to the Commonwealth. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)
Meet the Sister of Charity making sure Catholics 'never forget' the Holocaust
Votive candles and flowers are seen at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome's Gemelli hospital Feb. 19, 2025, where Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Pope's condition stable; tests show some improvement
After celebrating a 350th anniversary Mass for St. Mary Parish in Newport, Md., on Sept. 7, 2024, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory greets parishioners outside the church and plays Patty-Cake with a little boy, Gregory Skibinsky, held by his mother, Erica Skibinsky. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
He's made history as first African American to be cardinal, archbishop of Washington
Pilgrims process from St. Theodore's Catholic Church through the town of Laporte, Minn., May 20, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (OSV News photo/Courtney Meyer)
10-state National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to go right through Iowa's 'Field of Dreams'
Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture at the Vatican Feb. 16, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Pope calls artists to be 'custodians of the beatitudes' during Jubilee
Yolanda Scott Brown, a member of the board of the U.S.-based Discerning Deacons poses for a photo outside the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome Feb. 21, 2025, during the Jubilee for Deacons. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)
Jubilee of Deacons participants discuss synodality, women deacons
Sts. Cyril and Methodius are depicted before Pope Adrian II to ask his blessing to use the Slavic language in their missionary work. Brothers born in Greece, the ninth-century missionaries formed the alphabet now known as Cyrillic. They are patrons of Europe. Their feast is Feb. 14. (CNS photo from Crosiers) (Jan. 31, 2000)
Who are Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the other Feb. 14 saints?
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