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A bald eagle and U.S. flag are seen in an illustration for religious liberty. (OSV News illustration/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review)
Religious freedom a 'sacred truth,' says teen contest winner
Smoke can be seen during a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Violeta Santos Moura, Reuters)
Trump orders US attack on Iran nuclear sites, as Pope Leo, bishops plead for peace
Under a canopy, Pope Leo XIV carries the Eucharist in a monstrance during a Corpus Christi procession from Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran to the Basilica of St. Mary Major June 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope leads Corpus Christi procession through streets of Rome
Pope Leo XIV is seen in a video interview with RAI Uno June 19, 2025, outside of Vatican Radio's transmission center at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome, Italy, where he had made an impromptu visit. (CNS photo/screengrab from RAI Uno video)
Innocent people are dying; peace must be sought, pope says
A statue of St. John Paul II, with flowers and candles at its base, is seen outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital in the early evening Feb. 15, 2025, the day after Pope Francis was admitted for tests and treatment of a respiratory tract infection. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Catholic doctor on physician assisted suicide and learning to carry each other's burdens
Girls in traditional Polish attire throw flower petals as they take part in a Corpus Christi procession June 8, 2023, in Krakow. On June 19, 2025, cities, towns and villages held solemn Eucharistic processions, publicly professing belief in Christ's real presence in the Eucharist on the feast of Corpus Christ. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdioceses of Krakow)
Hundreds of thousands march in Poland's Corpus Christi processions
Pope Leo XIV visits a field where the Vatican is studying setting up a solar farm on land surrounding the Vatican Radio shortwave transmission center at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome June 19, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope visits Vatican Radio transmission center, site of possible solar farm
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. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
How a Norbertine nun's visions led to the feast of Corpus Christi
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)
Pope Leo XIV will escape Rome's heat in July by going to papal villa
Pope Leo XIV blesses a woman in St. Peter's Square after his general audience at the Vatican June 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Jesus invites Christians to overcome despair, pope says
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
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
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
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'The Ritual' seeks to portray exorcism respectfully
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