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Eucharistic procession takes Jesus through streets of a bustling Manhattan, past iconic NY sites
Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, fourth from left, stands next to Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, during a meeting in Moscow Oct. 16, 2024. (CNS photo/courtesy of Russian Orthodox Church, Department for External Church Relations)
Papal envoy visits Russia to discuss humanitarian situation in Ukraine
Lay missionary Josseline Montes Jiménez, right, teaches religious acclamations to members of Los Monckis, a street gang, during a May 18, 2023, visit to their hangout in Monterrey, Mexico. The Catholic Church’s annual World Mission Sunday observance, which is Oct. 20, 2024, is a day to renew the church's commitment to missionary work and to show solidarity with those who share the faith overseas. (OSV News photo/Nuri Vallbona, Global Sisters Report)
World Mission Sunday reminds Catholics of 'our connection' to faithful around globe, priest says
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, relator general of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, speaks during the morning session in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality
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Writing to new cardinals, pope urges them to be compassionate shepherds
Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope and Zelenskyy discuss repatriation of Ukrainian captives
Ethel Kennedy, pictured in a 2012 photo, died at age 96 Oct. 10, 2024, according to her family. The wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy raised the couple's 11 children after he was assassinated June 6, 1968, and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy for decades thereafter. (OSV News photo/Lucas Jackson, Reuters)
Family announces death of Ethel Kennedy at 96; she was devoted to family, slain husband's legacy
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity and papal almoner, stands with a basket at the entrance of the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, where Synod on Synodality delegates meet, to collect alms on Oct. 7, 2024, the first anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel and subsequent Israel-Hamas war. That same night the funds were received by Vatican's embassy in Jerusalem and were transferred to the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City. (OSV News photo/courtesy Dicastery for
Pope sends $67,000 to Gaza parish, with $35,000 raised in one day from synod delegates
A monstrance owned by Father Chuck Dornquast, vocations director for the Diocese of St. Petersburg , Fla., is seen in an undated photo. Father Dornquast traveled Oct. 8, 2024, across town to a local historical site in St. Petersburg to offer an outdoor Holy Hour and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in advance of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast late Oct. 9. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Chuck Dornquast)
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, St. Petersburg priest checks in with neighbors
Belgian Deacon Geert De Cubber, a member of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, speaks during a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2024. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)
Synod seeks to expand consultations on women's ministry, diaconate
Cardnal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, relator general of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, exits the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican after the morning session of the synod Oct. 7, 2024. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church
Pope Francis prays the rosary for peace with members of the Synod of Bishops, pilgrims, ambassadors accredited to the Vatican and Catholics from the Diocese of Rome in the Basilica of St. Mary Major Oct. 6, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. At a press conference May 20 following his return to Jerusalem, he said he found the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City to have "steadfast faith" amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
After one year of great suffering in the Middle East, here's how to help
Maddie Hackney, who lost everything to the hurricane, pauses while looking for clothing Sept. 29, 2024, at a donation center in Steinhatchee, Fla., organized by Janalea and Garrett England at their business Steinhatchee Fish Co. in the wake of Hurricane Helene. (OSV News photo/Kathleen Flynn, Reuters)
Helene's impact across broad swath of US South leaves resources stretched thin
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Pope Francis meets with a Roma family during a meeting with diocesan leaders, both clergy and laity, May 9, 2019, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)
Pope moves to make Rome a 'living church,' not a 'museum'
A file photo shows a statue of St. Therese of Lisieux holding a crucifix and flowers at St. Anne Mission Church in Acomita, N.M., on the Acoma Indian reservation. Also known as the "Little Flower," her feast day is Oct. 1. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Saint's 'little way' is model of evangelization for Taiwan online prayer group
Members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the second day of a two-day retreat at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2024, before the start of the second synod session. (CNS screen grab/Vatican Media)
Synod members reflect on diversity, trust, before assembly opens
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)
New texts for Eucharistic adoration, Communion outside Mass aim to promote unity
Popular podcast host and university chaplain Father Mike Schmitz speaks to a sold-out crowd of more than 2,000 at the Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 17, 2024. He's wearing a Dodgers jersey given to him by the event's organizers with the No. 24 on it with his name on the back. Organizers also gave him a Dodgers cap with Archbishop Gomez's autograph. (OSV News photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News)
Experiencing God's mercy requires discovering one's own brokenness, priest says
Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, who is also a physician, is seen in an undated photo interacting with a medically uninsured patient at St. Mary's Legacy Clinic in Crossville, Tenn. Sister Mary Lisa, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Mich., is the recipient of Catholic Extension Society's 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award. The annual award, announced Sept. 20, 2024, is Extension's highest honor given "to people who radiate and reveal the light of Christ present in the communities where they serve." (OSV News photo/c
Woman religious who as physician treats Tennessee's uninsured receives Lumen Christi Award
Pope Francis is greeted by a group of homeless people and religious Sept. 26, 2024, as he departs the Vatican for his apostolic trip to Luxembourg and Belgium. To a surprise of the pontiff, one of the homeless men had a dog with him, which made the pope laugh as he played with the animal. (OSV News photo/courtesy Dicastery for the Service of Charity) Editors: best quality available.
For this papal trip, homeless group's traditional send-off for pontiff as he departs has twist
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. In a letter to the faithful Sept. 26, Cardinal Pizzaballa called for a day of prayer and penance on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and the start of the Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Cardinal urges day of prayer, penance on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, start of Israel-Hamas war
Father David Kennedy, pastor of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, Ky., leads the full church in applauding Decon Mike Marsili for his leadership amid the church's recovery and rebuilding, during the dedication Mass Aug. 17, 2024. The original church building was destroyed by a historic tornado on Dec. 10, 2021. (OSV News photo/Riley Greif, The Western Kentucky Catholic)
Kentucky parishioners celebrate new church replacing what 2021 tornado destroyed
Pope Francis meets with members of Italy's Guardia di Finanza, the financial police, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2024, the feast of St. Matthew, patron of the force. (CNS photos/Vatican Media)
Pope asks police to be examples of moral integrity, charity, respect
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