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A pair of shoes that belonged to Owen Steiner, a 15-month-old boy who died suddenly in 2020, are now given a place of prominence in the Steiner family home in Hermann, Mo. "It's amazing how something becomes not just shoes but a cherished treasure," said his mother, Jeanette Steiner, author of the children's storybook "Owen's Light." (OSV News photo/courtesy Jeanette Steiner via The Catholic Missourian)
Missouri Catholic mom's storybook for children opens door to discussions about grief, loss
Images of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati appear beside and on his tomb at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin, Italy, in this file photo from February 2006. (CNS file photo/Carol Glatz)
Pope confirms Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized 'soon'
Shayla Elm, a perpetual pilgrim who is on the Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, speaks June 20, 2024, during the Catholic Media Conference in Atlanta. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
'Jesus cannot help but pour himself out' on National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, pilgrim says
Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus at the Vatican June 23, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope calls on leaders to push for negotiations, avoid escalating wars
The Leon family prays around the dinner table. (OSV file photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Detroit)
How to celebrate Sunday as a Catholic
Sun shines through a statue of Christ on a grave marker alongside an American flag at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Appleton, Wis., in this 2018 photo. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual Religious Freedom Week takes place June 22-29, 2024. (OSV News photo/Bradley Birkholz)
US Catholics urged to promote ‘essential right’ of religious freedom through prayer, action
Retired Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Racism and the USCCB Subcommittee on African American Affairs, smiles during a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the USCCB's fall general assembly in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Bishop Perry on Juneteenth: 'We must remain relentless' in pursuit of 'equality and equity'
Caption: Pope Francis engages in a light-hearted moment with comedians Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and other comedians after an audience at the Vatican June 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope swaps jokes with comedy stars at Vatican
Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden meet privately on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Borgo Egnazia, in Italy's southern Puglia region, June 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope holds private talks with Biden, other world leaders at G7 summit
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia pauses as his friend Ukrainian Father Mykhailo Dymyd speaks during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington March 14, 2023. Father Dymyd's son, Artem, died in mortar fire near Donetsk, Ukraine, June 18, 2022. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Son's death in Ukraine leads father 'from theory to practice' in Resurrection hope
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., June 14, 2024, at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Ky. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
US bishops discuss anti-poverty arm, pastoral frameworks, groundbreaking proposals at spring meeting
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World leaders pose for a group photo at the G7 Summit in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, June 13, 2024. From left to right: European Council President Charles Michel; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; French President Emmanuel Macron; Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; U.S. President Joe Biden; Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida; U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak; and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The June 13-15 summit will focus on global economic gover
Pope to meet Biden, other leaders at G7 in Puglia
Pope Francis speaks to participants in a conference of moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements and new movements in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican June 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope says synodality should be 'permanent way of acting in the Church'
The Olympic rings are displayed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris June 7, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (OSV News photo/Christian Hartmann, Reuters)
As Olympic flame travels through France, Catholic Church is busy with 'Holy Games' project
John Kelley, a meteorologist in New Hampshire, is pictured in a June 10, 2024, photo. Since beginning their journeys in mid-May, pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes have braved excessive heat, thunderstorms and wind -- all of it closely monitored by Kelley. (OSV News photo/courtesy John Kelley)
Catholic meteorologist keeps eyes on skies to support safety, success of Eucharistic pilgrimage
People are pictured in an undated photo waiting in line for a meal at Mary Mother of the People Parish soup kitchen in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (OSV News photo/Margaret Murray, Pontifical Mission Societies USA)
'We want him to come back,' Buenos Aires' poor say and wait for pope's return
Pope Francis greets Joe Donnelly, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, after his annual address to the diplomatic corps Jan. 8, 2024, in the Hall of Blessings at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
U.S. ambassador to Holy See to step down in July
T-shirts and hoodies featuring the official logo of the Holy Year 2025 are seen in the "Jubilee Official Store" on Via della Traspontina in Rome, not far from the main boulevard leading to St. Peter's Square May 31, 2024. The Vatican chose the company that owns the store to be the official provider of jubilee merchandise. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)
Jubilee 2025 souvenirs and trinkets already on sale near Vatican
U.S. Army troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Normandy's "Omaha" Beach on D-Day in Colleville Sur-Mer, France, June 6 1944. (OSV News photo/Army Signal Corps Collection, U.S. National Archives handout via Reuters)
D-Day's 80th anniversary honors the past, aims to teach future generations, French bishop says
People walk in a Corpus Christi procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major after Pope Francis’ Mass for the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ in Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran June 2, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Corpus Christi procession is not sign of pride but invitation, pope says
A detail is seen of "Angels Unawares," a sculpture by Canadian Timothy Schmalz in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 3, 2024. The sculpture depicts a boat with 140 figures of migrants from various historical periods and various nations. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message
Vincent Rougeau, president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., presents an honorary doctorate Laurie Leshin, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, after she delivered the commencement address to the class of 2024 May 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy College of the Holy Cross)
NASA scientist, Salvadoran-born bishop, podcasting priest among 2024 commencement speakers
Participants in the May 22, 2024 Latino Leader Gathering on "Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Latino Priorities: Hearing the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor". From left to right: Mark Hugo Lopez, Silvia Foster-Frau, Christian Soenen, Elena Gaona, and Bishop Joseph Tyson (via livestream). (Foto OSV News/ cortesía de Georgetown University, Rafael Suanes)
Experts discuss the urgency and effect of climate issues among U.S. Latinos
Pope Francis listens to a question during a meeting with priests ministering in the Diocese of Rome who have been ordained 10 years or less in the Church of Jesus the Divine Master May 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope encourages young priests to rely on each other in times of crisis
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