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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., are pictured in a combination photo. The two agreed on a friendly wager for the outcome of Super Bowl LVIII Feb. 11, 2024, when their respective teams, the 49ers and the Chiefs square off at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. As part of their wager, both prelates have agreed to donate to a pro-life organization of the winner's choice. (OSV News photo, CNS files)
No bad blood, just big wins for these life-giving nonprofits in bishops' Super Bowl wager
A painting of Blessed María Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known as "Mama Antula," is displayed during a meeting between Pope Francis and Argentine pilgrims at the Vatican Feb. 9, 2024,  ahead of the canonization of Argentina's first female saint. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Like future saint, share the Gospel with all, pope tells pilgrims
Pope Francis receives gifts from Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, center, and Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd, president-elect, left, during a meeting with the university's board of trustees at the Vatican Feb. 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope to Notre Dame: Religion 'essential' in forming minds and hearts
A promotional image illustrates the theme of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking for 2024, "Journeying in Dignity: Listen, Dream, Act." The international day is held every Feb. 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese religious sister who was enslaved as a child. (CNS photo/courtesy Talitha Kum)
To ignore, do nothing to fight trafficking is to be complicit, pope says
An unidentified women, center, prays next to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 8, 2024. (OSV News photo/Leslie E. Kossoff)
Nigeria's Christians and Eucharistic Revival highlighted at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Sabino and Rosita Arreola of Tooele, Utah, who have been married for 55 years, are pictured after they renewed their vows when they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 15, 2018. (OSV News photo/courtesy Arreola family)
Despite trials, couple married for 55 years say, 'With God's help we are together'
Pope Francis shakes hands with Cardinal José Cobo Cano of Madrid, Spain, during a meeting with a group of seminarians from the Archdiocese of Madrid at the Vatican Feb. 3, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope tells seminarians to put the Eucharist at the center of formation
Members of the cross-country team at St. Agatha's Academy in Winchester, Ky., are pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/Kate Blair, courtesy St. Agatha's Academy)
Catholic school reaps success with liberal arts, technology and Montessori mix
Students sing "Oh Happy Day" at the conclusion of a Jan. 30, 2024, Mass at St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore that honored its foundress, Mother Mary Lange, who is one of six Black Catholics who are candidates for sainthood. Pope Francis declared Mother Lange "venerable" June 22, 2023, recognizing her heroic virtues. (OSV News photo/George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic Review)
Educators, students of nation's first Black Catholic school honors foundress Mother Lange
Performers exhibit a traditional dragon dance to welcome in the Chinese New Year, which begins Feb. 10, during an audience at the Vatican Feb. 2, 2024. The audience included a delegation from the National Federation Italy-China and the Chinese Martial Arts Academy of Vercelli in northern Italy. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope treated to ceremony at Vatican to usher in the Chinese New Year
Jeremy Alexander, an iconographer and second-year theology teacher at Detroit Cristo Rey High School, is pictured Dec. 18, 2023, with a mural he created on a wall of the school's small chapel. Painted in his signature Byzantine style, the mural features 37 diverse saints, artists, poets, civil rights leaders and human rights activists. (OSV News photo/Steven Stechschulte, special to the Detroit Catholic)
Cristo Rey teacher's mural features 37 diverse saints, artists, poets, civil rights leaders
Theresa Kilmurray of the Brigidine Congregational Leadership Team carries the St. Brigid relic, draped in red, to St. Brigid's Church in Kildare, Ireland, Jan. 28, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy John Mc Elroy)
As St. Brigid relic returns to Irish Kildare, bishop reminds all of her strong faith, hospitality
Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, answers a question from a reporter at a news conference during a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Synod and Scripture: Bishop Flores to lead webinars on 'John 14 and Synodality'
Pope Francis administers the sacrament of confirmation to Brigid Miniter, 14, of Ridgewood, N.J., during a Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 28. The pope confirmed 44 people from 22 countries. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope encourages youngsters to tell everyone Jesus loves them
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston anoints the head of a confirmation candidate during Mass at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Jan. 7, 2024, the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. Cardinal DiNardo and Auxiliary Bishop Italo Dell'Oro, confirmed more than 750 adult Catholics from 72 parishes and institutions across six Masses at several parishes around the archdiocese in January. (OSV News photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
In Galveston-Houston Archdiocese, 758 adults step forward in faith to be confirmed
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong and Anglican Bishop Matthias Tze-Wo Der of Hong Kong, after an evening prayer service at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25, 2024. The service marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Love is the only path to Christian unity, pope says
Msgr. Paul Bochicchio, a priest in residence at St. Francis Church in Hoboken, N.J., is pictured in an undated photo with Cristiana Dell'Anna who plays Mother Cabrini in the upcoming film "Cabrini," produced by Angel Studios about the life and ministry of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, set to debut in theaters in March 2024. Msgr. Bochicchio is a script adviser and spiritual consultant for the film. (OSV News photo/courtesy Msgr. Bochicchio)
New Jersey priest's devotion to saint helps bring her life to the big screen
Sister Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus, center right, chats with attendees before the "Migrant State of Emergency" dialogue event City Jan. 20, 2024, sponsored by Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City at its Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. Sister Norma is well known for her ministry to immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border as executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. (OSV News photo/Armando Machado, The Good Newsroom)
NYC dialogue looks at challenges faced by arriving immigrants, residents
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization's section for new evangelization, which is coordinating the Holy Year, speaks during a news conference about the Year of Prayer in preparation for the Holy Year at the Vatican Jan. 23, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Spiritual oasis: Year of Prayer a needed rest stop on journey to jubilee
Raisa, a mother who shared her testimony at Life Fest, smiles at one of her daughters in the arms of a member of the Sisters of Life during Life Fest at the D.C. Armory in Washington Jan. 19, 2024, ahead of the annual March for Life. Raisa was pursuing a music career when she learned she was pregnant with twins and turned to the Sisters of Life for help. She also performed a song she wrote called "Madre" at Life Fest. The event was organized and co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and Sisters of Life. (
Second Life Fest features powerful stories of choosing life through love
Pope Francis gives his homily during Mass for Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 21, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Amid 'barrage' of words online and off, listen to God's word, pope says
Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, meets with Lê Hoài Trung, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam's central committee and chairman of its commission for external relations, at the Vatican Jan. 18, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Vatican foreign minister optimistic papal trip to Vietnam is possible
A child smiles during the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 18, 2024, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (OSV News photo/Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot)
With Christ at center, pro-life efforts will persevere, says U.S. bishops' pro-life chair
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Pope Francis meets with members of "Athletica Vaticana," a sports organization associated with Vatican City State, and members of partnering organizations at the Vatican Jan. 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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