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St. John Paul II addresses a press conference with President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden at the White House Oct. 6, 1979. Carter died Dec. 29, 2024, at 100, at his home in Plains, Georgia. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Chris Sheridan)
Jimmy Carter, first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100
Rescue workers take part in a salvage operation at the site where an aircraft crashed after it went off the runway at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, Dec. 29, 2024. (OSV News photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Reuters)
Pope Francis, bishops pray for families of those who perished in South Korean plane crash
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Pope Francis crosses the threshold of the Holy Door of the Church of Our Father at Rome’s Rebibbia prison before presiding over a Mass with inmates, prison staff, and Italian government officials Dec. 26, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Don't lose hope, pope says as he opens Holy Door at Rome prison
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Parishioners hold ornamental lanterns called parols at St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church in San Jose, Calif., during a “Simbang Gabi” kick-off Mass Dec. 14, 2024. Simbang Gabi is a nine-day series of Masses celebrated by Filipino Catholics leading up to Christmas Day. The parols are said to be symbols of the Star of Bethlehem and are used to lead the processions before Mass during the celebration. (OSV News photo/David Maung)
Filipino Simbang Gabi Masses more and more rooted in the US
A wax figure of actor Jimmy Stewart is seen with a painted backdrop resembling a scene from "It's A Wonderful Life" at Madame Tussauds Hollywood during a press preview June 11, 2009. (OSV News photo/Fred Prouser, Reuters)
Glory to the newborn King
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress Inc., blesses pilgrims July 17, 2024, during adoration at the opening revival night of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
National pilgrimage, congress stand out as 2024 highlights for US church
Pope Francis closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica before a Mass to conclude the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy at the Vatican Nov. 20, 2016. In concluding the Holy Year, the pope called for mercy to become a permanent part of the lives of believers. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella)
Pope Francis' 2024: Turning 88, praying for peace, presiding over synod
A family leaves the scene of a mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., Dec. 16, 2024. At least two people are dead, in addition to the suspect, and others are injured, after the mass shooting, police said. (OSV News photo/Cullen Granzen, Reuters)
 3 dead, including teen suspect, in mass shooting at Wisconsin Christian school
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, right, the papal ambassador to the U.S., and Luciano Lamonarca, founder and CEO of the St. Pio Foundation, invest Eric Latcheran as the first "Angel of Saint Pio" at a Dec. 4, 2024, event at Casa Italiana in Washington. Latcheran, a young man with Down syndrome, received the honor from the St. Pio Foundation for his extraordinary faith and perseverance amid difficulties -- and for his intense devotion to the saint. (OSV News photo/courtesy of the Saint Pio Foundation)
Young man with Down syndrome named first 'Angel of St. Pio'
Pope Francis speaks to local bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons and seminarians during a meeting with the local Catholic community at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ajaccio, France, Dec. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope praises popular piety during first-ever papal Mass in Corsica
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Archbishop Adrian Galbas is seen in a Nov. 21, 2023, photograph at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa, Poland, during a plenary meeting of the Polish bishops' conference. A member of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, or Pallottines, he was reassigned to the Polish capital, Warsaw, one of the biggest and most powerful archdiocese in the Catholic country, after just 18 months as head of the southern Archdiocese of Katowice. He will be installed to head the Warsaw Archdiocese Dec. 14, 2024. (
Polish Catholics welcome new Warsaw archbishop's 'synodal commitment'
The is a combination photo of St. Peter’s Basilica and the logo chosen by the Vatican for the Holy Year 2025. Pope Francis has chosen the theme, "Pilgrims of Hope," for the jubilee year, which is marked by pilgrimages, prayer, repentance and acts of mercy. (OSV News photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo)
8 ways to celebrate Jubilee 2025 without leaving your diocese
Pope Francis talks to visitors during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Dec. 11, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Hope is an 'active virtue' that makes good things happen, pope says
Pilgrims pray in front of the Grotto of the Apparitions in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Aug. 14, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)
Lourdes confirms 71st miracle - the first for an English speaker; miracle occurred in 1926
Intsar al-Jaber, speaks with Reuters TV in Sednaya, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024, as she awaits news to her 45-year-old brother and cousin who were imprisoned at Sednaya Prison after rebels seized the capital and announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad. As the insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days to bring an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the tens of thousands of people who disappeared since th
World must aid Syria at this 'new chapter in its rich history,' says Bishop Zaidan
Guests stand as Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, other Catholic bishops and clergy process through the central aisle of Notre Dame Cathedral during a ceremony to mark the landmark cathedral’s reopening following the 2019 fire, in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Ludovic Marin, pool via Reuters)
'Long live Notre Dame de Paris!' Jubilation as iconic Catholic cathedral reopens
Pope Francis greets people gathered near a Marian statue by the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2024, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Amid Christmas and Jubilee preparations, prepare your hearts, pope says
Lucia Herman and her son Father Danny Herman stand in the center aisle of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn., in this undated photo. Father Herman, ordained to the priesthood June 8, 2024, for the Knoxville Diocese, is now associate pastor of the cathedral parish. After training as an aviator in the Navy, he felt a higher calling and entered the seminary with the Catholic Extension Society supporting his seminary education. (OSV News photo/courtesy Catholic Extension Society
A mother's prayer leads her son to move from a military career to the priesthood
Indian priests and devotees carry the remains of the 16th century Jesuit St. Francis Xavier from Bom Jesus Basilica to Se Cathedral in Goa, India, Nov. 21, 2004 The exposition of St. Francis Xavier's remains happens once in 10 years. In 2024, they are displayed from Nov. 21, and the special event ends Jan. 5, 2025. (OSV News photo/Arko Datta, Reuters)
Pilgrims walk miles to pay homage to St. Francis Xavier in a once-in-a-decade exposition of relics
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An employee installs barriers to set up a security perimeter in front of the stalls of the booksellers called "Bouquinistes" along the banks of the Seine River in Paris, Dec. 4, 2024, ahead of the Dec. 7-8 reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame Cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019. (OSV News photo/Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters)
Here is what to expect on Notre Dame de Paris reopening weekend
A file photo shows the cross atop the old Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)
Faith, hope 'work miracles,' pope tells people of Nicaragua ahead of Immaculate Conception
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