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A dog stands on rubble as rescuers work at the site of a building that was destroyed during a Russian airstrike in Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 17, 2024. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)
'We need to heal not ideas, but hearts,' says prelate after Russian strike on civilians
Basilian Sister Lucia Murashko talks with volunteers Denys Kuprikov, left, and Ivan Smyglia, far right, in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine Feb. 7, 2023, where they planned to distribute humanitarian aid along the front in Russia's war against Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Konstantin Chernichkin, CNEWA)
Ukrainian nun: 'Tell all the world we suffer' as Russia ramps up attacks
Auxiliary Bishop Gregory W. Gordon of Las Vegas and chancery staff look outside at the partial eclipse in Las Vegas April 8, 2024. A partial eclipse was visible throughout all 48 contiguous U.S. states, while a total solar eclipse was visible along a narrow track stretching from Texas to Maine. (OSV News photo/Montie Chavez, courtesy Archdiocese of Las Vegas)
Solar eclipse enlivens hearts across US with the glory of God's creation
The iconic Notre Dame Cathedral is seen April 10, 2024, with part of the scaffolding removed. Reconstruction work on the spire and roof of the iconic structure entered its last phase as the world prepared to observe the fifth anniversary of the April 15, 2019, blaze that caused the spire to collapse inside the cathedral. Notre Dame is scheduled to reopen Dec. 8, to be followed by six months of celebrations, Masses, pilgrimages, prayers and exhibitions. (OSV News photo/Charlene Yves)
'It will be breathtaking,' Notre Dame's chief architect says; iconic cathedral reopens Dec. 8
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Participants hold a candlelit night vigil at the BK arena in Kigali, Rwanda April 7, 2024, during a commemoration event known as "Kwibuka" (Remembering) to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. (OSV News photo/Jean Bizimana, Reuters)
Bishops in Rwanda express their closeness to 1994 genocide survivors
People receive containers to be filled with food for people in need at a soup kitchen in Havana that is serving a growing number of Cubans struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis Jan. 15, 2024. Poverty is among more than a dozen issues covered by a new Vatican document on human dignity. "Dignitas Infinita" ("Infinite Dignity") was released April 8, 2024, by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.(OSV News photo/Yander Zamora, Reuters)
US Catholic pastoral leaders welcome Vatican document on human dignity
Choir members sing during the "Come As You Are" Holy Week Prayer Service for Mental Health at St. Joseph Church on Capitol Hill in Washington March 26, 2024. The choir was directed by Rebecca Rossello, a Baltimore-based soprano and choral teacher. (OSV News photo/Mark Zimmermann, Catholic Standard)
Capitol Hill prayer service ties together mental health and faith
Pope Francis speaks with the family members of Israeli hostages held in captivity by Hamas during a meeting at the Vatican April 8, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages
Members of the Knights of Columbus at St. Leo Parish in Hilton, N.Y., have been selling these commemorative T-shirts leading up to the total solar eclipse April 8, 2024. More than half of the Rochester Diocese is situated in the eclipse's 115-mile-wide "path of totality." That's where the the moon will completely block the face of the sun, resulting in a short period of rare daytime darkness. (OSV News photo/Jeff Witherow, Catholic Courier)
Eclipse seen as a way to pray, 'engage with the work of God's hands'
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan delivers his homily during Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City March 31, 2024. Cardinal Dolan will visit Israel and Palestine April 12-18 in his role as chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Amid war, Cardinal Dolan to make pastoral visit to Israel, Palestine
A Catholic Relief Services worker distributes shelter material to a woman in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024, displaced by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammad Al Hout for CRS)
CRS workers remain in Gaza after colleagues killed in strike
Workers carry out operations April 4, 2024, at the site where a building collapsed followinga 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Hualien, Taiwan. At least nine people died when the quake struck April 3, and more than 1,000 people were injured. According to the BBC, rescuers were working to reach more than 600 stranded people, while dozens of people were still reported missing. (OSV News photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)
Pope prays for all those affected by deadly quake in Taiwan
Pope Francis meets with priests doing graduate studies in Rome and with the staffs of the pontifical Mexican, Brazilian and Latin American colleges of Rome in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 4, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope tells priests: Be icons of Christ, wipe tears like Veronica
People watch the solar eclipse from the observation deck of The Empire State Building in New York City Aug. 21, 2017. After April 8, 2024, the next total solar eclipse visible in the U.S. will happen in August 2044. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)
'Awe-inspiring' total solar eclipse offers chance 'to reflect on God's grandeur'
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over the Dali cargo vessel March 26, 2024, after it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore. Within 24 hours after Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the archdiocese to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 has been raised in online donations. (OSV News photo/Julia Nikhinson, Reuters)
Catholics donate nearly $50,000 for emergency bridge relief appeal
Pope Francis greets the crowd after delivering his Easter message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 31, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide
A large illuminated cross is displayed before the start of the Way of the Cross outside the Colosseum in Rome March 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope prays at home while thousands attend Way of the Cross at Colosseum
Migrants of different nationalities walk toward the U.S. in a caravan called "Viacrucis migrante" from Tapachula, Mexico, March 25, 2024. (OSV News photo/Jose Torres, Reuters)
'Viacrucis migrante' caravan calls attention to plight of migrants during Holy Week
Pope Francis washes the feet of an inmate at the Rebibbia women's prison on the outskirts of Rome as he celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper March 28, 2024. The pontiff washed the feet of 12 inmates at the prison. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Tears flow as pope washes feet of women inmates at Rome prison
Canadian-based artist Timothy P. Schmalz is pictured in an undated photo working on his life-sized clay sculpture titled "Thou Shalt Not Kill," which depicts Jesus kneeling over a victim of gun violence. Some 60 people gathered March 25, 2024, outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago for a first look at the sculpture, which the artist donated to the parish. (OSV News photo/Timothy P. Schmalz)
Ahead of Good Friday, Chicago parish unveils statue of Christ mourning gun victims
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after the Dali cargo vessel crashed into it March 26, 2024, causing it to collapse. Andy Middleton, the director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Apostleship of the Sea, said he had been in touch with a member of the crew just hours after the collision and that all aboard were safe and uninjured. (OSV News photo/Baltimore City Fire Department Rescue Company handout via Reuters) NO ARCHIVES. MUST DISCARD 30 DAYS AFTER DOWNL
Baltimore Archdiocese ministers to crew aboard ship involved in bridge collapse
Pope Francis delivers a video message released by the Vatican March 26, 2024, to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Rosario, Argentina, where drug- and gang-related violence has escalated. (CNS photo/screengrab Vatican Media)
Pope: Government is complicit if not fighting both drug supply, demand
Tim Klimisch as Jesus holds a candle during the Resurrection scene at a March 12, 2024, dress rehearsal of the Living Stations at the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake, Minn. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Parish dedicates Living Stations to young man who'd played Jesus in past and dies at 33
A crucifix and Bible are pictured on purple cloth during Lent at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Dunkirk, Md., April 7, 2022. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller, Reuters)
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