Nation & World

A woman stands in the sun with arms open, in a joyful expression of trust and surrender. (OSV News photo/Alfonso Cerezo)
7 ways to say 'thanks' to God
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, along with his wife Roslyn Carter, center, and John Hardman, executive director of The Carter Center in Atlanta, listen to participants speak at the center during a "Finding Democracy in the Americas" summit March 17, 2003. Mrs. Carter died Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96. (OSV news photo/Tami Chappell, Reuters)
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is remembered for life of service guided by faith
Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, poses for a photograph with a Buddhist dignitary at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 16, 2023. The dicastery helped organize the seventh Buddhist-Christian Colloquium in Bangkok Nov. 13-16 to discuss the importance of dialogue for healing humanity and the earth. (CNS photo/courtesy of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue)
Buddhist-Christian dialogue calls for shared action to spread hope
Dom Geoffroy Kemlin, abbot president of the Benedictines' Solesmes Congregation in France, places a ring on the finger of Benedictine Mother Benedict McLaughlin, abbess of Immaculate Heart of Mary Abbey in Westfield, Vt., during her Nov. 11, 2023, abbatial blessing. (OSV News photo/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont Catholic magazine)
Head of Benedictine congregation in France gives abbatial blessing to Vermont abbess
Pope Francis greets families living at "Hospitality Village," an apartment complex that is part of the parish of St. Mary, Mother of Hospitality, on the eastern outskirts of Rome, Nov. 17, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
At Rome parish, pope dialogues with priests, meets families in difficulty
Bishops attend Mass Nov. 14, 2022, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore at the start of their 2022 fall plenary assembly. The historic basilica was again the worship site for the opening Mass of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2023 fall plenary assembly, which opened Nov. 13 with a morning of prayer, reflection and confession, followed by a Mass for peace at the basilica. (OSV News/CNS file, Bob Roller)
US bishops' meeting shows united front on mission
A bishop holds a program during a Nov. 14, 2022, Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore at the start of the U.S. bishops' 2022 fall plenary assembly. The historic basilica was again the worship site for the opening Mass of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2023 fall plenary assembly, which opened Nov. 13 with a morning of prayer, reflection and confession, followed by a Mass for peace at the basilica. (OSV News/CNS file, Bob Ro
U.S. bishops open fall assembly with prayer, reflection and a Mass for peace
Pope Francis greets Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., Oct. 10, 2023, in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican during the assembly of the world Synod of Bishops. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media/CPP)
Synod at halftime: Bishop Rhoades on synodality and evangelization
The Marvels Movie
'The Marvels' Review
Pope Francis meets with approximately 6,700 children from different parts of the world during the event "Let Us Learn from Boys and Girls" in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Share joy of God's love, sow seeds of hope in world, pope tells youths
Members of Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo hold up a sign on a banner with the colors of Argentina's flag asking Pope Francis to visit his homeland, saying "Your people await you," as they join the pope for the recitation of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Priests who minister to poor, other Argentines urge pope to visit his homeland
Pope Francis poses for a photo with members of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums during an audience in the Apostolic Palace Nov. 9, 2023. He is seated between Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the commission governing Vatican City State, and Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary-general of the commission and a member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Art can touch people's souls and bring them together, pope says
Sister Constance Veit, U.S. communications director for the order, the Little Sisters of the Poor, is pictured in a 2016 file photo. In a NOV. 3, 2023, statement written on behalf of members of her congregation in Nice, France, Sister Veit urged supporters join them in prayer for a sister who sustained serious head injuries when a car went out of control and hit her and another sister walking along a sidewalk Oct. 31. One sister suffered less serious injuries and was released from the hospital. Sister Veit
Little Sisters of the Poor serve neediest with care, prayer: Now one of their own needs prayers
Father Rifat Bader, director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media, is pictured in a 2016 file photo with Syrian refugee children during a graduation ceremony at the Latin Patriarchate School in Naour, Jordan. Father Bader told OSV News that a Nov. 5, 2023, decision by Jordan's Council of Churches to cancel Christmas festivities amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war shows "solidarity with the people of Gaza." (OSV News photo/Dale Gavlak)
Jordan's Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with suffering Gaza
Paint is seen across the front of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, Calif., Nov. 5, 2023, in an attack of vandalism that police were investigating as a hate crime. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Stockton)
Police investigate vandalism at Stockton, Calif., cathedral as possible hate crime
Actor Matthew Perry attending a Policy Exchange conference, "Smarter Justice: Lessons from the American problem-solving court movement." Perry, who died Oct. 28, 2023, openly discussed and wrote about his struggles with substance abuse. (OSV News photo/Policy Exchange, via Wikimedia Commons CC-SA 2.0)
Matthew Perry's surprising prayer reminds us to pray, even for the famous
Pope Francis gestures as he speaks to children from different parts of the world at an event called "Let Us Learn from Boys and Girls" in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope encourages children to speak up, work for peace
James Wahlberg, producer of "Mother Teresa: No Greater Love" poses with Sister Szymona and Sister Jose Mercy of the Missionaries of Charity at the documentary's premiere in Radom, Poland, Oct. 19, 2023. Wahlberg, brother of Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg, was serving time in prison as a convicted drug addict when when Mother Teresa paid a visit in 1988 and changed his life. (OSV News photo/Sebastian Nycz, courtesy Knights of Columbus)
It was never about her, but about Jesus, says producer of Mother Teresa film
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'Killers of the Flower Moon' Review
Priests walk in a Eucharistic procession Oct. 21, 2023, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., during the New York State Eucharistic Congress Oct. 20-22. (OSV News photo/Jeff Witherow, Catholic Courier)
Jesus changes lives,' bishop tells 11,000 faithful at N.Y. State Eucharistic Congress
Pope Francis gives his blessing to an estimated 20,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after praying the Angelus Nov. 1, 2023, the feast of All Saints. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Learn about the lives of saints, be moved by their examples, pope says
Men carry relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during the annual Candlelight Rosary Procession from the State Capitol to the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 6, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Like Thérèse, 'be radical in love' in the face of violence, says bishop of Lisieux
A woman holds a candle outside the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 29, 2023, during a vigil for the victims of a deadly mass shooting. Robert Card, who later took his own life, shot and killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston Oct. 25. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
After mass shooting, Maine parish becomes hub of healing
Pope Francis prays the rosary for peace in St. Peter's Basilica with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis asks Mary to 'convert those who fuel and foment conflict'
Workers set down detour signs while police organize around Lisbon High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine, Oct. 26, 2023, as an active search for a gunman is underway after deadly mass shootings. A man shot and killed at least 18 people and injured 13 others at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 25, and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes. (OSV News photo/Nicholas Pfosi, Reuters)
'Three-pronged prayer' needed amid Maine mass shootings, says pastor
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