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Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, are pictured in a combination photo. Cardinal Grech gave a talk Feb. 26, 2024, titled "The Role of the Synodal Bishop" at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, with Bishop Rhoades offering a response. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller/CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Vatican synod chief, bishop share insights into 'synodal bishops' at Notre Dame talk
Pope Francis meets with the bishops of Italy's Emilia Romagna region as they made their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Feb. 29, 2024. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, president of the Italian bishops' conference, is seen listening as Pope Francis addresses the group. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope has full day of appointments after going to hospital for tests
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents a Lenten meditation for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Feb. 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Woe to those who end up in media 'meat grinder,' papal preacher says
American sociologist Tricia Bruce, president-elect of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is among six consultors named to the General Secretariat of the Synod Feb. 17, 2024. Of the secretariat's 16 total consultors, 12 are priests, one is a religious sister and three, including Bruce, are laywomen. Most are theologians. (OSV News photo/Saray Taylor-Roman, courtesy Tricia Bruce)
US sociologist who has studied parishes, Catholic movements, women's ministry looks forward to synod role
A screengrab of a new Vatican website dedicated to connecting young people to Rome's papal basilicas is seen on the day of its launch Feb. 22, 2024. (CNS photo/Courtesy Holy See Press Office)
Vatican aims to draw young 'digital pilgrims' to Rome's papal basilicas
This is an updated map showing the four routes of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to the National Eucharistic Congress in 2024. Pilgrims traveling in "Eucharistic caravans" on all four routes will begin their journeys with Pentecost weekend celebrations May 17-18, 2024, leaving May 19. They will all converge on Indianapolis July 16, 2024, the day before the five-day Congress opens. (OSV News illustration/courtesy National Eucharistic Congress) (OSV News photo/courtesy National Eucharistic Congress)
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to include shrines, secular landmarks, diocesan events
"Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity," the latest film from Spanish production company Goya Producciones, will be released in its original version with English subtitles in select U.S. theaters for one week, beginning February 22 (Photo OSV News/courtesy of www.peliculaguadalupe.com).
Documentary about Our Lady of Guadalupe to arrive at select U.S. theaters 
Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to pray the Angelus with Pope Francis Feb. 18, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
War is pointless, will never solve problems, pope says after Angelus
Actors Mark Wahlberg, left, and Jonathan Roumie, right, received ashes from Father Mark-Mary Ames, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, Feb. 14, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Prevish Marketing)
Friar who said Ash Wednesday Mass for Roumie, Wahlberg shares how to meet God in Lent's 'desert'
Andrea Bocelli performs during the World Meeting on Human Fraternity in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 10, 2023. Ahead of his Feb. 20, 2024, debut in Baltimore, the acclaimed Catholic tenor said faith is believing in the power of good. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli says faith is believing in the power of good
Chalices are seen on display at the International Religious Products and Services Exhibition in Bologna, Italy, Feb. 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)
Chalices and chasubles: Fair displays industries revolving around religion
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, second from right, stands with her family in a photo posted to her Facebook account Sept. 26, 2022. Lopez-Galvan, a parishioner of Sacred Heart-Guadalupe Parish in Kansas City, Mo., was killed Feb. 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday, during a mass shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. (OSV News screenshot/Facebook)
Catholic mother of 2 killed in Chiefs' Super Bowl parade mass shooting
Pope Francis holds his crosier as the Gospel is read during his Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome Feb. 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope: During Lent, leave appearances aside and listen to God 
An aerial view shows the ongoing restoration work at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris July 18, 2023. The cathedral was ravaged by a fire in 2019 that sent its spire crumbling down, and restoration work continues before the whole world will see the cathedral reopen Dec. 8, 2024. (OSV News photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters)
Paris Archdiocese reveals how the grandeur of Notre Dame Cathedral's reopening will look
A woman is pictured in a file photo receiving ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass. Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine's Day in 2024. (OSV News photo/Marcin Mazur, Catholic Church England Wales)
Catholic experts share tips for navigating Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day
Pope Francis prays during the Mass for the canonization of St. Maria Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 11, 2024. She is the first female saint from Argentina. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Prayer can change people's hearts, pope says at canonization Mass
Dominic Auricchio, a fifth grader at  Holy Trinity School in Westfield, N.J., is pictured in an undated photo with seven religious items he received as Christmas gifts; a military Bible, a crucifix featuring the Stations of the Cross, a rosary, a miraculous medal, a vial of holy water, a chalice made of wood from the Holy Land and an Italian prayer card. Dominic had requested items from the Vatican. The Bible, holy water, rosary beads and crucifix came from the Vatican and were blessed by Pope Francis. (OSV
Items he requested from Vatican at Christmas continue to bring joy to devout fifth grader
Kingsley Ben-Adir stars in a scene from the movie “Bob Marley: One Love.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may not be suitable for children. (OSV News photo/Chiabella James, Paramount Pictures)
Bob Marley: One Love
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
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 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
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
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