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Newly ordained deacons from the Pontifical North American College carry offertory gifts during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
18 U.S. seminarians ordained deacons in St. Peter's Basilica
Jen Fulwiler, a standup comic, bestselling author and mother of six, is pictured in an undated publicity photo. Fulwiler told OSV News that her brand of Catholic observational comedy is the fruit of "an enormous amount of work" and deep faith. (OSV News photo/Tigerman Management)
'Hard work' of standup comedy a labor of love, faith for Jen Fulwiler
This is an original copy of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's "The Following of Christ" (commonly translated as "The Imitation of Christ”). The book testifies to her love of Jesus and the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Pennsylvania agreed to loan it to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., for display in the shrine's new $4 million museum and visitors center opening Sept. 22, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)
'The Following of Christ': The 'hidden' book that helped make Mother Seton a saint
Pope Francis greets the crowd from the popemobile as he arrives for Mass at the Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille, France, Sept. 23, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Take leap of faith and dare to love your family, those in need, pope says
Richard Carrillo poses Aug. 9, 2023, in front of the altar in the chapel of St. John Neumann Church, Miami, where he directs the choir. He's organizing a Mass that blends Aztec and European heritages, "Mass of the Americas," by Los Angeles composer Frank La Rocca, and it will have its Miami premiere the evening of Oct. 3 at Epiphany Church, also in Miami. (OSV News photo/Jim Davis, Florida Catholic)
For student, producing 'Mass of the Americas' blends a faith experience with music experience
Pope Francis receives a stuffed bear, a symbol of Ukraine's suffering, from Andrii Yurash, Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 22, 2023. The bear survived a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, that killed 46 people, including three children, and wounded 75 others. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Ambassador gives pope a stuffed bear as symbol of 'suffering Ukraine'
Pope Francis attends a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people in the Vatican synod hall in this file photo from 2018. The October assembly of the "synod on synodality" has been moved to the larger Vatican audience hall where members will sit at round tables, rather than in rows. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Inside, outside: Synod to focus on the church and its role in the world
A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is seen at the Church of St. Michael in New York City in this file photo from October of 2017. (OSV News Photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
What makes the St. Michael prayer so powerful?
A statue of St. Joseph is seen as Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican in this May 1, 2020, file photo. The Vatican has released the pope's message for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated April 25 and dedicated to St. Joseph. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Praying for vocations means understanding church's needs, pope says
Migrants are pictured Sept. 17, 2023, at the port on the Italian island of Lampedusa while waiting to be transferred to the mainland. (OSV New photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Residents on Italian island of Lampedusa tirelessly help migrants, cry out for more resources
Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, who died April 17, 2015, is pictured during a 2010 interview in Washington. A Sept. 14, 2023, panel at The Catholic University of America in Washington examined the cardinal's life and legacy with biographer Michael Heinlein, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez and Mary FioRito, attorney and former executive assistant to Cardinal George. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)
Cardinal George remembered for humility, compassion and brilliance at CUA panel
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Thousands attend the Sept. 10, 2023, beatification Mass of the Ulma family, who were martyred in Markowa, Poland, for sheltering Jews under German occupation during World War II. Józef and Wiktoria and their seven children were proclaimed "Blessed" by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, papal envoy, who concelebrated the Mass in Markowa. The Ulmas' seventh child was born as Wiktoria was executed. (OSV News photo/Patryk Ogorzalek/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters)
Love of life, family are at the heart of the Ulmas' beatification
Children dressed in traditional clothing arrive in procession for a Spanish-language Mass celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Suyapa, patroness of Honduras, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Feb. 5, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Observing Hispanic Heritage Month as Catholics
Emergency workers look for survivors in Amizmiz, Morocco, Sept, 10, 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly magnitude 6.8 earthquake. An aftershock rattled Moroccans that day as they mourned victims of the nation's strongest earthquake in more than a century Sept. 8, killing more than 2,000 people, a number that is expected to rise. (OSV News photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters)
Church in Morocco, pope offer prayers after quake; death toll rises to more than 2,800
Melissa Dan, president of Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minn., and Aiden Kelly, a sophomore this year, hold equipment used in the school's virtual reality lab Aug. 18, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)
Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology
Brother Eric Kalimbiriro Kadalikashereza renews his vows and is blessed by Crosier Father Laurentius Tarpin, master general of the order, during a special Mass at Holy Cross Priory in Onamia, Minn., Aug. 18, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
Congolese religious brothers celebrate vows at Crosiers' Minnesota priory
This is the official logo for a nine-month U.S. tour of a relic of St. Jude the Apostle that begins in Chicago Sept. 9, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Carlos Martins)
Relic of St. Jude, apostle and patron of desperate causes, begins US tour
Women weep while they attend the last Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Peace in New York in this file photo dated July 31, 2015. Seventeen Catholic churches across New York City celebrated their last Masses that day as the Archdiocese merged 112 of its 368 parishes into 55, in part because of a shift in Catholic population in some areas. (OSV News photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
How to heal after your parish merges or closes
Wiktoria Ulma (holding a child) stands with her six children in front of their house in Markowa, Poland, in this undated photo. (The identity of the woman standing next to Wiktoria is not known.) The Ulma family and Jews they were sheltering were murdered by the Germans March 24, 1944, when the Nazi occupiers were informed that Jews are sheltered in their home. Wiktoria and her husband, Józef, their seven children (including the couple's unborn baby) will be beatified Sept. 10, 2023, in Markowa. (OSV News p
Polish family's beatification highlights debate over church's wartime role
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight back to Rome from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 4, 2023, after a four-day visit to the Asian country. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod assembly won't be secret, but won't be open to press, pope says
Members of United Mine Workers of America and other labor leaders bow in prayer while picketing July 28, 2021, outside BlackRock's headquarters in New York City as part of the union's strike at Warrior Met Coal Mine. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)
Americans are talking about labor issues, unions more now than in recent past, experts say
Rock formations and mountains are pictured near Los Alamos, N.M., Nov. 21, 2020. Opening with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1, 2023, the Season of Creation is a monthlong ecumenical period for prayer and action to promote ecological principles. It ends Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis Assisi. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)
US Catholic dioceses are leading the 'green revolution' championed by popes
Ken and Tina Kruse stand next to their apartment in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Aug. 30, 2023, after the area was flooded by the Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm. It unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. (OSV News photo/Greg Lovett, USA Today Network via Reuters)
As 'hands and feet of Christ,' Catholic Charities helps Floridians ravaged by Idalia
Workers repair utility lines in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui Aug. 15, 2023. (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
Amid ongoing recovery after wildfires, getting children back to school is a priority, principal says
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