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Polish Father Dariusz Kowalczyk, president of the "Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia" ("The Work of a New Millenium") foundation, is seen in an undated photopgraph. The foundation was established in the Jubilee Year 2000 as a fruit of St. John Paul II's 1999 pilgrimage to Poland, and today, 20 years after the pontiff's death on April 2, 2005, it is considered the "best living monument" to him, granting scholarships to talented youth, who are everything from musicians to doctors, and inventors to sportsmen. (OSV New
Polish talent foundation 'best living monument' to St. John Paul II 20 years after his death
The uncovered facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary is pictured at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France in April 2023. The facade showcases the artwork of Father Marko Rupnik, a priest and former Jesuit, who is currently under investigation after accusations of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse by multiple adult women. Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes said March 31, 2025, that the sanctuary will cover the mosaics on the door of the basilica. (OSV News ph
Lourdes bishop covering Father Rupnik's mosaics on sanctuary's basilica doors
Visitors gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 30, 2025. Pope Francis did not pray the Angelus in the square because he is following doctors' orders to rest. The Vatican released a written message from the pope to accompany the Angelus. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
God's mercy is for everyone; everyone needs healing, pope writes
A reliquary containing what tradition holds is Jesus' crown of thorns is displayed during a ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris March 21, 2014. The crown, the most precious of the relics in Notre Dame's treasury, was saved from the flames of the April 15, 2019, fire. (OSV News photo/Philippe Wojazer, Reuters)
Lenten lectures are back at Notre Dame, marking a 'grand retour' of a Parisian classic
A migrant farmworker cleans the fields in the Salinas Valley near Salinas, Calif., March 30, 2020. National Farmworkers Awareness Week is celebrate during the week of March 25-31, 2025. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)
Special week puts focus on how food gets to Americans' tables - through farmworkers' labor
Pope John Paul II, who later became St. John Paul II, blesses a baby during an annual baptism liturgy in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel Jan. 13, 2002. (OSV News photo from Catholic Press Photo)
30 years later: St. John Paul II's enduring challenge to culture in 'Evangelium Vitae'
Jeremiah Trotter Jr., who graduated in 2020 from St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, is pictured during a game in his senior year. Trotter, now a linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, newly crowned Super Bowl champions, credits his four years at a Jesuit institution for helping him mature spiritually and as an athlete. (OSV News photo/Philadelphiasportsdigest.com)
Eagles' Jeremiah Trotter Jr. calls Catholic school a forge of faith, champion spirit
Massimiliano Strappetti, the nurse who is Pope Francis' primary medical caregiver at the Vatican, adjusts a microphone for the pope as he greets a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican March 23, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Pope knew he 'might not make it,' physician says
Flannery O'Connor is seen in this 1962 photo. From March 21-23, 2025, a museum in Savannah, Ga., dedicated to her literary genius and fascinating personality celebrated the centennial of her birth with socials, specialty tours, author talks and a live band, culminating in an annual birthday party event that will include vendors, games and an O'Connor look-alike contest. (OSV News photo/AP Photo, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Joe McTyre via PBS)
Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday parties celebrate author's quirks, talents - and love of birds
Gambling dice are seen in front of Sports Illustrated and 888 Holdings logos in this illustration taken June 24, 2021. (OSV News illustration/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)
Gambling on sports is now everywhere, but should Catholics support it?
An image of "The Deposition of Christ," recently attributed to Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican March 17, 2025. The previously lost painting will be on display in the Vatican Museums. (CNS photo/courtesy Governorate of Vatican City State)
Vatican unveils 'lost' Renaissance painting of the deposition of Christ
A young woman prays with a rosary following Ash Wednesday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., March 5, 2025. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
You're not too late (and neither are the ones late to Mass)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, top organizers of a Vatican conference said. "We are really currently in a war" on two fronts when it comes to protecting children from abuse and mistreatment, Joachim von Braun, president of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences, said at a Vatican news conference March 20. There is the traditional battleground that most safeguarding guidelines and
Speakers: Church has role in fight against AI-generated exploitation
A man lights a candle during a vigil at Zocalo square, in Mexico City, Mexico March 15, 2025, for the victims of the clandestine mass grave recently found in Teuchitlan, in the state of Jalisco. Mexico's Catholic leaders prayed for the country's missing and urged the population of the country and their political leaders to listen to victims of violence amid outrage over the discovery of mass graves and ovens for cremating bodies on a drug cartel compound. (OSV News photo/Seila Montes, Reuters)
Mexican Catholics urge officials to 'listen to victims' amid grisly discovery of mass graves
A screengrab shows two characters welcoming a player in St. Peter's Square in front of the basilica in a new interactive game, "Peter is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage," released worldwide March 18, 2025, by Microsoft's Minecraft Education in collaboration with the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica. (CNS photo/courtesy of Microsoft/Mojang Studios)
St. Peter's Basilica becomes a 'fixable,' explorable Minecraft world
A prayer card of the Hozana ministry encourages the faithful to submit their prayer intentions online. Hozana gathered prayer intentions from Catholics around the world to bring to the Shrine of Our Lady of Graces in Cotignac on March 19, 2025, the feast of St. Joseph. The shrine is known for its connection to both Our Lady and St. Joseph. (OSV News illustration/Cassandre Verhelst, courtesy Hozana)
St. Joseph prayer intentions hit record with collaboration of French shrine, internet app
According to a March 13, 2025, notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Michigan-based Chews Life has received 92 reports of the safety snap clasp detaching, with some 5,700 affected units. No injuries have been reported. (OSV News photo/U.S. Consumer Safety Commission via Facebook)
Some Chews Life rosaries, teethers recalled for choking hazard
Father David Michael, 31, who posts humorous videos about his life as a priest alongside simple explanations of different areas of Catholic teaching, is pictured in an undated photo. His videos have earned millions of views on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. (OSV News photo/via Father David Michael)
Priest influencer on evangelizing through humor, social media pitfalls and advice to Gen Z
A 2017 photo shows a statue of St. Joseph in Rome. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
St. Joseph: A patron for us all
Pope Francis is seen in the chapel of his suite of rooms at Rome's Gemelli hospital March 16, 2025. The Vatican press office said the 88-year-old pope concelebrated Mass that morning. (CNS photo/Vatican Press Office)
Vatican releases first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization
Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, preacher of the papal household, leads a meditation during a Lenten retreat for cardinals and senior officials of the Roman Curia in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican March 14, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Papal preacher: Neglecting Mass means losing sight of heaven
St. Nicholas' Basilica in Amsterdam is seen in an undated photo. A Mass celebrated March 8, 2025, marked its elevation to co-cathedral, a "birthday gift" from Pope Francis for the Dutch capital's 750th anniversary. (OSV News photo/courtesy Katholiek Nieuwsblad)
Amsterdam unwraps papal 'birthday gift': St. Nicholas Basilica is named co-cathedral
A man and woman pray by the statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome's Gemelli Hospital March 14, 2025, where Pope Francis was admitted Feb. 14. The 88-year-old pontiff marked one month in the hospital March 14, where he is being treated for double pneumonia, with signs in recent days that indicate he is gradually recovering. (OSV News photo/Antonio Denti, Reuters)
After a monthlong hospitalization, pope's condition considered stable
Certified executive chef Jim Churches, president of the American Culinary Federation's Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association and a member of St. Patrick Parish in Brighton, Mich., is seen in this undated photo. Churches told OSV News that with planning, flexibility and creativity, Lenten meals can engage the entire family and every palate. (OSV News photo/Courtesy of Jim Churches)
Lenten food 'doesn't mean boring,' says Catholic chef
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