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Cardnal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, relator general of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, exits the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican after the morning session of the synod Oct. 7, 2024. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church
Pope Francis prays the rosary for peace with members of the Synod of Bishops, pilgrims, ambassadors accredited to the Vatican and Catholics from the Diocese of Rome in the Basilica of St. Mary Major Oct. 6, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. At a press conference May 20 following his return to Jerusalem, he said he found the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City to have "steadfast faith" amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
After one year of great suffering in the Middle East, here's how to help
Maddie Hackney, who lost everything to the hurricane, pauses while looking for clothing Sept. 29, 2024, at a donation center in Steinhatchee, Fla., organized by Janalea and Garrett England at their business Steinhatchee Fish Co. in the wake of Hurricane Helene. (OSV News photo/Kathleen Flynn, Reuters)
Helene's impact across broad swath of US South leaves resources stretched thin
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Pope Francis meets with a Roma family during a meeting with diocesan leaders, both clergy and laity, May 9, 2019, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)
Pope moves to make Rome a 'living church,' not a 'museum'
A file photo shows a statue of St. Therese of Lisieux holding a crucifix and flowers at St. Anne Mission Church in Acomita, N.M., on the Acoma Indian reservation. Also known as the "Little Flower," her feast day is Oct. 1. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Saint's 'little way' is model of evangelization for Taiwan online prayer group
Members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the second day of a two-day retreat at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2024, before the start of the second synod session. (CNS screen grab/Vatican Media)
Synod members reflect on diversity, trust, before assembly opens
The monstrance is pictured during Eucharistic adoration at the July 18, 2024, second revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
New texts for Eucharistic adoration, Communion outside Mass aim to promote unity
Popular podcast host and university chaplain Father Mike Schmitz speaks to a sold-out crowd of more than 2,000 at the Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 17, 2024. He's wearing a Dodgers jersey given to him by the event's organizers with the No. 24 on it with his name on the back. Organizers also gave him a Dodgers cap with Archbishop Gomez's autograph. (OSV News photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News)
Experiencing God's mercy requires discovering one's own brokenness, priest says
Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, who is also a physician, is seen in an undated photo interacting with a medically uninsured patient at St. Mary's Legacy Clinic in Crossville, Tenn. Sister Mary Lisa, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Mich., is the recipient of Catholic Extension Society's 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award. The annual award, announced Sept. 20, 2024, is Extension's highest honor given "to people who radiate and reveal the light of Christ present in the communities where they serve." (OSV News photo/c
Woman religious who as physician treats Tennessee's uninsured receives Lumen Christi Award
Pope Francis is greeted by a group of homeless people and religious Sept. 26, 2024, as he departs the Vatican for his apostolic trip to Luxembourg and Belgium. To a surprise of the pontiff, one of the homeless men had a dog with him, which made the pope laugh as he played with the animal. (OSV News photo/courtesy Dicastery for the Service of Charity) Editors: best quality available.
For this papal trip, homeless group's traditional send-off for pontiff as he departs has twist
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. In a letter to the faithful Sept. 26, Cardinal Pizzaballa called for a day of prayer and penance on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and the start of the Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Cardinal urges day of prayer, penance on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, start of Israel-Hamas war
Father David Kennedy, pastor of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, Ky., leads the full church in applauding Decon Mike Marsili for his leadership amid the church's recovery and rebuilding, during the dedication Mass Aug. 17, 2024. The original church building was destroyed by a historic tornado on Dec. 10, 2021. (OSV News photo/Riley Greif, The Western Kentucky Catholic)
Kentucky parishioners celebrate new church replacing what 2021 tornado destroyed
Pope Francis meets with members of Italy's Guardia di Finanza, the financial police, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2024, the feast of St. Matthew, patron of the force. (CNS photos/Vatican Media)
Pope asks police to be examples of moral integrity, charity, respect
Father Moisés Lira Serafin, founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate, is pictured in an undated photo. He was beatified Sept. 14, 2024, in a ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in his native Mexico. (OSV News photo/Blessed Moisés Lira Serafín Apostle of Goodness, www.moisesliraserafin.com)
Mexican priest considered protector of the unborn beatified
High school students Richard Rappold of Conway, Ark., Yajaira Trenado of Searcy and Ashley Wagner of Jacksonville look at their phones during breakfast before a Youth Advisory Council meeting at St. John Center in Little Rock Aug. 18, 2024. (OSV News photo/Katie Zakrzewski, Arkansas Catholic)
Moms urge Catholic parents to Wait Until 8th and delay children's cellphone use
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks at a news conference at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2024, on the dicastery's approval of pilgrimages and other spiritual practices related to the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)
Vatican sees spiritual value of Medjugorje, doesn't judge it supernatural
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Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd acknowledges applause from concelebrants after the Mass celebrating his inauguration as the University of Notre Dame's 18th president in Notre Dame, Ind., on Sept. 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame)
University of Notre Dame's new president aims to be a bridge-builder
Young participants in the Sept. 17-21 Med24 meeting watch a video message by Pope Francis in Tirana, Albania, in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Tirana-Durres)
Indifference kills; be signs of hope, pope tells young people
This 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Bernardo Strozzi titled "Saint Francis in Prayer" is part of the "Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (CNS photo/courtesy National Gallery of Art)
Stigmata: The miraculous gift St. Francis wanted to hide
Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus at the Vatican Sept. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Encountering, following Jesus changes everything, pope says
U.S. Abbot Gregory Polan, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation, center, poses for a photo Sept. 9, 2024, with members of the Benedictine Congress of Abbots. Abbot Jeremias Schröder of St. Ottilien Archabbey in Eresing, Germany, left of Abbot Polan, was elected the new abbot primate Sept. 14, 2024, at Sant'Anselmo Abbey in Rome. (CNS photo/Courtesy Benedictine Confederation)
Benedictines elect new abbot primate
The Friars' Table, a monastic-themed restaurant opening this winter, is a new initiative from Cleveland Capuchin Ministries. (OSV News/image courtesy of Cleveland Capuchin Ministries)
The Friars' Table, with saint-inspired menu, aims to leave workers, diners feeling uplifted
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