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Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally smiles at the end of the confirmation of her election at St Paul's Cathedral in London Jan. 28, 2026, where she officially became the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and is the first woman to lead the Church of England in its 1,400-year history. (OSV News photo/Isabel Infantes, Reuters)
First woman to lead Church of England in its 1,400-year history confirmed in ceremony
Eyma Scharen, who plays St. Bernadette, and other cast members appear on stage in the musical "Bernadette of Lourdes." Following a successful tour in Europe, the newly developed English version of the French musical about Bernadette Soubirous will open in Chicago Feb. 19, 2026, and run through March 15 at the Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture before touring nationwide. Preview performances will be held Feb. 12-18.(OSV News photo/Fathom Productions)
New musical on life of St. Bernadette, Lourdes visionary, begins US tour in Chicago
People gather at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis Jan. 25, 2026, at the site where a man was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him Jan. 24. Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis, along with other Church leaders, have called for peace amid growing tensions. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)
Catholic leaders call for peace, prayer after second person killed in Minneapolis by federal agents
Pope Leo XIV speaks as he leads an ecumenical evening prayer service at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls Jan. 25, 2026, as he closed the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. All Christians are called to invite everyone to trust in Christ, who enlightens and consoles, Pope Leo said. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
All Christians must humbly, joyfully invite others to trust in God, pope says
Young pro-life advocates display signs during the 53rd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/Aaron Schwartz, Reuters)
Marchers celebrate the unique gift of life at 53rd annual March for Life
Second-graders Valentina Castro, Camilla Jardeleza and Zoe Shuffer work in a science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, program at Assumption of the Virgin Mary School in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 15, 2025. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
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The facade of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is seen Dec. 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Ludovic Marin/Reuters)
Archdiocese of Paris convenes council in response to historic rise in catechumens
Biblical king David, voice of Brandon Engman in youth, is pictured in a scene from the animated film "David." The OSV News classification is A-I – general patronage. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (OSV News photo/Angel Studios)
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Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby from the popemobile before an audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 31, 2025, for the Jubilee of the World of Education. On the eve of the 2026 March for Life in Washington Jan. 22, Pope Leo issued a message to participants, expressing his deep gratitude for their "eloquent public witness" and imparting his apostolic blessing. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo sends 'warm greetings,' apostolic blessing to March for Life participants
Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland, the longtime personal secretary of St. John Paul II is seen in a 2018 file photo. Cardinal Dziwisz celebrated the Jan. 17, 2026, funeral Mass for Angelo Gugel, the pontifical butler and witness to modern papal history, who stood silently behind St. John Paul for nearly three decades and contributed to saving the pope on the day of the assasination attempt in 1981. Gugel died Jan. 14 at age 90. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
A silent life behind three popes: Farewell to Angelo Gugel, the iconic papal butler
Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pa., speaks at The Catholic University of America in Washington in this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo. He is chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Catholic co-chair of the Holy See's International Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue committee, part of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Bishop Bambera: Christian unity is 'vital' and 'not an add-on'
An attendee holds a poster during the 52nd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2025. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
'Life Is a Gift': How to embrace the March for Life's 2026 theme
Pope Leo XIV blesses two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026, the feast of St. Agnes. The lambs are bound and placed in baskets to prevent them from running away. The wool from the lambs is used to make the palliums worn by new metropolitan archbishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
In a moment of Vatican sweetness, Pope Leo receives lambs in ancient St. Agnes tradition
Caregivers push the sick and disabled at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France in this May 16, 2014, file photo. In a message for the Feb. 11 World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis emphasized a patient-centered approach to medical care. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Everyone can be a good Samaritan, pope says in message for world's sick
Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey; Blase J. Cupich of Chicago; and Robert W. McElroy of Washington, D.C., are pictured together. The three cardinals issued a joint statement on January 19, 2026, regarding the morality of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration, particularly with respect to Greenland, Ukraine, and Venezuela. (OSV News Archives/Simone Orendain, Mihoko Owada/The Catholic Standard, CNS Photo/Kendall McLaren)
 US cardinals call for 'genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation'
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal and now retired archbishop of Washington, greets a young man after concelebrating the Diocese of Phoenix's annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mass Jan. 17, 2026, at Xavier College Preparatory High School's Chapel of Our Lady in central Phoenix. Smiling at right is Phoenix Bishop John P. Dolan. (OSV News photo/Brett Meister, courtesy Diocese of Phoenix)
Rev. King reminded us there is no 'faking our life in Christ,' Cardinal Gregory says
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., addresses attendees at an evening retreat titled "A Wounded Church: Finding Peace and Healing" at St. John the Baptist in New Brighton, Minn., Jan. 12, 2026. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
'Evil wounds us,' but healing can come from Jesus during daily prayer, bishop says
Sue Kohl, Msgr. Liam Kidney and Paola Sessarego during a visit to the site of Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades, Calif., in Dec. 2025. Behind them are multiple rebuilt homes under construction following the devastating fires. Tens of thousands of people were impacted after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton blazes began Jan. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Reese Cuevas, Angelus)
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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are pictured in a combination photo. Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 19, Archbishop Coakley urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to be "drum majors for justice" in their own communities, drawing on the Civil Rights leader's words and the Church's Gospel mission in a Jan. 13, 2026, statement released by the USCCB. (OSV News photo/Bob roller/LBJ Library)
USCCB president exhorts faithful to heed MLK's call to be 'a drum major for justice'
Pope Leo XIV meets relatives of victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire at the Vatican Jan. 15, 2026. The New Year's night fire claimed the lives of 40 people and injured 116 in the Swiss resort tragedy. The pontiff was "deeply moved and shocked" to meet the families. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo comforts families of victims of Swiss Crans-Montana tragic bar fire
A hunter's moon rises behind a statue of St. Francis of Assisi on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wis., Oct 8, 2022. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, CNS)
Pope sets Jubilee to mark 800th year since St. Francis' death; saint's body to be displayed
Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy is pictured in an undated photo. Father McCarthy was elected prior provincial of the Chicago-based Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel Dec. 22, 2025, in a vote by 73 friars from the Midwest, Canada and the Chulacanas Vicariate of northern Peru, according to the province secretary. (OSV News photo/courtesy Midwest Augustinians)
Prior provincial-elect of Midwest Augustinians looks to growth and the 'Leo effect'
Pope Leo XIV joins Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and other Christian leaders for an ecumenical prayer service in Iznik, Turkey, Nov. 28, 2025. The gathering marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, convened in 325 A.D., which produced the Nicene Creed and defined foundational Christian doctrine. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative
Matt Stommes works with his twin daughters, Etta and Esme, at at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Jan. 10, 2026, for FletcherFest in honor of Fletcher Merkel, who died in an Aug. 27, 2025, shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis. The event featured food, games and socializing as people celebrated Fletcher's life. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
FletcherFest celebrates young legacy of student killed in shooting at all-school Mass
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