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Pope Francis meets with approximately 6,700 children from different parts of the world during the event "Let Us Learn from Boys and Girls" in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Share joy of God's love, sow seeds of hope in world, pope tells youths
A bishop holds a program during a Nov. 14, 2022, Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore at the start of the U.S. bishops' 2022 fall plenary assembly. The historic basilica was again the worship site for the opening Mass of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2023 fall plenary assembly, which opened Nov. 13 with a morning of prayer, reflection and confession, followed by a Mass for peace at the basilica. (OSV News/CNS file, Bob Ro
U.S. bishops open fall assembly with prayer, reflection and a Mass for peace
Pope Francis greets Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., Oct. 10, 2023, in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican during the assembly of the world Synod of Bishops. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media/CPP)
Synod at halftime: Bishop Rhoades on synodality and evangelization
Sister Constance Veit, U.S. communications director for the order, the Little Sisters of the Poor, is pictured in a 2016 file photo. In a NOV. 3, 2023, statement written on behalf of members of her congregation in Nice, France, Sister Veit urged supporters join them in prayer for a sister who sustained serious head injuries when a car went out of control and hit her and another sister walking along a sidewalk Oct. 31. One sister suffered less serious injuries and was released from the hospital. Sister Veit
Little Sisters of the Poor serve neediest with care, prayer: Now one of their own needs prayers
Members of Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo hold up a sign on a banner with the colors of Argentina's flag asking Pope Francis to visit his homeland, saying "Your people await you," as they join the pope for the recitation of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Priests who minister to poor, other Argentines urge pope to visit his homeland
Pope Francis poses for a photo with members of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums during an audience in the Apostolic Palace Nov. 9, 2023. He is seated between Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the commission governing Vatican City State, and Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary-general of the commission and a member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Art can touch people's souls and bring them together, pope says
Father Rifat Bader, director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media, is pictured in a 2016 file photo with Syrian refugee children during a graduation ceremony at the Latin Patriarchate School in Naour, Jordan. Father Bader told OSV News that a Nov. 5, 2023, decision by Jordan's Council of Churches to cancel Christmas festivities amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war shows "solidarity with the people of Gaza." (OSV News photo/Dale Gavlak)
Jordan's Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with suffering Gaza
Actor Matthew Perry attending a Policy Exchange conference, "Smarter Justice: Lessons from the American problem-solving court movement." Perry, who died Oct. 28, 2023, openly discussed and wrote about his struggles with substance abuse. (OSV News photo/Policy Exchange, via Wikimedia Commons CC-SA 2.0)
Matthew Perry's surprising prayer reminds us to pray, even for the famous
Paint is seen across the front of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton, Calif., Nov. 5, 2023, in an attack of vandalism that police were investigating as a hate crime. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Stockton)
Police investigate vandalism at Stockton, Calif., cathedral as possible hate crime
Pope Francis gestures as he speaks to children from different parts of the world at an event called "Let Us Learn from Boys and Girls" in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope encourages children to speak up, work for peace
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James Wahlberg, producer of "Mother Teresa: No Greater Love" poses with Sister Szymona and Sister Jose Mercy of the Missionaries of Charity at the documentary's premiere in Radom, Poland, Oct. 19, 2023. Wahlberg, brother of Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg, was serving time in prison as a convicted drug addict when when Mother Teresa paid a visit in 1988 and changed his life. (OSV News photo/Sebastian Nycz, courtesy Knights of Columbus)
It was never about her, but about Jesus, says producer of Mother Teresa film
Priests walk in a Eucharistic procession Oct. 21, 2023, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y., during the New York State Eucharistic Congress Oct. 20-22. (OSV News photo/Jeff Witherow, Catholic Courier)
Jesus changes lives,' bishop tells 11,000 faithful at N.Y. State Eucharistic Congress
Pope Francis gives his blessing to an estimated 20,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after praying the Angelus Nov. 1, 2023, the feast of All Saints. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Learn about the lives of saints, be moved by their examples, pope says
Men carry relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during the annual Candlelight Rosary Procession from the State Capitol to the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 6, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Like Thérèse, 'be radical in love' in the face of violence, says bishop of Lisieux
A woman holds a candle outside the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 29, 2023, during a vigil for the victims of a deadly mass shooting. Robert Card, who later took his own life, shot and killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston Oct. 25. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
After mass shooting, Maine parish becomes hub of healing
Pope Francis prays the rosary for peace in St. Peter's Basilica with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis asks Mary to 'convert those who fuel and foment conflict'
Workers set down detour signs while police organize around Lisbon High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine, Oct. 26, 2023, as an active search for a gunman is underway after deadly mass shootings. A man shot and killed at least 18 people and injured 13 others at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 25, and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes. (OSV News photo/Nicholas Pfosi, Reuters)
'Three-pronged prayer' needed amid Maine mass shootings, says pastor
Catholic Charities staff and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Washington distribute boxes of nutritious grocery items to families in need in the parking lot of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception May 19, 2020. Among its seven themes, Catholic social teaching emphasizes an option for the poor and vulnerable, calling Catholics to "imitate Christ's love for the poor by working to create a society where the needs of the poor are always considered first." (OSV News photo/CNS file, Ty
Survey: Catholics aware of church's social teaching but hear little on it in parishes, dioceses
Abraham "Abe" Lucas, an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, poses outside St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Lynnwood, Wash., Sept. 3, 2023. Lucas speaks volumes about being Catholic through the images tattooed on his arms, including the Virgin Mary. (OSV News photo/Stephen Brashear, Northwest Catholic)
Seahawks offensive tackle loves the game, but Catholic faith is his 'focal point'
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France, speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
In final week, several synod cardinals look beyond assembly
Migrants rest outside the CAFEMIN shelter in Mexico City Aug. 24, 2023, near a sign on the door that says there is no more room inside. With the growing number of migrants heading toward the U.S., shelters along the route from South America to the U.S. southern border are beyond capacity to help. (OSV News/photo/Rhina Guidos, Global Sisters Report)
Amid growing numbers, tensions, Josephine sisters carry out mission to welcome migrants
Father Sengole Gnanaraj, administrator of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Richmond, Ind., says a prayer before using holy water to bless David's House in Richmond Sept. 10, 2023. Tony Talbert, looking on at right, is president of the Tri-County Good Samaritans conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which opened the center as a new ministry. (OSV News photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)
Abandoned laundromat that is now Catholic outreach center helps change lives
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the synod, is seen on a video screen as he introduces the fourth section of the working document at a session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 18, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod looks at ways to increase participation of all in mission
Children sit in the back of an ambulance at Shifa Hospital following an airstrike on the CNEWA-supported al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City Oct. 17, 2023. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Al-Masri, Reuters) EDITORS: Note graphic content.
Hospital attack evokes 'disbelief, horror,' says Catholic aid organization spokesman
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