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A printed copy of the "Instrumentum Laboris," or working document, for the world Synod of Bishops on synodality is seen in the Vatican press office June 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
U.S. bishops encourage Catholics to 'read, pray and discuss' Synod on Synodality working document
Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022, is pictured praying with Mustafa Cagrici, the grand mufti of Istanbul, as he visits the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2006. A pectoral cross given by pope when he resigned in 2013 to the parish church of St. Oswald in Traunstein, Germany, was reported stolen by police June 20, 2023. (OSV News photo/Anatolian News Agency via Reuters)
Late pope's pectoral cross stolen from Catholic church in Traunstein, Germany
Pope Francis blesses a four-foot-tall monstrance, a chalice and a paten as Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., looks on during an audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace June 19, 2023. The blessing took place during the pope's meeting with members of the organizing committees of the U.S. National Eucharistic Congress and Eucharistic Revival. (CNS screengrab/Vatican Media)
Adore Jesus' real presence in the Eucharist, pope tells U.S. Catholics
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston prepares to vote June 16, 2023, during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' spring plenary assembly in Orlando, Fla. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
U.S. bishops advance pastoral initiatives to strengthen church amid discussions on Eucharist, priesthood, synodality
Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people in Asuncion, Paraguay, in this July 12, 2015, file photo. The pope has chosen the theme, "In old age they will still bear fruit" (Psalm 92:15), for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly July 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope: Visit grandparents, elderly, bring joy to their hearts
Pope Francis meets Archbishop Georg Gänswein, personal secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican in this May 19, 2023, file photo. Pope Francis has directed Archbishop Gänswein to return to his home diocese of Freiburg in southwest Germany without an assignment by July 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope sends predecessor's longtime secretary home without assignment
Father Seamus Griesbach, center in vestments, leads hundreds of parishioners in a Eucharistic procession through Portland, Maine, on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 11, 2023. The priest is rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland and pastor of three parishes. The procession helped the Diocese of Portland and other U.S. dioceses launch the parish year of the U.S. bishops' National Eucharistic Revival. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Portland)
Eucharistic processions on Corpus Christi around U.S. promote devotion to Real Presence
In this undated photo, students at the Polytechnic University of Turin work on "Spei Satelles," a small CubeSat satellite they built, which was launched into space June 12, 2023. The satellite carries a "nano" version of Pope Francis' book, "Why Are You Afraid? Have You No Faith?" It is also built to send signals back to earth for ham radio operators to hear the pope's messages of hope and peace. The "Spei Satelles" project is promoted by the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. (CNS photo/courtesy of Vatic
Pope's message of hope launched into space to orbit Earth
Mónica Santamarina, president general of WUCWO, poses for a photograph at WUCWO's Vatican offices June 1, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Don't stop at synod: Continue participating, says Catholic women's leader
A statue of St. John Paul II is seen outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital June 8, 2023, where Pope Francis is staying after undergoing surgery to treat a hernia June 7. Because of his frequent visits over his three-decade pontificate, the Polish pope affectionately called the hospital "the third Vatican" after his second "home" at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)
Pope thanks well-wishers for prayers; Vatican says recovery going smoothly
Deacon Francis Cuffie is vested by Msgr. Joseph Malagreca during his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 25, 2019. The estimated number of permanent deacons in active ministry in U.S. was 13,695 in 2022, the lowest amount since 2011, according to results of new CARA survey. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Gregory A. Shemitz)
Survey: permanent deacon numbers in U.S. expected 'to remain stable' but continue slow decline
A woman places flowers among crosses in a memorial set up outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to honor the 19 students and two teachers killed there May 24, 2022, in a mass shooting. People gathered at the memorial May 24, 2023, one year after the shooting. Father Daniel Carson, the pastor of St. Peter's Parish on Capitol Hill in Washington seen at right in the background of this photo, joined people praying there. He was among 14 parish leaders from across the United States who participated in
Trip to Uvalde, Texas, leaves Capitol Hill pastor 'still processing' how deep community's trauma remains
Pope Francis speaks to the organizers of the Green & Blue Festival during an audience at the Vatican June 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope: Quick change of course necessary to beat climate change
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, papal envoy to Ukraine, gestures during a meeting in Kyiv with Ukraine's parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets on June 5, 2023. Earlier in the day Cardinal Zuppi visited Kyiv's suburb of Bucha where hundreds of Ukrainian civilians died under Russian occupation in the spring of 2022. (OSV News/courtesy Ombudsman of Ukraine)
Papal envoy meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv amid destruction of critical dam that flooded south of country
Shia LaBeouf stars in the new drama "Padre Pio.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.(OSV News photo/Gravitas Ventures)
Shia LaBeouf: 'I fell in love with Christ' to portray Padre Pio on screen
The Cruz-Lay family from Australia poses for a photo in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican May 30, 2023, the day the Vatican announced the launch of the Family Global Compact. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Vatican launches compact for families with pope's support
A record number of 16,000 Catholics participate in the 41st annual traditional Catholic Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, organized May 27-29, 2023, under theme "Eucharist Salvation of Souls." Some 1,500 foreigners from 27 countries participated this year, including a group of Catholics from the U.S., Canada and Australia. (OSV News photo/courtesy Notre-Dame de Chrétienté)
Record number of Catholics walk in annual pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, pictured in a file photo, was named chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism May 10, 2023. Ahead of the U.S. bishops' meeting in Orlando, Fla., June 14-16, Bishop Perry recently spoke with OSV News about his new role. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
New head of bishops' anti-racism committee praises investigations into racist histories, champions Black Catholic saint causes
People stand outside looking at a partially collapsed apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, May 28, 2023. The Quad-City Times reported that a ninth person was rescued the following day as some residents remain unaccounted for and officials made plans to demolish the remaining structure. (OSV News photo/John Blunk, courtesy The Catholic Messenger)
Victims of apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, turn to nearby Catholic church
Pope Francis sprinkles holy water at the beginning of his Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope on Pentecost: Synod is journey in the Spirit, not 'a parliament'
Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain, is pictured celebrating Mass from the hood of a jeep Oct. 7, 1950, in South Korea. A candidate for sainthood, he died May 23, 1951, in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. A new 15-minute film from the Knights of Columbus titled "The Magazine and the Miracle: Finding Father Kapaun" traces the journey of Father Kapaun's mortal remains from a shallow grave in the prisoner-of-war camp where he died to their eventual return to his home Diocese of of Wichita, Kan.
Knights' film on chaplain's faith, heroism traces how his remains were returned home 70 years after his death
The exhumed body of Sister Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, lies in repose in the church at the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Mo., May 21, 2023. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)
Missouri Benedictine foundress, whose remains have been claimed to be incorrupt, recounted childhood visions of Jesus, Mary
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy delivers remarks during a news conference at the White House in Washington July 15, 2021. Murthy released a 21-page advisory May 23, 2023, that called for "emergency action at all levels over youth social media usage for the sake of their mental health." (OSV News photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters)
Experts hail U.S. surgeon general's social media warning for youth mental health
Pope Francis waves at a participant during a meeting of Scholas Occurentes, an educational initiative, held at the Augustinianum Institute for Patristic Studies in Rome May 25, 2023. Julian Vaqueiro, a Telemundo journalist seen in front holding a microphone, was the event's master of ceremonies, and spoke with Pope Francis in an interview released May 25. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is 'serious problem'
Pope Francis uses incense as he venerates a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 13, 2017. The Vatican announced the pope will return to Fatima Aug. 5 while in Portugal for World Youth Day. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis adds Fátima visit to World Youth Day trip
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