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A mother carries her severely malnourished son at Samre Hospital in the Tigray region of Ethiopia June 23, 2023. Malnutrition is widespread due to the suspension of food aid by the U.N. World Food Program and the U.S. Agency for International Development. By Oct. 10 the food aid resumed. The U.N.'s celebration of World Food Day was Oct. 16. (OSV News photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)
As nations mark World Food Day, Catholic bishop in Ethiopia highlights persistent hunger
Pilgrims from the Diocese of Arlington, Va., pray in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Oct. 10, 2023. Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the church as fighting continued in southern Israel. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)
Oct. 17 is day of prayer, fasting for peace in Holy Land
Msgr. Pasquale Iacobone, president of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology, gives a tour of Rome's Catacombs of St. Sebastian to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops' conference, and Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, as part of a pilgrimage with participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 12, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pilgrim path: Synod participants journey to roots of faith in Rome
St. John Paul II smiles during a 1980 visit to Paris in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Giancarlo Giuliani, CPP)
Papal collaborators recall Polish pope as 'a witness of inexhaustible faith'
Family and friends mourn Danielle, 25, and Noam, 26, an Israeli couple who were killed in a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza as they attended a festival, as they are buried next to each other during their funeral in Kiryat Tivon, Israel, Oct. 12, 2023. The Israel-Hamas war so far has claimed more than 2,600 lives. (OSV News photo/Shir Torem, Reuters)
Israeli families missing loved ones wait for proof of life; patriarch appeals for prayer, fasting
Participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops attend Mass presided over by Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod is "new Pentecost" that will renew the church, cardinal says
Sister Grazia Loparco, a Salesian sister of St. John Bosco, poses for a photograph at the Jesuit-run Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome Oct. 9, 2023. She is a professor of church history at Rome's Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences "Auxilium." (CNS photo/Carol Glatz)
Despite prejudices, many Catholics helped rescue Jews in Nazi-occupied Italy
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Pope condemns terrorism, but expresses concern for Gaza civilians
An Israeli soldier patrols near a police station in Sderot, Israel, Oct. 8, 2023, which was destroyed following a mass infiltration by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip. The attacks have left at least 600 Israelis dead, among them civilians and dozens of soldiers and police who were killed battling the Hamas fighters, and more than 2,000 people are injured. (OSV News photo/Ronen Zvulun, Reuters)
Jerusalem church leaders call for peace following deadly Hamas attack
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of the synod, listens as Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general, introduces the beginning of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops' work in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 9, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod call to communion can help a fractured world, theologian says
Caption: Father Carlos Saligumba, pastor of Christ the King Church in Wonder Lake, Ill., poses with John Shiel and Dave Zeiger at a sign for the St. Francis prairie restoration project, which was 22 years in the making. About 20 people gathered Sept. 24, 2023, for the dedication of the project to St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology and animals. (OSV News photo/Megan Peterson for The Observer)
Illinois parish dedicates a prairie restoration project to St. Francis of Assisi
 Pope Francis prays in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall at the beginning of a working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synodal silence: Pope says church must pause, 'fast' from public words
Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis, stands in front of her late son's body, entombed in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 1, 2020. Antonia Acutis spoke at gatherings in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington and Texas during a Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2023, tour. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino)
Bishop O'Connell of Trenton, N.J., dedicates new Diocesan Shrine of Blessed Carlo Acutis
This is the illustration included in the materials for the U.S. bishops' Respect Life Month 2023. The U.S. Catholic Church celebrates Respect Life Month every October. (OSV News photo/courtesy USCCB)
'Radical solidarity' with women in need means being the 'hands and feet of Jesus,' pro-life leaders say
Rescue team members are pictured near Santa Cruz Church in Madero, Mexico, after the roof collapsed Oct. 1, 2023, during a Mass and baptismal service. At lease 10 people died and another 60 people were injured in the collapse, with 23 remaining hospitalized. (OSV News photo/El Citadino via Reuters) MANDATORY CREDIT. NO ARCHIVES. MUST DISCARD 30 DAYS AFTER DOWNLOAD.
Roof collapse at Mexican church kills 10 during baptism celebration
A monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament is displayed on the altar during a Holy Hour at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City July 13, 2023. The liturgy was hosted by the Sisters of Life, who are sponsoring similar opportunities for Eucharistic adoration in Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington during the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
CARA study shows positive signs of Catholic belief in Eucharist, but underscores need for revival
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, delivers the homily during the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 19, 2023, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Bishops' pro-life chair calls for 'radical solidarity' with pregnant, parenting women
Basilian Sister Lucia Murashko, right, speaks with volunteer Denys Kuprikov at the Basilian monastery in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Feb. 7, 2023. Catholic Extension, a Chicago-based nonprofit, announced Sept. 27 that it has named the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great as the 2023-2024 recipients of its highest honor, the Lumen Christi Award. (OSV News photo/Konstantin Chernichkin, CNEWA)
Basilian Sisters given Catholic Extension's top honor for 'powerful witness' amid peril in Ukraine
Newly ordained deacons from the Pontifical North American College carry offertory gifts during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
18 U.S. seminarians ordained deacons in St. Peter's Basilica
Jen Fulwiler, a standup comic, bestselling author and mother of six, is pictured in an undated publicity photo. Fulwiler told OSV News that her brand of Catholic observational comedy is the fruit of "an enormous amount of work" and deep faith. (OSV News photo/Tigerman Management)
'Hard work' of standup comedy a labor of love, faith for Jen Fulwiler
Richard Carrillo poses Aug. 9, 2023, in front of the altar in the chapel of St. John Neumann Church, Miami, where he directs the choir. He's organizing a Mass that blends Aztec and European heritages, "Mass of the Americas," by Los Angeles composer Frank La Rocca, and it will have its Miami premiere the evening of Oct. 3 at Epiphany Church, also in Miami. (OSV News photo/Jim Davis, Florida Catholic)
For student, producing 'Mass of the Americas' blends a faith experience with music experience
This is an original copy of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's "The Following of Christ" (commonly translated as "The Imitation of Christ”). The book testifies to her love of Jesus and the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Pennsylvania agreed to loan it to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., for display in the shrine's new $4 million museum and visitors center opening Sept. 22, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)
'The Following of Christ': The 'hidden' book that helped make Mother Seton a saint
Pope Francis greets the crowd from the popemobile as he arrives for Mass at the Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille, France, Sept. 23, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Take leap of faith and dare to love your family, those in need, pope says
Pope Francis receives a stuffed bear, a symbol of Ukraine's suffering, from Andrii Yurash, Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 22, 2023. The bear survived a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, that killed 46 people, including three children, and wounded 75 others. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Ambassador gives pope a stuffed bear as symbol of 'suffering Ukraine'
A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is seen at the Church of St. Michael in New York City in this file photo from October of 2017. (OSV News Photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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