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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)
What makes the St. Michael prayer so powerful?
Migrants are pictured Sept. 17, 2023, at the port on the Italian island of Lampedusa while waiting to be transferred to the mainland. (OSV New photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Residents on Italian island of Lampedusa tirelessly help migrants, cry out for more resources
A statue of St. Joseph is seen as Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican in this May 1, 2020, file photo. The Vatican has released the pope's message for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated April 25 and dedicated to St. Joseph. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Praying for vocations means understanding church's needs, pope says
Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, who died April 17, 2015, is pictured during a 2010 interview in Washington. A Sept. 14, 2023, panel at The Catholic University of America in Washington examined the cardinal's life and legacy with biographer Michael Heinlein, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez and Mary FioRito, attorney and former executive assistant to Cardinal George. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)
Cardinal George remembered for humility, compassion and brilliance at CUA panel
Thousands attend the Sept. 10, 2023, beatification Mass of the Ulma family, who were martyred in Markowa, Poland, for sheltering Jews under German occupation during World War II. Józef and Wiktoria and their seven children were proclaimed "Blessed" by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, papal envoy, who concelebrated the Mass in Markowa. The Ulmas' seventh child was born as Wiktoria was executed. (OSV News photo/Patryk Ogorzalek/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters)
Love of life, family are at the heart of the Ulmas' beatification
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Children dressed in traditional clothing arrive in procession for a Spanish-language Mass celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Suyapa, patroness of Honduras, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Feb. 5, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Observing Hispanic Heritage Month as Catholics
Melissa Dan, president of Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minn., and Aiden Kelly, a sophomore this year, hold equipment used in the school's virtual reality lab Aug. 18, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit)
Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology
Emergency workers look for survivors in Amizmiz, Morocco, Sept, 10, 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly magnitude 6.8 earthquake. An aftershock rattled Moroccans that day as they mourned victims of the nation's strongest earthquake in more than a century Sept. 8, killing more than 2,000 people, a number that is expected to rise. (OSV News photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters)
Church in Morocco, pope offer prayers after quake; death toll rises to more than 2,800
Brother Eric Kalimbiriro Kadalikashereza renews his vows and is blessed by Crosier Father Laurentius Tarpin, master general of the order, during a special Mass at Holy Cross Priory in Onamia, Minn., Aug. 18, 2023. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
Congolese religious brothers celebrate vows at Crosiers' Minnesota priory
This is the official logo for a nine-month U.S. tour of a relic of St. Jude the Apostle that begins in Chicago Sept. 9, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy Father Carlos Martins)
Relic of St. Jude, apostle and patron of desperate causes, begins US tour
Women weep while they attend the last Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Peace in New York in this file photo dated July 31, 2015. Seventeen Catholic churches across New York City celebrated their last Masses that day as the Archdiocese merged 112 of its 368 parishes into 55, in part because of a shift in Catholic population in some areas. (OSV News photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
How to heal after your parish merges or closes
Wiktoria Ulma (holding a child) stands with her six children in front of their house in Markowa, Poland, in this undated photo. (The identity of the woman standing next to Wiktoria is not known.) The Ulma family and Jews they were sheltering were murdered by the Germans March 24, 1944, when the Nazi occupiers were informed that Jews are sheltered in their home. Wiktoria and her husband, Józef, their seven children (including the couple's unborn baby) will be beatified Sept. 10, 2023, in Markowa. (OSV News p
Polish family's beatification highlights debate over church's wartime role
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight back to Rome from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 4, 2023, after a four-day visit to the Asian country. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Synod assembly won't be secret, but won't be open to press, pope says
Members of United Mine Workers of America and other labor leaders bow in prayer while picketing July 28, 2021, outside BlackRock's headquarters in New York City as part of the union's strike at Warrior Met Coal Mine. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)
Americans are talking about labor issues, unions more now than in recent past, experts say
Rock formations and mountains are pictured near Los Alamos, N.M., Nov. 21, 2020. Opening with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1, 2023, the Season of Creation is a monthlong ecumenical period for prayer and action to promote ecological principles. It ends Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis Assisi. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)
US Catholic dioceses are leading the 'green revolution' championed by popes
Workers repair utility lines in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui Aug. 15, 2023. (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
Amid ongoing recovery after wildfires, getting children back to school is a priority, principal says
Ken and Tina Kruse stand next to their apartment in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Aug. 30, 2023, after the area was flooded by the Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm. It unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. (OSV News photo/Greg Lovett, USA Today Network via Reuters)
As 'hands and feet of Christ,' Catholic Charities helps Floridians ravaged by Idalia
A suicide prevention sign is pictured on a protective fence on the walkway of the George Washington Bridge in New York City Jan. 12, 2022. (OSV News photo/Mike Segar, Reuters)
Mental health crisis demands church's integrated response, says Virginia bishop
Flathead Lake near Rollins, Montana, is seen in this file photo from July 24, 2023. Pope Francis announced he will release a new document on the environment Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)
Pope confirms 'second Laudato Si'' will be an apostolic exhortation
Late evening sun illuminates rock formations at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 23, 2020. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Laudato Si' Animators Program forms Catholic advocates for 'ecological conversion'
Students in "Little Chefs" program prepare a pizza luncheon during the July 17-20, 2023, summer camp at Donovan Catholic High School in Toms River, N.J., in the Trenton Diocese. Each of the four half-day programs enabled the future chefs, students in grades four to eight, to build culinary skills as well as practice their writing and creativity. (OSV News photo/courtesy Donovan Catholic High School)
'Little Chefs' program teaches grade schoolers life skill in atmosphere of fun, faith
Pope Francis talks to visitors about Our Lady of Guadalupe and the importance of inculturating the faith during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 23, 2023. Msgr. Leonardo Sapienza, an official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household, looks on. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Guadalupe shows how faith is shared simply, with respect, pope says
A family mourns on Independence Day in Lviv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2023, as they visit the tomb of a relative, a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in a fight against Russian troops amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Roman Baluk, Reuters)
Ukraine's Independence Day 'like a July 4th,' says archbishop
Deacon Michael East witnesses the exchange of wedding vows of Blake Davidson, right, a grandson of Deacon East, and Lacy Joslin Oct. 26, 2019, at St. Ambrose Church in Seymour, Ind. (OSV News photo/courtesy family)
New prep program, modeled after ‘catechumenate,' aims to strengthen marriages in faith 
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