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Dorothy Day was "a great witness to faith, hope and charity in the 20th century," a woman who loved the Catholic Church despite the flaws of its members and who knew that serving God meant serving the poor and working for justice, Pope Francis wrote.
Pope: Dorothy Day's life shows evangelizing power of charity, witness, love
New seminarians and staff from the Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome, wave and cheer as Pope Francis greets them after reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
'Rigidity is bad, but firmness is good,' pope says at Angelus
The ruins of business and homes are pictured in the ravaged town of Lahaina, Hawaii, on the island of Maui Aug.15, 2023. Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva is urging the faithful of the diocese to "come together and provide unwavering support" to those who have lost everything in the Maui wildfires that destroyed Lahaina and damaged other communities Aug. 8 and 9. (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
'Miraculous' survival of Maui Catholic church seen as sign of hope amid wildfire destruction
The Miracle Club
The Miracle Club
Wiktoria Ulma, the wife of Józef Ulma, poses for a picture with one of the couple's children. The Ulmas secretly gave shelter to eight Jews for almost two years in German-occupied Poland, hiding them from the murderous Nazi regime during the Second World War. The Nazis killed the family and the Jews they were sheltering early in the morning March 24, 1944, right before Easter. The Vatican declared the Ulma family martyrs Dec. 17, 2022, and they will be beatified Sept. 10, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy Poli
Village in Poland prepares for Ulma family's beatification, tells story of their heroism in face of Nazis
One of the new crowns imposed Aug. 15, 2023, on the image of Our Lady of Koden in eastern Poland is seen in this photo. The day, the feast of the Assumption, marked the 300th anniversary of the first crowning of the miraculous image. The people of the Podlaskie region, having experienced graces from Our Lady of Koden, wanted the image to be crowned with new jewels and they paid for them. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sanctuary of Our Lady of Koden)
Our Lady of Koden, a statue once stolen from pope, gets new crowns 300 years after first coronation
Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to pray the Angelus Aug. 15, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope entrusts prayers for peace to Mary, assumed into heaven
Pope Francis, seated in his wheelchair, blesses a young man seated in a wheelchair at the end of his weekly general audience Aug. 9, 2023, in the Vatican audience hall. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
WYD pilgrims showed the world faith can lead to peace, pope says
Shoppers at a supermarket in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, find shelves lacking items in this undated photo amid a regional food shortage. The shortage is the result of a blockade in the Lachin corridor linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated enclave surrounded by Azerbaijan. (OSV News photo/courtesy Siranush Sargsyan, via ONE magazine)
Catholic agencies say blockade is creating humanitarian crisis in contested region of Caucasus
Sisters of Life
Honored by Knights, Sisters of Life founding superior shares 'secret of loving' behind a culture of life
WYD 2023
Indiana youth reflect on 'life-changing' experience in Lisbon
Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal, left, welcomes Pope Francis to the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon for vespers with Portuguese bishops, priests, deacons, religious, seminarians and pastoral workers Aug. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Awaken the 'weary' church by becoming 'restless,' pope says in Portugal
At Immaculate Conception Church in Clarksville, Tenn., Victoria Sanchez, 9, looks over an exhibition created and designed by Blessed Carlo Acutis that explains every Eucharistic miracle documented around the world. The 156-poster display is currently being shown on five different continents and has miracles listed across 20 countries and witnessed by multiple saints and beatified individuals. (OSV News photo/Katie Peterson, Tennessee Register)
Beatified teen's Eucharistic miracles display inspires devotion in Tennessee youths, adults
Flames rise next to a firefighting truck as a wildfire burns near the village of Vati, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25, 2023. Heat waves all over the globe have seen Greece, Italy and Spain record all-time high temperatures with the heat index in several Middle Eastern countries reaching 152 degrees Fahrenheit, near the limit of human survival. (OSV News photo, Nicolas Economou, Reuters)
As record heat scorches the globe, climate advocates urge Catholics to take action
Sister Giovana of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (squatting) joins Sister Samaritan of Scourged Love (left) and Sister Maria Clara of the Crucified in giving food to a man near Lexington Market in Baltimore May 3, 2023. (OSV News Photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)
Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ bring love to troubled streets
Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Brooklyn, N.Y., blesses the congregation with holy water as he celebrates a send-off Mass at Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, N.Y., July 23, 2023, for the more than 300 pilgrims from his diocese who will attend World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1-6. Bishop Brennan will be among the nearly 29,000 U.S. pilgrims and more than 60 U.S. bishops who will attend the worldwide gathering. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
US set to have fifth largest delegation at World Youth Day
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor performs on stage during the Positivus music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia, July 18, 2009. The July 26, 2023, death of the acclaimed 56-year-old singer and songwriter has seen an outpouring of tributes from all walks of Irish life. (OSV News photo/Ints Kalnins, Reuters)
Sinéad O'Connor, iconic Irish singer and victim of child abuse, dies at 56
Pope Francis, alongside a young person who was going to attend World Youth Day and his grandmother, speaks to visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before praying the Angelus July 23, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Open yourself to God, pope tells marginalized youth ahead of WYD
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, addresses Pope Francis in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace during the bishops' "ad limina" visits to the Vatican in this Nov. 17, 2022, file photo .
Vatican officials meet German bishops to continue dialogue on Synodal Path
Pope Francis greets 100-year-old Lucilla Macelli before celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, marking World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly July 23, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope to young people: To tackle life's ups and downs, look to the elderly
Women bring offertory gifts to the altar during the African National Eucharistic Congress Unity Mass July 22, 2023, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (OSV News photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Archdiocese of Washington)
Eucharist should inspire work for justice, Cardinal Gregory says at Unity Mass for African National Eucharistic Congress
Kathleen Mishow of Gitchitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis holds a shawl with a picture of her daughter, Kateri Marie Mishow, sewn on the back during the first day of the Tekakwitha Conference July 20, 2023, in Bloomington, Minn. Kateri has been missing since 2007. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Tekakwitha Conference opens with calls to protect Indigenous women and girls from violence
Vitya, a retired music teacher seen in this photo from June 29, 2023, became an unlikely catechist after Russian troops occupied his village near Borodyanka, Ukraine, for several weeks. He sheltered a woman raped by a Russian soldier and taught her and husband prayers; he also tried to "plant a seed" of humanity in the hearts of the Russian soldiers with whom he spoke. (OSV News/Gina Christian)
Invoking Mary's protection, Ukrainian villager shared faith under brutal occupation
Metropolitan Police Department personnel are seen Dec. 10, 2019, on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington. The Catholic University of America has requested emergency meetings with Metropolitan Police, following off-campus attacks July 13 and July 17, 2023, days after a Kentucky teacher was killed in front of a university building. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Catholic University calls for emergency meetings with Washington police after nearby attacks
Pope Francis poses for a photo with children in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall July 18, 2023. About 250 children of Vatican employees are attending a summer program July 3-Aug. 4. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope visits summer camp for kids of Vatican employees
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