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A depiction of a woman leaping into the new year with enthusiasm. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Hassan)
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Pope Francis greets children dressed as the Magi as he accepts the offertory gifts during Mass for the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and World Peace Day on New Year's Day in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Church and world must 'respect, defend, esteem' women, pope says
Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder of Nassau, Bahamas, meets with a Catholic Charities and Catholic communications delegation at his offices to discuss recovery progress following the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Dorian struck the Bahamas in early September of that year and has been characterized as the worst cyclone to ever strike the islands, with sustained winds of 185 mph. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)
Miami delegation assesses progress in Bahamas since 2019 hurricane
Pope Francis blows out the candles on his birthday cake in this file photo from an audience with children assisted by the Vatican's pediatric clinic in the Paul VI Audience Hall Dec. 17, 2023, his 87th birthday. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Papal calendar for 2024: Not full, but puts spotlight on major events
Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes during a meeting with UNITALSI, an Italian Catholic association that organizes pilgrimages for the sick and for people with disabilities, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Dec. 14, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
The pope's 2023: A year of health challenges, travel and the synod
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, arrive in Bethlehem, on the West Bank, Dec. 24, 2023, to mark Christmas celebrations at a difficult time for Palestinian Christians amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
'Jesus, you take over,' papal envoy cried out in Bethlehem amid wartime Christmas celebrations
New York Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen, right, consoles the daughters of Hamas hostage Ron Benjamin Dec. 13, 2023. Benjamin, 53, was kidnapped by Hamas fighters Oct. 7 while riding his bicycle not far from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. (OSV News photo/Steven Schwankert, The Good Newsroom)
'Don't give up,' NY bishop urges survivors of Hamas attack, families of hostages
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Pope Francis poses for a photo with Msgr. Armando Matteo, left, secretary of the doctrinal section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, dicastery prefect, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 18, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Doctrinal dicastery explains how, when gay couples can be blessed
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd during his Christmas "urbi et orbi" -- to the city and to the world -- message and blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2009. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Remembering, and missing, Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis gets a hug from a girl playing an angel in a living Nativity scene in Rome after an audience Dec. 16, 2023, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Celebrating the Incarnation, remember Bethlehem, too, pope says
A billboard towering over Fort Street near Cass Avenue in downtown Detroit, pictured Dec. 13, 2023, encourages drivers and passersby to discover Jesus' presence in the holy Eucharist. Part of the Detroit Archdiocese's I AM HERE campaign, the billboard invited viewers to visit the website iamhere.org to discover its message -- about Jesus -- and find testimonials of individuals whose lives have been changed by Eucharistic adoration. The billboard was on display from Nov. 14 to mid-December, but the I AM HERE
'I AM HERE' campaign invites all to discover Christ's real presence in Eucharist
Christmas baking begins in earnest during the Advent season, but how many of us think a Christmas cookie is just a cookie if eaten early? (OSV News photo/Jill Wellington, Pixabay)
Making spirits bright when you won't be home for the holidays
Ally Nelson, who lost everything in her home, is consoled by Jonelle Brooks in Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 10, 2023, after a tornado swept through the town. Tennessee officials are assessing the damage after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms roared across the state Dec. 9, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured, multiple buildings destroyed and power outages. (OSV News photo/Kevin Wurm, Reuters)
Tennessee tornadoes strike nearly to the day of 2021 deadly storm
Len Vanden Bos, chaplain of the Buffalo Bills, is pictured in an undated photo praying with a player. While an Orchard Park-based Catholic priest frequently leads Saturday-evening Masses for the Catholics on the team, Vanden Bos - a nondenominational Christian - is entrusted with the task of providing pastoral care for the team on a daily basis. (OSV News photo/courtesy Len Vanden Bos)
Backed by Catholic clergy, Buffalo Bills chaplain provides rare full-time pastoral care
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Can one Mass satisfy my Sunday and Christmas obligation in 2023?
An Oct. 19, 2023, photo shows Father Allen Kuss, pastor of St. Patrick Patrick in Edina, Minn., and Don Keller, a retired medical illustrator, standing in front of the diorama they created of Bethlehem that includes a Nativity scene. Their approach was to show a busy and bustling city of Bethlehem that would have been filled with many people at the time of Christ's birth. The diorama opened for public display in St. Patrick Church Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and will be on view through F
Diorama places Nativity scene amid a busy, bustling Bethlehem at time of Jesus' birth
St. John Paul II smiles during a 1980 visit to Paris in this file photo. Relics of the Polish saint have been permanently enshrined in St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Kyiv, Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Giancarlo Giuliani, CPP)
Kyiv parish enshrines St. John Paul II relics as sign of 'strength to endure' persecution
The Christmas tree is lighted in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope marks 800th anniversary of Nativity scene, asks prayers for Holy Land
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., then chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, gives a presentation on the National Eucharistic Revival and the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress speaks during a Nov. 15, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Bishop hopes to see 'hearts set on fire' with Eucharistic love at 2024 congress
Country music star Craig Morgan, a parishioner of St. Christopher Church in Dickson, Tenn., is pictured in an undated publicity photo. Morgan, who joined the Catholic Church in 2017, a year after his wife and two sons joined the church, recently spoke with the Tennessee Register, Nashville's diocesan newspaper, about his faith journey, his newly released extended-play album and his decision to reenlist in the Army Reserve. Previously, he spent nearly 18 years on active duty and in reservist service from 198
Country star Craig Morgan shares his journey of faith to becoming Catholic
A firefighter salutes Mary after placing a wreath of flowers on a statue near the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2023, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis was to pray at the statue later in the day, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope asks Mary to watch over Ukrainians, Palestinians, Israelis
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A police officer is seen in a screenshot with his weapon drawn as students with their hands up evacuate the campus following a shooting at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas Dec. 6, 2023. A gunman who opened fire on the campus, killing three people and wounding a fourth before being shot dead by police, was a professor who unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. (OSV News photo/Instagram, ryaananthonyyy vi
Las Vegas archbishop is 'holding close' victims of university mass shooting
Giovanni Russo, head of the Penitentiary Administration Department of the Italian Ministry of Justice, speaks at a news conference on social initiatives being undertaken by St. Peter's Basilica in preparation for the Holy Year 2025 at the Vatican Dec. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Faith and forgiveness: Holy Year is 'also for the incarcerated'
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