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Musician Jon Bon Jovi gestures onstage during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters)
'Livin' on a prayer': Catholic-raised Bon Jovi helps save woman on Nashville bridge
Pope Francis waves to young people gathered for a meeting on interreligious dialogue at the Catholic Junior College in Singapore Sept. 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope thrives, hits main themes of his pontificate during Asia-Pacific trip
A visitor stands near a statue of Mary at Our Lady of Holy Cross Shrine at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Ind., after its dedication Sept. 4, 2024. (OSV News photo/Evan Cobb, courtesy Holy Cross College)
Indiana college's outdoor sacred space dedicated to Mary is place for prayer, Mass, meditation
James Earl Jones is pictured at the 71st Tony Awards in New York City, where he received a lifetime achievement award June 11, 2017. The actor, a Catholic with a storied career that included voicing the character Darth Vader, died the morning of Sept. 9, 2024. (OSV News photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters)
James Earl Jones, distinguished actor and Catholic convert, dies at 93
Thousands of faithful participate in the opening Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 8, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy International Eucharistic Congress)
International Eucharistic Congress begins in Ecuador with call to fraternity
Pope Francis greets a child in traditional dress during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Dili, Timor-Leste, Sept. 9, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope arrives in Timor-Leste, confronts some of nation's problems
A young woman becomes emotional as she attends a vigil at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Ga., Sept. 4, 2024, following a shooting that day at Apalachee High School in Winder. A 14-year-old student opened fire at the school killing at least two teachers and two students, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters)
Holding back emotions, Catholic youth minister calls day of school shooting 'surreal'
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A woman prays during a Eucharistic procession through the Manhattan borough of New York City to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a Pentecost Vigil May 27, 2023. The Charismatic Renewal event in Spanish attracted close to 2,700 people. (OSV News photo/Jeffrey Bruno)
US bishops' conference releases new resource on Hispanic/Latino communities, ministries
Father Roger Landry speaks with reporter Emily Drooby of NET TV, of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to a prayer service for U.N. diplomats Sept. 14, 2020, at Holy Family Church in New York City. The Pontifical Mission Societies USA announced Sept. 5, 2024, that Father Landry has been named its new national director, effective in January. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS Archive)
New head of US papal missions wants to 'bring God to the ends of the earth' through the Eucharist
Pope Francis receives wine from women in traditional Indonesian dress during the presentation of gifts as he celebrates Mass in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mass Sept. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope urges Indonesian Catholics to live out Gospel love, spread hope
Women mourn as they attend a vigil at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Ga., Sept. 4, 2024, following a shooting that day at Apalachee High School in Winder. A 14-year-old student opened fire at the school killing at least two teachers and two students, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters)
Atlanta bishops say 'hearts ache' for lives 'cruelly cut short' by latest high school shooting
A combination picture shows undated handout images of hostages Ori Danino, Carmel Gat, Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi, were kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Their bodies were found underground in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip Sept. 1, 2024, and returned to Israel, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. (OSV News photo/courtesy Bring Them Home Now handout via Reuters)
Israel plunges into massive protests as Israeli-American, 5 other hostages found dead in Gaza tunnel
Pope Francis, a group of children who are orphaned and the Dominican sisters who care for them clap during a meeting at the apostolic nunciature in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2024. The people the pope met are assisted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Dominican sisters and Jesuit Refugee Service. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope arrives in Indonesia at start of four-nation tour
File photo of student Yoselyn Arroyo at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in Henderson, Ky., works on a classroom project March 29, 2018. The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2024 (Jan. 28- Feb. 3) is "Catholic Schools: United in Faith and Community." (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS file)
The beginning of the school year: Making all things new
An image of Christ and a monstrance are pictured during the first-ever Life Fest at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington Jan. 20, 2023. (OSV News photo/Jeffrey Bruno, Knights of Columbus)
How to celebrate the gift of the Eucharist
A farmer drives a combine as he harvests corn on his farm near Dixon, Neb., Oct. 26, 2017. Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha hosted a diverse group of leaders from government, business, education, nonprofit, agriculture and religious organizations from across northeast Nebraska for a day of reflection Aug. 17, 2024, on how to care for our common home. (OSV News photo/Lucas Jackson, Reuters)
Faith, business, agricultural leaders discuss ways to respond to 'cry' of Earth, the poor
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New picture book 'Princesses of Heaven' invites young readers on 'journey to holiness'
The Shroud of Turin is pictured in a file photo during a preview for journalists at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. A study published in July revealed that a new analysis of the shroud, including the composition and a microscopic analysis of the blood, shows that the marks are consistent with the tortures endured by Christ as described in the Gospels. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
New study says Shroud of Turin bloodstains are 'consistent with Jesus Christ's tortures'
Pope Francis poses for a photo with members of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions, which includes bishops from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Djibouti, Egypt, Cyprus and the Persian Gulf at the Vatican Aug. 28, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope to bishops in Middle East: 'Keep hope burning'
Ukrainian Catholic Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta are seen in this undated photo posted to the website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church June 28, 2024. According to the UGCC, the images was taken while both priests were held in a Russian prison. The priests, captured by Russian forces from Berdyansk, Ukraine, in November 2022, were announced as freed by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy June 28. (OSV News/Screen shot from UGCC website)
Faith and prayer sustained him, says Ukrainian Catholic priest captured, tortured by Russia
Pope Francis talks about the plight of migrants during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 28, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope: Driving away migrants is a 'grave sin'
Phil Donahue, host of the self-titled "The Phil Donahue Show," is pictured in a Jan. 7, 2012, photo. Donahue, a Catholic with a conflicted relationship with the church, died at age 88 on Aug. 18, 2024. (OSV News photo/Danny Moloshok, Reuters)
Phil Donahue and the Catholic Church
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, at center, celebrates a Mass of thanksgiving on Aug. 22, 2024, at the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception that commemorated the centennial of the first priestly ordinations at the national shrine in 1924. Since then, nearly 7,000 ordinations have taken place at the shrine. Concelebrating the Mass with Cardinal Gregory at left are Bishop Alfred A. Schlert of Allentown, Pa., and Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop emeritus of
Shrine Mass marks centennial of first priestly ordinations at 'Mary's House' in Washington
Pope Francis greets members of the Oblates of St. Joseph at the Vatican Aug. 26, 2024, urging them to stay close to Jesus through prayer and Eucharistic adoration. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Adoration anchors one's life in Jesus, pope says
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