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The shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows of Chandavila is seen in this May 27, 2023, photo taken in La Codosera, Spain. (CNS photo/Wikimedia commons/Mentxuwiki)
Vatican approves devotion at site of Marian apparition in Spain
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic rings the Olympic bell Aug. 10, 2024, as she celebrates after winning gold and setting a new Olympic record in the women's 400-meter final during the 2024 Paris Olympics. The bell, specially cast for the Games by France's Cornille Havard foundry in Normandy, will be placed inside the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during every Mass once the cathedral officially reopens in December. (OSV News photo/Aleksandra Szmigiel, Reuters)
Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass
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Pope Francis smiles as religious sisters greet him in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican Aug. 21, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Christians are called to spread 'fragrance of Christ,' pope says
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Hundreds line river banks for procession of boats ferrying Eucharist down the Mississippi
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A new incorruptible? Diocese finds Sister Wilhelmina's body seems to have not decomposed
A young girl kneels before the St. Joseph shrine where the body of Sister Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, lies in the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Mo., May 26, 2024. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)
A new incorruptible? Diocese finds Sister Wilhelmina's body seems to have not decomposed
Caption: Pope Francis is seen meeting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, at the Vatican in this Aug. 19, 2024, screengrab of an Instagram post by Sánchez. (CNS screengrab/Instagram)
Pope discusses climate change with Jeff Bezos
Members of the World Central Kitchen prepare food for Palestinians in a location given as Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in this picture released on March 21, 2024 and obtained from social media. An April 1 Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from the nongovernmental organization, including foreign aid workers, leading the charity April 2 to suspend delivery of vital food aid to Gaza. (OSV News photo/courtesy of @chefjoseandres via X via Reuters)
World Humanitarian Day highlights tragic record sacrifice of aid workers in war zones
The poster of the Meeting in Rimini, an annual summer gathering sponsored by Communion and Liberation, focuses on this year's theme of seeking what is essential in life. Pope Francis' message to participants urged them to recognize how much God loves them and to share that love with others. (CNS photo/Courtesy Meeting in Rimini)
Sharing God's love can make a difference in the world, cardinal says
A family prays during the Archdiocese of New York's annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Feb. 5, 2023. The liturgy also marked the National Day of Prayer for the African American and African Family. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
How to raise your kids into faithful adults
Standing behind a banner that says in Italian, "The Immaculate will conquer," a quote from St. Maximilian Kolbe, a group of people wave and cheer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after joining Pope Francis for the recitation of the Angelus prayer Aug. 15, 2024, the feast of the Assumption of Mary. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
On Assumption, pope entrusts war-torn countries to Mary's care
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'It Ends With Us' Review
The south wransept Window inside the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, Ga., depicts the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Above, Christ holds a crown for her coronation as Queen of Heaven. The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Aug. 15. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero)
How to celebrate holy days of obligation
St. Maximilian Kolbe, who took the place of a young father condemned to die at Auschwitz during World War II, is pictured in an undated painting. (OSV News photo/John Pole)
St. Maximilian Kolbe: 'Patron of our difficult century'
The Aug. 9 passenger plane crash in the city of Vinhedo, Brazil killed all 62 on board, greatly touching different Catholic communities in the country.
Catholic communities impacted by airplane crash in Brazil
This is an elevated view during the Paris Olympic closing ceremonies Aug. 11, 2024. U.S. Catholic athletes Nick Mead of the men's rowing team and Katie Ledecky of the women's swim team carried the U.S. flag in the ceremonies. (OSV News photo/Andy Chua, Reuters)
As Paris wraps Olympics with pride, bishop says church's Holy Games equally successful
Lee Kiefer, a 2017 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, poses with her Olympic gold medals in individual (foil event) and team fencing Aug. 7, 2024, at Champions Park in Paris. (OSV News photo/Thibaud Moritz, pool via Reuters)
Alumni of Notre Dame, Loyola University Chicago shine at Paris Olympics
Pope Francis shares a moment with members of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary during a meeting at the Vatican Aug. 12, 2024, with members of four religious orders holding their general chapter meetings in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Life's 'final exam' will be on care for poor, pope says
Pope Francis greets visitors at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 7, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
In times of trial know that nothing is impossible for God, pope says
A burned car is seen at the Ho'onanea condominium complex in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui Aug. 10, 2023. Lahaina's Maria Lanakila Catholic Church was spared from the flames that wiped out most of the surrounding community on Maui Aug. 8 and 9. (OSV News photo/Jorge Garcia, Reuters)
A year after historic Maui wildfires, community is resilient, optimistic even as needs persist
Bishop Paul Junmin Pei of Liaoning, China, distributes Communion during a Mass at St. Vincent DePaul Church -- concelebrated with Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich and about 20 priests from China and the U.S. -- during a conference hosted by the US-China Catholic Church Association at Chicago's DePaul University Aug. 3, 2024. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)
Chinese Catholics gather in Chicago to discuss the church's challenges in China today
Pope Francis watches white rose petals falling from the ceiling of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major Aug. 5, 2024, for evening prayer on the feast of the basilica's dedication. According to tradition, on Aug. 5, 358, Mary had snow fall to mark the spot on Rome's Esquiline Hill where she wanted a church built in her honor. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Grace should cause awe, like a summer snowfall would, pope says
Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates on the podium after wining her ninth Olympic gold medal during the women's 800-meter freestyle Aug. 3, 2024, at Paris La Defense Arena. Ledecky is a graduate of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. (OSV News photo/Evgenia Novozhenina, Reuters)
American Olympic medalists in Paris known for leaning on faith
A group of young people pose for a photo at a temporary pilgrimage center in a Rome auditorium during the XIII International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers in Rome July 31, 2024. More than 50,000 altar servers from 20 countries went to Rome for the July 29-Aug. 2 pilgrimage. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Ready to serve: Altar servers reinforce ministry during Rome pilgrimage
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