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Pope Francis closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica before a Mass to conclude the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy at the Vatican Nov. 20, 2016. In concluding the Holy Year, the pope called for mercy to become a permanent part of the lives of believers. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella)
Pope Francis' 2024: Turning 88, praying for peace, presiding over synod
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, right, the papal ambassador to the U.S., and Luciano Lamonarca, founder and CEO of the St. Pio Foundation, invest Eric Latcheran as the first "Angel of Saint Pio" at a Dec. 4, 2024, event at Casa Italiana in Washington. Latcheran, a young man with Down syndrome, received the honor from the St. Pio Foundation for his extraordinary faith and perseverance amid difficulties -- and for his intense devotion to the saint. (OSV News photo/courtesy of the Saint Pio Foundation)
Young man with Down syndrome named first 'Angel of St. Pio'
Pope Francis speaks to local bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons and seminarians during a meeting with the local Catholic community at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ajaccio, France, Dec. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope praises popular piety during first-ever papal Mass in Corsica
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Archbishop Adrian Galbas is seen in a Nov. 21, 2023, photograph at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa, Poland, during a plenary meeting of the Polish bishops' conference. A member of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, or Pallottines, he was reassigned to the Polish capital, Warsaw, one of the biggest and most powerful archdiocese in the Catholic country, after just 18 months as head of the southern Archdiocese of Katowice. He will be installed to head the Warsaw Archdiocese Dec. 14, 2024. (
Polish Catholics welcome new Warsaw archbishop's 'synodal commitment'
The is a combination photo of St. Peter’s Basilica and the logo chosen by the Vatican for the Holy Year 2025. Pope Francis has chosen the theme, "Pilgrims of Hope," for the jubilee year, which is marked by pilgrimages, prayer, repentance and acts of mercy. (OSV News photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo)
8 ways to celebrate Jubilee 2025 without leaving your diocese
Pilgrims pray in front of the Grotto of the Apparitions in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Aug. 14, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)
Lourdes confirms 71st miracle - the first for an English speaker; miracle occurred in 1926
Pope Francis talks to visitors during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Dec. 11, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Hope is an 'active virtue' that makes good things happen, pope says
Intsar al-Jaber, speaks with Reuters TV in Sednaya, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024, as she awaits news to her 45-year-old brother and cousin who were imprisoned at Sednaya Prison after rebels seized the capital and announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad. As the insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days to bring an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the tens of thousands of people who disappeared since th
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Lucia Herman and her son Father Danny Herman stand in the center aisle of the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn., in this undated photo. Father Herman, ordained to the priesthood June 8, 2024, for the Knoxville Diocese, is now associate pastor of the cathedral parish. After training as an aviator in the Navy, he felt a higher calling and entered the seminary with the Catholic Extension Society supporting his seminary education. (OSV News photo/courtesy Catholic Extension Society
A mother's prayer leads her son to move from a military career to the priesthood
Guests stand as Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, other Catholic bishops and clergy process through the central aisle of Notre Dame Cathedral during a ceremony to mark the landmark cathedral’s reopening following the 2019 fire, in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Ludovic Marin, pool via Reuters)
'Long live Notre Dame de Paris!' Jubilation as iconic Catholic cathedral reopens
Pope Francis greets people gathered near a Marian statue by the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2024, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Amid Christmas and Jubilee preparations, prepare your hearts, pope says
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Indian priests and devotees carry the remains of the 16th century Jesuit St. Francis Xavier from Bom Jesus Basilica to Se Cathedral in Goa, India, Nov. 21, 2004 The exposition of St. Francis Xavier's remains happens once in 10 years. In 2024, they are displayed from Nov. 21, and the special event ends Jan. 5, 2025. (OSV News photo/Arko Datta, Reuters)
Pilgrims walk miles to pay homage to St. Francis Xavier in a once-in-a-decade exposition of relics
An employee installs barriers to set up a security perimeter in front of the stalls of the booksellers called "Bouquinistes" along the banks of the Seine River in Paris, Dec. 4, 2024, ahead of the Dec. 7-8 reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame Cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019. (OSV News photo/Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters)
Here is what to expect on Notre Dame de Paris reopening weekend
A file photo shows the cross atop the old Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)
Faith, hope 'work miracles,' pope tells people of Nicaragua ahead of Immaculate Conception
Workers erect a giant cross Nov. 11, 2024, at Malvern Retreat House in Malvern, Pa. The 34-foot-tall was at the center of a Mass celebrated by St. John Paul II Oct. 3, 1979, in Center City Philadelphia. The Mass drew more than a million people. (OSV News photo/Joseph P. Owens, The Dialog)
Enormous cross at center of '79 papal Mass in Philadelphia has new home at retreat house
Advent candles and a wreath help bring focus to the time before the coming of our Lord. Each candle represents a week of Advent. (OSV News photo/Nancy Wiechec)
13 traditions for keeping an Advent attitude
Pope Francis greets people joining him for the recitation of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Ceasefire, dialogue are the only paths to peace, pope says
A family lights an Advent wreath at their Maryland home. (OSV News photo/Tom McCarthy Jr., Catholic Review)
Preparing your heart and home in Advent
Pope Francis interacts with a child as his parent present the offertory gifts during Mass on the feast of Christ the King and the local celebration of World Youth Day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 24, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, pope says
Children participate in a procession at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Nov. 23, 2024, during a prayer service marking the 91st anniversary of the Holodomor, a famine engineered by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Archbishop Gudziak: Ukraine remembers Soviet-era genocide amid 'new genocidal war'
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in the movie "Wicked." The OSV News classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (OSV News photo/Universal)
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Attendees cheer Nov. 14, 2024, during the National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach, Calif.,More than 3,000 young people attended Nov. 14-16 event. (OSV News photo/courtesy NCYC)
NCYC is part concert, liturgy, classroom, silly fun, but God is at center of it all
Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints." Scorsese is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/Fox Nation)
Martin Scorsese's new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc
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