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John Kelley, a meteorologist in New Hampshire, is pictured in a June 10, 2024, photo. Since beginning their journeys in mid-May, pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes have braved excessive heat, thunderstorms and wind -- all of it closely monitored by Kelley. (OSV News photo/courtesy John Kelley)
Catholic meteorologist keeps eyes on skies to support safety, success of Eucharistic pilgrimage
People are pictured in an undated photo waiting in line for a meal at Mary Mother of the People Parish soup kitchen in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (OSV News photo/Margaret Murray, Pontifical Mission Societies USA)
'We want him to come back,' Buenos Aires' poor say and wait for pope's return
Pope Francis greets Joe Donnelly, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, after his annual address to the diplomatic corps Jan. 8, 2024, in the Hall of Blessings at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
U.S. ambassador to Holy See to step down in July
T-shirts and hoodies featuring the official logo of the Holy Year 2025 are seen in the "Jubilee Official Store" on Via della Traspontina in Rome, not far from the main boulevard leading to St. Peter's Square May 31, 2024. The Vatican chose the company that owns the store to be the official provider of jubilee merchandise. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)
Jubilee 2025 souvenirs and trinkets already on sale near Vatican
U.S. Army troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Normandy's "Omaha" Beach on D-Day in Colleville Sur-Mer, France, June 6 1944. (OSV News photo/Army Signal Corps Collection, U.S. National Archives handout via Reuters)
D-Day's 80th anniversary honors the past, aims to teach future generations, French bishop says
People walk in a Corpus Christi procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major after Pope Francis’ Mass for the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ in Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran June 2, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Corpus Christi procession is not sign of pride but invitation, pope says
A detail is seen of "Angels Unawares," a sculpture by Canadian Timothy Schmalz in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 3, 2024. The sculpture depicts a boat with 140 figures of migrants from various historical periods and various nations. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message
Vincent Rougeau, president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., presents an honorary doctorate Laurie Leshin, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, after she delivered the commencement address to the class of 2024 May 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy College of the Holy Cross)
NASA scientist, Salvadoran-born bishop, podcasting priest among 2024 commencement speakers
Participants in the May 22, 2024 Latino Leader Gathering on "Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Latino Priorities: Hearing the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor". From left to right: Mark Hugo Lopez, Silvia Foster-Frau, Christian Soenen, Elena Gaona, and Bishop Joseph Tyson (via livestream). (Foto OSV News/ cortesía de Georgetown University, Rafael Suanes)
Experts discuss the urgency and effect of climate issues among U.S. Latinos
Pope Francis listens to a question during a meeting with priests ministering in the Diocese of Rome who have been ordained 10 years or less in the Church of Jesus the Divine Master May 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope encourages young priests to rely on each other in times of crisis
Mexico's opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, waves during a visit to her hometown Tepatepec, Mexico, May 29, 2024, to close her campaign activities, ahead of the June 2 general election. (OSV News photo/Luis Cortes, Reuters)
Church calls for vote in polarized, violent Mexican election
Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Buddhist monks from Thailand at the Vatican May 27, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope tells Christians, Buddhists to work together for peace
Ukrainian youth pray on Apparition Hill (Mount Podbrdo) in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina during a May 19-27, 2024 pilgrimage for peace as Russia escalates attacks on their nation amid a war now in its 11th year. (OSV News/Sister Lucia Murashko/Oksana Dmyterko)
Amid horrors of war, Ukrainian youth make pilgrimage to Medjugorje, praying for peace
Pope Francis greets a boy outside the Rome parish of St. Bernadette Soubirous where he met with teenagers and young adults for an edition of his "School of Prayer" initiative May 24, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Joining teens, young adults, pope talks about search for meaning
Participants attend the International Congress on Youth Ministry May 23, 2024, at a conference center in Ciampino, outside Rome. (CNS photo/courtesy of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life)
Youth Ministry Congress emphasizes need to listen to young people
Pope Francis recognized May 23, 2024, the second miracle needed for the canonization of Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Sainthood Cause of Carlo Acutis)
Pope recognizes miracle needed for church's first 'millennial' saint
A pregnant woman is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in this 2016 file photo. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, alongside other Catholic groups, filed suit May 22, 2024, against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for including abortion among final regulations for a law meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS)
US bishops sue EEOC over regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections
An unassuming stream - just 18 feet across - pours forth from Lake Itasca, forming the start of the Mississippi River's winding flow down 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. At this very point among the Northern Minnesota pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high a golden monstrance on the afternoon of May 19, tracing the sign of the cross over the waters and the people gathered - a humble gesture pleading for a mighty river of grace to flow for the National Eucharistic Revival.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage journeys begin on Pentecost, inviting torrents of grace on US
Volunteers clean up in Nevada, Iowa, May 21, 2024, after a tornado touched down the previous day. Iowa State Police confirmed a number of people had died May 21 in the town of Greenfield, a community of about 2,000 people 40 miles southwest of Des Moines. (OSV News photo/Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune/USA Today Network via Reuters)
'Even in bad times, God is good,' says pastor after devastating Iowa tornado
Father Charles Trullols carries the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament at the start of a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington May 18, 2024. Father Trullols, an Opus Dei priest, is director of the Catholic Information Center, which organized the procession and served as the starting point for the event. (OSV News photo/Katie Yoder, Our Sunday Visitor)
Eucharistic procession through streets of nation's capital draws hundreds of faithful
Pope Francis speaks to Italian bishops in the Vatican synod hall during the general assembly of the Italian bishops' conference May 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Synodality must become 'paradigm' for dioceses, pope tells bishops
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. At a press conference May 20 following his return to Jerusalem, he said he found the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City to have "steadfast faith" amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Gaza parish community example of 'steadfast faith,' cardinal says
The handprints of children decorate a stylized version of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the logo chosen for the first World Children's Day, which will be celebrated May 25-26 in Rome and at the Vatican. (CNS photo/courtesy World Children's Day)
Vatican expecting tens of thousands to celebrate World Children's Day
Gloria Purvis of America Media moderates the conversation during "Civilize It: Unifying a Divided Church," a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops May 14, 2024. Participants include Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, top right; Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, bottom left; and Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., bottom right. (OSV News screenshot/USCCB)
Voting involves acts of citizenship, faith and discernment, 'Civilize it' panelists say
A night view shows the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris March 30, 2024, with a new spire topped by the rooster and the cross, as restoration works continued following the devastating fire of 2019. (OSV News photo/Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters)
As cross and tower bells return to Notre Dame, firefighters' chaplain recalls battle to save icon
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