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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
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'
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New picture book 'Princesses of Heaven' invites young readers on 'journey to holiness'
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'
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
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
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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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
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'Blink Twice' Review
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
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
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
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