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Pope Francis sits down exclusively with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell at the Vatican April 24, 2024, for an interview ahead of the Vatican's inaugural World Children's Day. The CBS interview marked the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network, according to the network. (OSV News photo/Adam Verdugo, courtesy CBS NEWS)
Pope calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, laments plight of children in war in CBS interview 
This is a screenshot of "Father Justin," an AI chatbot simulating a priest in order to answer questions for teaching apostolate Catholic Answers. Catholic Answers executives told OSV News April 24, 2024, they are not discouraged from pursuing AI projects following the troubled April 23 launch of "Father Justin," who was "laicized" hours later to "Justin" after his responses to questions about the faith sparked social media furor. (OSV News screenshot/Catholic Answers)
Catholic Answers 'no less resolved' to use AI after 'Father Justin' brouhaha
Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the dioceses of Cesena-Sarsina, Tivoli, Savona and Imola, Italy, on 200th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius VII, a prisoner of Napoleon, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican April 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Build church unity, favor reconciliation, pope tells pilgrims
Sister Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus, gives a talk in Chicago April 15, 2024, showcasing her artwork of immigrants who sought shelter at her organization's humanitarian respite center after being released from detention at the U.S.-Mexico border. Her work was on display nationally for the first time at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)
Sister best known for ministry to migrant shares her artwork that tells their stories
In this undated photo, Father Thomas Hagan, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales and founder of the nonprofit Hands Together ministry, leads an outdoor prayer gathering in Cité Soleil, Haiti. (OSV News photo/Hands Together)
Haiti violence, lawlessness forces longtime U.S. missionary priest to evacuate
Two members of the Sister Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará congregation greet religious education students at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Lewes, Del. During their visit Feb. 4-5, 2024, they talked about their call to a religious vocation, how they live and what it's like to be a nun. It was the first time some of the students had ever seen a nun. (OSV News photo/courtesy St. Jude’s parish)
'Don't be afraid to take leap' and consider a call to vocation, nuns tell students
A dog stands on rubble as rescuers work at the site of a building that was destroyed during a Russian airstrike in Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 17, 2024. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)
'We need to heal not ideas, but hearts,' says prelate after Russian strike on civilians
Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith of Portland, Ore., raises the chalice as he celebrates Mass July 5, 2022, at St. Mary Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In February 2024, Bishop Smith was appointed the new ecclesiastical assistant of CHARIS, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service, which was inaugurated by the Holy See on Pentecost in 2019. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Catholic charismatic renewal creates 'church on fire' with God's love, says bishop
Basilian Sister Lucia Murashko talks with volunteers Denys Kuprikov, left, and Ivan Smyglia, far right, in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine Feb. 7, 2023, where they planned to distribute humanitarian aid along the front in Russia's war against Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Konstantin Chernichkin, CNEWA)
Ukrainian nun: 'Tell all the world we suffer' as Russia ramps up attacks
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Auxiliary Bishop Gregory W. Gordon of Las Vegas and chancery staff look outside at the partial eclipse in Las Vegas April 8, 2024. A partial eclipse was visible throughout all 48 contiguous U.S. states, while a total solar eclipse was visible along a narrow track stretching from Texas to Maine. (OSV News photo/Montie Chavez, courtesy Archdiocese of Las Vegas)
Solar eclipse enlivens hearts across US with the glory of God's creation
The iconic Notre Dame Cathedral is seen April 10, 2024, with part of the scaffolding removed. Reconstruction work on the spire and roof of the iconic structure entered its last phase as the world prepared to observe the fifth anniversary of the April 15, 2019, blaze that caused the spire to collapse inside the cathedral. Notre Dame is scheduled to reopen Dec. 8, to be followed by six months of celebrations, Masses, pilgrimages, prayers and exhibitions. (OSV News photo/Charlene Yves)
'It will be breathtaking,' Notre Dame's chief architect says; iconic cathedral reopens Dec. 8
Participants hold a candlelit night vigil at the BK arena in Kigali, Rwanda April 7, 2024, during a commemoration event known as "Kwibuka" (Remembering) to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. (OSV News photo/Jean Bizimana, Reuters)
Bishops in Rwanda express their closeness to 1994 genocide survivors
People receive containers to be filled with food for people in need at a soup kitchen in Havana that is serving a growing number of Cubans struggling to make ends meet amid economic crisis Jan. 15, 2024. Poverty is among more than a dozen issues covered by a new Vatican document on human dignity. "Dignitas Infinita" ("Infinite Dignity") was released April 8, 2024, by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.(OSV News photo/Yander Zamora, Reuters)
US Catholic pastoral leaders welcome Vatican document on human dignity
Choir members sing during the "Come As You Are" Holy Week Prayer Service for Mental Health at St. Joseph Church on Capitol Hill in Washington March 26, 2024. The choir was directed by Rebecca Rossello, a Baltimore-based soprano and choral teacher. (OSV News photo/Mark Zimmermann, Catholic Standard)
Capitol Hill prayer service ties together mental health and faith
Pope Francis speaks with the family members of Israeli hostages held in captivity by Hamas during a meeting at the Vatican April 8, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan delivers his homily during Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City March 31, 2024. Cardinal Dolan will visit Israel and Palestine April 12-18 in his role as chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Amid war, Cardinal Dolan to make pastoral visit to Israel, Palestine
Members of the Knights of Columbus at St. Leo Parish in Hilton, N.Y., have been selling these commemorative T-shirts leading up to the total solar eclipse April 8, 2024. More than half of the Rochester Diocese is situated in the eclipse's 115-mile-wide "path of totality." That's where the the moon will completely block the face of the sun, resulting in a short period of rare daytime darkness. (OSV News photo/Jeff Witherow, Catholic Courier)
Eclipse seen as a way to pray, 'engage with the work of God's hands'
A Catholic Relief Services worker distributes shelter material to a woman in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 21, 2024, displaced by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammad Al Hout for CRS)
CRS workers remain in Gaza after colleagues killed in strike
Workers carry out operations April 4, 2024, at the site where a building collapsed followinga 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Hualien, Taiwan. At least nine people died when the quake struck April 3, and more than 1,000 people were injured. According to the BBC, rescuers were working to reach more than 600 stranded people, while dozens of people were still reported missing. (OSV News photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)
Pope prays for all those affected by deadly quake in Taiwan
Pope Francis meets with priests doing graduate studies in Rome and with the staffs of the pontifical Mexican, Brazilian and Latin American colleges of Rome in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 4, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope tells priests: Be icons of Christ, wipe tears like Veronica
People watch the solar eclipse from the observation deck of The Empire State Building in New York City Aug. 21, 2017. After April 8, 2024, the next total solar eclipse visible in the U.S. will happen in August 2044. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)
'Awe-inspiring' total solar eclipse offers chance 'to reflect on God's grandeur'
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over the Dali cargo vessel March 26, 2024, after it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore. Within 24 hours after Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the archdiocese to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 has been raised in online donations. (OSV News photo/Julia Nikhinson, Reuters)
Catholics donate nearly $50,000 for emergency bridge relief appeal
Pope Francis greets the crowd after delivering his Easter message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 31, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide
Migrants of different nationalities walk toward the U.S. in a caravan called "Viacrucis migrante" from Tapachula, Mexico, March 25, 2024. (OSV News photo/Jose Torres, Reuters)
'Viacrucis migrante' caravan calls attention to plight of migrants during Holy Week
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