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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- The first commissioned bust of Pope Leo XIV by famed Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz was installed in Chicago Feb. 22 at Catholic...
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(OSV News) -- Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, welcomed news that a pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame has...
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(OSV News) -- Nine young adults have been selected as "perpetual pilgrims" to travel with the Eucharist along the East Coast this summer in the third National...
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(OSV News) -- Leading up to a college football clash between Notre Dame and heated rival Miami in the late 1980s, a team chaplain for the Hurricanes proclaimed...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Nigeria is facing "a terrifying crisis of religious violence," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school...
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(OSV News) -- The leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops has echoed Pope Leo XIV's call for deescalation and dialogue in the Middle East, following the joint...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV issued a fervent appeal for return of diplomacy in "these dramatic hours" in the Middle East and Iran, condemning use of weapons...
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(OSV News) -- The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's Angelus address given March 1, 2026, at St. Peter's Square. Dear brothers and sisters,...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (OSV News) -- About 100 people gathered on the campus of the University of Notre Dame Feb. 27 for an early evening event that organizers...
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(OSV News) -- A California parish school averted a possible mass shooting, thanks to the quick intervention of an off-duty law enforcement officer and...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (OSV News) -- Two weeks after calling on the University of Notre Dame to withdraw its appointment of pro-abortion professor Susan Ostermann...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. said "the people...
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(OSV News) -- When the U.S. men's hockey team dramatically captured its first Olympic gold medal in 46 years at the 2026 Winter Games Feb. 22 in Milan,...
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ASSISI, Italy (OSV News) -- For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St. Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period...
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(OSV News) -- A Texas bishop and head of the U.S. Catholic bishops' migration committee is sounding the alarm over the Trump administration's plans to...
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(OSV News) -- After Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Jubilee Year of St. Francis from Jan. 10, 2026, to Jan. 10, 2027, the Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary...
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(OSV News) -- The naming of a pro-abortion faculty member as head of a Catholic university research institute is "a direct slap in the face to the Church's...
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PARK RIDGE, N.J. (OSV News) -- At age 104, Msgr. James C. Turro is the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of Newark -- and possibly the United States --...
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(OSV News) -- Among the statements and briefings released by the White House in January was an article titled, "Mass Deportations Are Improving Americans'...
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(OSV News) -- Two Virginia bishops are hailing the halt of legislation that would have legalized assisted suicide in that state. "Human life is sacred...
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ROME (OSV News) -- On Ash Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholics to ask the Lord for "the gift of true conversion" at the start of the 40-day penitential...
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (OSV News) -- The St. Raphael Academy community in Pawtucket has joined other area high schools in mourning the deadly tragedy that rocked...
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(OSV News) -- A deadly shooting erupted during a boys hockey game in Rhode Island, involving a co-op with a number of players reported to be from an area...
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(OSV News) -- It's a common experience for Ash Wednesday Massgoers: The pews are packed with many attendees, many of whom are unfamiliar to regular parishioners. Who...
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(OSV News) -- A Harvard University academic whose work focuses on human flourishing told OSV News he is "honored and humbled" over his appointment by Pope...
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(OSV News) -- Bishops, former faculty and other Catholic intellectual leaders are backing a call from an Indiana bishop to rescind the administrative appointment...
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(OSV News) – The ancient practice of fasting from food during Lent can free us from complacency and lead us to "hunger" for God, Pope Leo XIV said...
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(OSV News) -- With the Feb. 9 announcement of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's beatification, experts told OSV News the renowned 20th-century theologian and...
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(OSV News) -- Catholic immigration advocates are speaking out after an internal federal document obtained by CBS News showed most individuals arrested...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV prayed with the sick at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens on Feb. 11, asking Our Lady of Lourdes to accompany all those...
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(OSV News) -- An Indiana bishop is urging the University of Notre Dame to halt the appointment of a faculty member, who advocates openly for abortion,...
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PEORIA, Ill. (OSV News) -- Catholics in the U.S. are sharing their gratitude for Venerable Fulton J. Sheen following the announcement Feb. 9 that the Vatican...
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(OSV News) -- Venerable Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Once dubbed "God's...
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(OSV News) -- Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (OSV News) -- New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul Feb. 6 made good on her promise that early this year she would sign a bill into law allowing...
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attaining the common good "belongs to both individuals and the state," he said. The latter "must guarantee the cohesion, unity and organization of society,"...
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(OSV News) -- Servant of God Thea Bowman's canonization cause is moving ahead, with a Mass and ceremony marking the closure of the cause's diocesan phase...
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(OSV News) -- A change is coming in 2026 for the pope's top man in America. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, turns 80...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A federal judge blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S. on Feb. 2, dealing...
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