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ROME (OSV News) -- When Catholics heard on May 8 the new pope had chosen the name Leo XIV, the thoughts of many turned immediately to Leo XIII, the last...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- "In honor of Pope Leo XIV, I'm going to have a thin crust pizza," said Augustinian seminarian Brother Nathan Fernandes, a former...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the...
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(OSV News) -- The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is...
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ROME (OSV News) -- In his self-introduction to a new universal flock, Pope Leo XIV drew attention to his ties with the Order of St. Augustine, in which...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Planned Parenthood's latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing a...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order May 12 that he said would lower prescription drug costs -- an issue the U.S....
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(OSV News) -- Parishioners of St. Jude Parish in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, may have had a moment of shocked recognition as the first American...
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(OSV News) -- A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots -- and the discovery illuminates the nation's...
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(OSV News) -- A day after the conclusive papal election, more U.S. Catholic cardinals and bishops voiced their gratitude, joy and hopes for the ministry...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- Catholics and non-Catholics alike were abuzz with excitement in Chicago May 8, after one of the city's native sons became pope. Taking...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Department of Health and Human Services recently released what it called a "comprehensive review" of medical or surgical gender...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on May 5 dismissed criticism from Catholic leaders and commentators after an image that appeared to be...
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(OSV News) -- The head of the Midwestern Augustinian province that Pope Leo XIV once led called the new pope's election "moment of profound significance...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Anticipation and excitement were in the air in St. Peter's Square and the surrounding environs as thousands of faithful and...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church and its cardinals prepare for May's conclave, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows that U.S. Catholics...
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ROME (OSV News) -- Three days ahead of the start of the conclave, the cardinals took the morning off from the general congregation meetings and, in some...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump posted an image that appeared to be created by artificial intelligence depicting himself as pope just days...
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(OSV News) -- Mission is at the heart of Caroline Stanfill's life. Among her many jobs, she's worked in special education; for religious sisters; within...
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(OSV News) -- Personal encouragement to consider whether Jesus Christ is calling them to priesthood, along with regular Eucharistic adoration, continue...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested April 29 the budget blueprint President Donald Trump calls "one big, beautiful bill"...
Read More(OSV News) -- As the official days of mourning -- the Novemdiales -- have begun with the April 26 funeral of Pope Francis, 135 cardinal electors are engaging...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order creating a religious liberty commission during an interfaith event marking...
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(OSV News) -- The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state's...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on April 30 heard oral argument in a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City's effort to establish...
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(OSV News) -- Pilgrims of all ages from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are making what their archbishop called "an absolute pivot," as they find themselves...
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(OSV News) -- For decades, Dominican Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella immersed herself in the ministry of teaching, not retiring until she was 84. Now,...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Catholic immigration advocates welcomed an order from the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily barring the Trump administration from...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to...
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(OSV News) -- Days into Pope Francis' papacy in 2013, Massimo Faggioli remembers thinking that the new pope was "going to be the biggest story in the Catholic...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Francis' approach to key issues including his concern for the environment, immigration and abortion did not fit neatly into...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, he said April 21. He also directed...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Faithful are recalling Pope Francis' 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S. as a moving encounter, with an impact still felt a decade...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, "will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society,"...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing condolences...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing condolences...
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(OSV News) -- America's tumultuous immigration system is again impacting nonordained religious workers from other countries -- including Catholic religious...
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