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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel's leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire. The...
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered the Gaza Strip July 18 with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem...
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AMMAN, Jordan (OSV) -- As alarming sectarian violence swept through Syria in the third week of July, Christian communities in the region experienced a...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace...
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Three people were confirmed dead and nine were injured, including a parish pastor, following what initial reports say was a mid-morning...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The cry of innocent victims and mothers mourning their children will not go unheard, Pope Leo XIV said. When Christians chant "the...
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ROME -- "We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common...
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Archbishop Richard G. Henning of Boston spoke with Catholic News Service at the Pontifical North American College in Rome June 29, 2025, after receiving...
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LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) -- The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV...
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AUCHI, Nigeria (OSV News) -- In Nigeria's Edo state, gunmen stormed Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Auchi the night of July 10,...
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TAYBEH, West Bank (OSV News) -- During a solidarity visit to the West Bank village of Taybeh on July 14, the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches...
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- As part of his summer break, Pope Leo XIV visited members of the Italian Carabinieri in Castel Gandolfo and the Poor Clares...
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (Vatican Media) -- The parish priest of Gaza Strip's small Christian community admitted his flock is exhausted by war and a severe...
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LIVERPOOL (OSV News) -- Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, newest government figures have revealed. Statistics on annual...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Serving life by caring for others is "the supreme law" that comes before all of society's rules, Pope Leo XIV said. "Imitating the...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To believe in and follow a loving and compassionate Christ is to allow him to enter one's heart and take on his same feelings, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity regarding...
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(OSV News) -- In the West Bank, Christian leaders in Taybeh -- the region’s only entirely Christian Palestinian village -- are sounding the alarm...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a "revolution" of care and gratitude by regularly...
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- As he prepared to leave his position as Franciscan custos of the Holy Land after nine years of service, Father Francesco Patton...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and...
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ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy...
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV's appointment of the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors shows that safeguarding...
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VATICAN CITY (Vatican Media) -- Archbishop Thibault Verny is the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. He will put his...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a series of documents purporting to reveal...
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(OSV News) -- The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as "The Chosen" wrapped up the release of Season 5 in the U.S., the hit series about Jesus and those who knew him was set to...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Almost four years after Pope Francis opened the Catholic Church's path toward synodality -- a term many in the church had never heard...
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(OSV News) -- Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being "sorely tested," but God "will have the last word, and life will conquer death,"...
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ROME (CNS) -- When Pope Leo XIV gave newly appointed metropolitan archbishops their pallium on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, he told them it symbolizes...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church needs...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Access to vast amounts of data and information is not the same thing as having intelligence, which is uniquely human and requires...
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ROME (CNS) -- Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest's missionary work is raising hell -- but not with...
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LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) -- English bishops expressed sadness after an assisted suicide bill was passed in the House of Commons by a narrow majority...
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ROME (CNS) -- In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both...
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(OSV News) -- The first funeral services for the victims of a jihadi suicide bombing inside a Damascus church were held as Syrian Christians have been...
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(OSV News) -- Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville urged unity among Catholics upset over the recent restoration of a 17th-century statue...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bishop is a man of deep faith who is filled with hope and stays close to his people, Pope Leo XIV said. He is "not offering easy...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When facing despair, exclusion and disappointment, do not be afraid to turn to Jesus and pray for the healing power of his love,...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (OSV News) -- A government-ordered euthanasia facility, operated by the British Columbia government's Vancouver Coastal Health...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and his...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- St. Peter's Basilica and some of its surrounding buildings are working to reduce their environmental impact by becoming more energy...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced. Meeting with...
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(OSV News) -- Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth. After two hours of debate in the...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world must resist the allure of modern weapons which threaten to give conflicts a ferocity surpassing that of previous wars,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Finding more effective ways to proclaim the Gospel, educate for peace, defend human dignity and promote dialogue are key challenges...
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