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(OSV News) -- Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine's...
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BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- The Latin American and Caribbean bishops' conference has expressed solidarity with Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic oratories and youth groups that provide after-school activities, religious education and a place for children and teens...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Telling Syro-Malabar Catholics in India's Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly that he does not want to see anyone excommunicated, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The peaceful means of diplomacy must be used to seek global solutions to the serious injustices that cause so many conflicts in the...
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- The current war between Israel and Hamas may finally force a diplomatic solution to the long intractable tensions between the Israelis...
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(OSV News) -- A deadly bomb that exploded during a Mass Dec. 3 killed at least four people and injured dozens at a university in a predominantly Muslim...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The future of humanity depends on what people choose now, Pope Francis said in his message to global leaders at the World Climate...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Asking pardon for speaking plainly, Pope Francis told members of the International Theological Commission that "one of the great...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With the input of two women and a priest, Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed the role of...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world needs people to build alliances that are not against others, but are in favor of everyone, Pope Francis told faith leaders...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Advent call for "vigilance" does not mean staying awake and watchful out of fear, but rather out of a longing for the coming...
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(OSV News) -- Indi Gregory, a British girl who died Nov. 13 because her life support was not extended, had a Catholic funeral Dec. 1 in the British Nottingham...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The journey of reconciliation between Catholics and Orthodox began with an embrace almost 60 years ago, a sign of how important personal...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although he had an aide read his prepared talk to the people who had organized World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "As you can see, I am alive," Pope Francis told a group of health care managers Nov. 30. At the brief meeting with participants...
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OWENSBORO, Ky. (OSV News) -- By the time he set off on his 16-day trip to Nigeria in October, Bishop William F. Medley of Owensboro had become something...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All the Catholic Church's structures, including tribunals and faculties of canon law, must undergo a "pastoral and missionary conversion"...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Some 3,000 charismatic Catholics living in the Persian Gulf gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for praise and worship and to...
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(OSV News) -- Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland have called on parents to reject a plan by the British government that they say would "impose...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Everyone must work together to end the silence surrounding abuse if it is to be eradicated from the church and communities, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Embracing poverty and modeling a fraternity that accepts everyone as a brother or sister, members of Franciscan orders are called...
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Israel's war against Hamas, which began when the terrorist group launched a surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7, continued to rage throughout October...
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BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- The Nicaraguan government has released a series of photos and videos of imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa...
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TURIN, Italy (OSV News) -- On Oct. 30, three days after Pope Francis lifted the statute of limitations and opened the path for a church trial and possible...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With a soft and raspy voice, Pope Francis began his weekly general audience by making the sign of the cross and explaining that "I'm...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "With great regret," Pope Francis has accepted his doctors' advice to not travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 1-3 and is...
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(OSV News) -- Ukrainian church leaders have joined anniversary commemorations of the 1932-1933 Holodomor, or Great Famine, in which millions died in a...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Making places more accessible for people with disabilities requires removing physical barriers and adjusting attitudes to be more...
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WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) -- Tensions have flared between the presidents of the Catholic bishops' conferences of Germany and Poland over Germany's reform...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Be courageous in caring for and accompanying others, helping them to dream big, cultivating their unique gifts and flourishing, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An important part of the mission of Catholic media is to forgo the shocking, sensational or superficial when such stories present...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is breathing easier after undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment for pulmonary inflammation, the director of the...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Explaining that he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs," Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer from the...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis underwent a CT scan at Rome's Gemelli Isola Hospital Nov. 25 to rule out pulmonary complications after canceling his...
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WUERZBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Tensions between Rome and the majority of German bishops are again intensifying with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican...
Read MoreDUBLIN (OSV News) -- Irish police blame what they describe as a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology" for a night of violence in Dublin...
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PARIS (OSV News) -- If classical literature characters could become saints, France has a perfect example. The real bishop behind Victor Hugo's famous Les...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With hopes growing for a temporary, humanitarian cease-fire, Pope Francis met at the Vatican Nov. 22 with relatives of Israelis held...
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(OSV News) -- The president of the Polish bishops' conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church and all its members must end silence about clerical sexual abuse and ensure cases are no longer covered up, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his concern about concrete initiatives individual dioceses and the Catholic Church in Germany as a whole are...
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(OSV News) -- The president of the Spanish bishops' conference has appealed for calm following mass protests against the planned release of jailed Catalan...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis visits Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference,...
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BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- Upstart presidential candidate Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as "filthy leftist," overwhelmingly won Argentina's presidential...
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SYDNEY (OSV News) -- Proposals from the Synod on Synodality can be judged by whether they call men and women to holiness, as the church does more work...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a "scandal" that Christians are called to address by putting...
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NOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) -- British bishops expressed their condolences to Dean and Claire Gregory, parents of 8-month-old Indi, who died Nov. 13...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the month Catholics traditionally honor the dead, the Vatican Museums opened a new entrance to an ancient necropolis where carved...
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BARCELONA, Spain (OSV News) -- It seemed like one of Antonio Gaudí's dreams come true. On Nov. 12, the papal nuncio to Spain, Archbishop Bernardito...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a program to replace its existing vehicle fleet with...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has invited a community of Benedictine nuns from Argentina to move into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican...
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NOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) -- Indi Gregory, a British girl whose parents battled the British courts to have her life support extended, died at 1:45...
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LONDON (OSV News) -- Some of the most senior judges in the U.K. ruled late Nov. 10 that the Italian intervention in Indi Gregory's case to move the infant...
Read More(OSV News) -- Gathered at their plenary assembly in Lourdes Nov. 3-8, the French bishops discussed abortion, migration and mission -- the latter received...
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BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- Almost immediately after Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, Argentines expected him to visit. A flood of young Argentines...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis joined leaders of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in praying for peace in Israel and Palestine,...
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