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(OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of San Antonio is calling for prayers for all affected by the historic flooding wreaking havoc in parts of the archdiocese,...
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(OSV News) -- An Illinois town intends to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, hoping to turn the property and its surroundings into a historical...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said July 3 that it would take up two cases concerning state laws requiring student athletes to compete...
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(OSV News) -- Fear and sorrow have gripped a number of Haitian faithful, amid the Trump administration's ongoing aim to end humanitarian protections for...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52%, say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers "that refer...
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STACY, Minn. (OSV News) -- In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais, France, experienced an intense...
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(OSV News) -- Catholic faithful can now live -- or relive -- some of the experience of the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress with the release of live...
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LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The three-year National Eucharistic Revival closed in Los Angeles on Corpus Christi Sunday with a call to "become Eucharistic...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Three years after a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its prior abortion precedent, states have enacted...
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(OSV News) -- Limited access to mental health care, rising substance use disorders and increasing income inequality are three likely reasons that young...
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(OSV News) -- A group of Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit over a new law in Washington state requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect...
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(OSV News) -- Close to half of the nation's adults have a personal or family connection to Catholicism, but Mass attendance makes for significant differences...
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(OSV News) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA are among more than 200 non-governmental organizations named in a congressional...
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(OSV News) -- Attorney Zaira Solano set the tone for the webinar "Immigration 101 for Ministry: Tools to Support Those on the Journey" by highlighting...
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(OSV News) -- It's a question often asked about Catholic chaplains serving in the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services: Are there enough of them...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Supreme Court said June 16 it will hear an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging...
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(OSV News) -- Just over a month after his election, Pope Leo XIV is enjoying positive reviews from most of the nation's Catholics, according to a new poll. The...
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(OSV News) -- "No one can turn a deaf ear to the palpable cries of anxiety and fear heard in communities throughout the country in the wake of a surge...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- Under a bright sun, around an altar set up at centerfield, more than a dozen priests and bishops led by Chicago Cardinal Blase J....
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(OSV News) -- The U.S. Catholic bishops' latest annual report on child and youth protection shows abuse allegations continue to decline -- but authors...
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(OSV News) -- The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. bishops urged House and Senate leaders in a June 9 letter to remember that while artificial intelligence presents opportunities,...
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(OSV News) -- The third week of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off amid protests in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 30 with a 5.5-mile...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As the Senate began its consideration of a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda, the U.S. bishops and other Catholic...
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(OSV News) -- In the same way that a relationship with Christ is not about something but someone, the organizers of the National Eucharistic Revival will...
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(OSV News) -- The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked "a dark day"...
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(OSV News) -- Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles is calling for prayer, while urging "restraint and calm" as clashes have broken out in that...
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