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(OSV News) -- If rational, extraterrestrial beings exist, what would be God's relationship to them? A once purely speculative musing may take on new meaning...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- The incoming provincial superior of the Midwest Augustinians, the order that Pope Leo XIV belongs to and the province he once led,...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A key national pro-life group said it plans to spend $160 million in the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election...
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(OSV News) -- Jessica Cox -- author, speaker, wife, pilot, martial arts black belt -- has tremendous balance. Whether she's at home, on stage, in the...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Trump administration accused the Biden administration of "anti-Christian bias" in its approach to policy issues related to...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The head of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee has written a letter to Trump administration officials expressing concern about...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- A year into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is still enjoying popularity and rockstar-like fame, especially in Chicago, his hometown. Beyond...
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(OSV News) -- Bishop John P. Dolan of Phoenix still remembers when clergy and, in particular, a religious sister walked with him after his brother died...
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ROME (OSV News) -- When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a piece of paper...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A new poll published the day after President Donald Trump renewed his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV,...
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(OSV News) -- The priest who created Rice Bowl -- which became Catholic Relief Services' annual Lenten program of prayer, fasting and almsgiving for humanitarian...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 29 in a pair of consolidated cases on whether the Trump administration can end...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled April 29 that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey can challenge in...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- King Charles III appealed to the Christian faith and invoked "shared values" between the United Kingdom and the United States...
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(OSV News) -- Universities across the country are experiencing a surge in students seeking the sacrament of confirmation this academic year. While these...
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(OSV News) -- As the U.S. and Iran face off over the Strait of Hormuz, Catholic maritime ministry leaders are calling for prayer and support for the thousands...
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(OSV News) -- Following a gunman's attempted assault on the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, forcing the evacuation of the president,...
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(OSV News) -- A new analysis from Pew Research Center has found that Catholicism has lost more members than it has gained in most of the 24 countries surveyed,...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (OSV News) -- Retired Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford died April 21 at age 88. He was Hartford's fourth archbishop, serving from...
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(OSV News) -- A Connecticut diocese has a new fundraising officer on its team, and her name is Maria -- but don't expect to find her sitting at a desk...
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(OSV News) -- The canonization cause for Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek -- a Polish American priest who ministered amid years in Soviet captivity -- has been...
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(OSV News) -- Why would the president of the United States pick a fight with the pope? After President Donald Trump launched repeated social media attacks...
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(OSV News) -- A new poll certainly tells the Catholic Church what it wants to hear: That 67% of Catholics who haven't been to confession in the past year...
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(OSV News) -- Ahead of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's Sept. 24 beatification, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, recently released a schedule of events, inviting...
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(OSV News) -- This spring, the U.S. will see more than 400 men ordained to the priesthood, both diocesan and religious. What does the latest generation...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Most Americans say they do not believe there were sufficient reasons for the U.S. to carry out combat operations in Iran, according...
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HAWTHORNE, N.Y. (OSV News) -- The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor, are...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- A federal appellate court in Chicago heard oral arguments April 10 in a case challenging an Illinois law that compels pro-life physicians...
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PHILADELPHIA -- Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President Donald Trump's...
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(OSV News) -- The Trump administration has canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami for sheltering unaccompanied...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Shortly after Vice President JD Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue...
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(OSV News) -- More U.S. Catholic bishops are speaking out in defense of Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump began denouncing the pope at length on...
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(OSV News) -- A number of Catholic organizations are speaking out in defense of Pope Leo XIV, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his harsh criticism...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- More than a year after President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- At the capstone hearing of the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission April 13, commissioners considered testimony...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 13 that he will not apologize to Pope Leo XIV after the president...
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(OSV News) -- Two U.S. bishops, who lead the U.S. Catholic bishops' efforts on pro-life and migration concerns, have advised the new head of the Department...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV on social media and in verbal remarks April 12, calling him "weak on crime"...
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(OSV News) -- Three American cardinals voiced their concerns over the Iran war, mass deportations and more in an interview that aired April 12 on CBS's...
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