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(OSV News) -- On Jan. 19, quarterback Fernando Mendoza soaked in the glory of leading Indiana University to its first national championship, but he directed...
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(OSV News) -- Police have confirmed to OSV News that two students at a Catholic university in Ohio found dead in their car succumbed to carbon monoxide...
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(OSV News) -- "Ban" sounds like a harsh word -- a draconian measure taken in the direst of circumstances, certain to meet with resistance. So just imagine...
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(OSV News) -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis -- whose territory has become a flashpoint in the nation's immigration policy debate...
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. (OSV News) -- As President Donald Trump boosts his rhetoric on the United States acquiring Greenland, whether by sale or force, ahead...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey...
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(OSV News) -- Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a "genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation," as the U.S....
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(OSV News) -- Approval, public consensus and visibility are often given undue importance in modern society, shaping how people think, behave and even understand...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Vice President JD Vance is expected to address the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 23, organizers of the event said...
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(OSV News) -- The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back for 2026 with a special route that will travel the East Coast from St. Augustine, Florida, to...
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(OSV News) -- The National Eucharistic Revival -- a three-year initiative to renew belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, following...
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(OSV News) -- More than 388 million Christians -- or 1 in 7 believers worldwide -- face "high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith,"...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 that the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba "in...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A Senate committee held a hearing on the abortion pill Jan. 14 as the Trump administration faces scrutiny from some pro-lifers...
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(OSV News) -- The U.S. bishops are calling the faithful to donate to the annual collection for the Church in Latin America, to help support ministries...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Department of Homeland Security said Jan. 14 it issued an interim final rule reducing wait times for religious worker visas....
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a longtime champion of religious liberty, particularly in Tibet, proudly wears a bracelet of brown...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Trump administration "quietly released" Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion...
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MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) -- On the stage of Annunciation Catholic School's auditorium in Minneapolis, Jesse and Mollie Merkel walked to the podium to express...
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LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- It was a picture-perfect December afternoon in Pacific Palisades, and the sounds of a neighborhood coming back to life were in...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops' conference,...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- Acknowledging what he described as "a heaviness in our community these days," Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and...
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(OSV News) -- Geoffrey Hinton -- the computer scientist and cognitive psychologist known as the "godfather of AI" -- recently issued a warning concerning...
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(OSV News) -- The 2026 national March for Life promises to bring tens of thousands of pro-life Americans to the nation's capital to celebrate the beauty...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 heard oral arguments in two cases concerning state laws requiring student athletes to compete...
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(OSV News) -- As the nation's Catholics are set to remember unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is stressing that amid several positive developments...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump met with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (OSV News) -- Years from now a question likely to still circulate among the Venezuelan diaspora in Florida will be: Where were you...
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(OSV News) -- Last year Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American to participate in a papal conclave, which eventually elected Pope...
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(OSV News) -- Trafficking survivor Ann Marie Jones, who now works to aid fellow survivors, told OSV News she had been "arrested 51 times for prostitution"...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Members of Congress questioned the Trump administration's plans for Venezuela after its recent strike to remove deposed Venezuelan...
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MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) -- An interfaith gathering of faith leaders in Minneapolis Jan. 8 drew a crowd as faith leaders raised concerns about the impact...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Senate on Jan. 8 advanced a war powers resolution following the Trump administration's recent strike to remove deposed...
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(OSV News) -- The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back for 2026 with a special route that will travel the East Coast from St. Augustine, Florida, to...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- After President Donald Trump told House Republicans to be "flexible" on the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of...
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MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is continuing his call for prayers after police said a woman was pronounced dead following a shooting...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Salvatore R. Matano of Rochester and named as his successor Bishop John...
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(OSV News) -- Russell Shaw, a veteran Catholic journalist who led communications for the U.S. bishops and Knights of Columbus and authored numerous articles...
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EMMITSBURG, Md. (OSV News) -- In a revolutionary year, the spirited celebration of America's 250th anniversary throughout 2026, the national shrine dedicated...
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(OSV News) -- The Wyoming Supreme Court on Jan. 6 found that two state laws restricting abortion -- including the first state law to specifically ban chemical...
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(OSV News) -- Thousands of youth and young adults across the nation were assured of God's love -- and encouraged to respond to his call in their lives...
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(OSV News) -- As deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first appearance Jan. 5 in a New York courtroom on narco-terrorism charges after...
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(OSV News) -- Well before he was a University of Maryland transfer who used his final year of college football eligibility to become a major success story...
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(OSV News) -- The U.S. strikes on -- and announced temporary takeover of -- Venezuela violate both the United Nations Charter and the Christian principles...
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(OSV News) -- "Be open to what the Lord has in store for you," Pope Leo XIV said in a video address to thousands of youth and young adults attending the...
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(OSV News) -- On Dec. 21, Puerto Rico's Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón approved Law 183-2025, which amends the Civil Code of Puerto Rico and recognizes...
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(OSV News) -- In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a time of uncertainty,...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- A day before Pope Leo XIV spoke by livestream to teens at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, Kristie Hughes Dugan...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- In a year that brought both a new U.S. president and a new pope, the issue of immigration emerged as a flashpoint between them...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- Amid poinsettias and sparkling Christmas trees, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis told Catholics gathered...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's Roe ruling was a flawed "free-floating" decision, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said in discussing the legal...
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(OSV News) -- A dozen Jesuit priests and seminarians plus some lay volunteers found the remains of two women Dec. 19 after they scoured an 80-mile stretch...
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(OSV News) -- The newly named leader of the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, introduced himself to the faithful of his new home Dec....
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 announced new regulatory actions that would effectively ban certain types...
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