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(OSV News) -- Restoration is set to begin at the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the first time in 600 years. The official announcement...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV praised consecrated men and women for going to the world's peripheries and refusing to abandon their people, even amid...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St. John Henry Newman, who is "a radiant light for the Church on pilgrimage through history,"...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has called for "a sincere and effective dialogue" as tensions between the U.S. and Cuba mount. The pope shared his concerns...
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(OSV News) -- The Vatican Gardens welcomed a new Marian mosaic and a statue of St. Rose of Lima, both created by young artists from Peru -- in a ceremony...
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(OSV News) -- Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble. This time, however,...
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(OSV News) -- Archbishop Sarah Mullally was confirmed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England's first female to lead the Anglicans. "She...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The increasing number of people who do not see the Gospel as a fundamental resource for their life should inspire -- not discourage...
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(OSV News) -- As the world prepares for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Catholic Church in the host city has...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Word of God is not "fossilized," but rather develops and grows in tradition, Pope Leo XIV said. The Church's "deposit of faith,"...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Humanity must not allow technology, especially AI, to obscure, exploit or suppress human voices, needs, knowledge, talents, creativity...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Adding some sweetness to the usual general audience-focused Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV was presented with two lambs Jan. 21 as...
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(OSV News) -- Catholicism has waned in Latin America over the past decade, with more individuals foregoing religious affiliation -- although belief in...
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PARIS (OSV News) -- The models for six new contemporary stained-glass windows planned for Notre Dame Cathedral are now on public display in Paris following...
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(OSV News) -- John Allen, the editor-in-chief of Crux whose decades-long career in journalism defined him as one of the authoritative voices on the Vatican...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV is currently evaluating an invitation by U.S. President Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace," an international body chaired...
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(OSV News) -- As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity unfolded, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of the Holy Land warned that Christian Zionism was...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV said that God is revealed through Jesus' humanity, not solely through a "channel of transmission of intellectual truths."...
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(OSV News) -- From unilateral actions in Venezuela to continued violence in Iran, the world is steadily sliding into a "crisis of values" that risks sparking...
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(OSV News) -- The zeal to evangelize and announce the Gospel must be tempered with charity and respect for an individual's conscience, Pope Leo XIV told...
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PARIS (OSV News) -- Ahead of the French Senate debate on the "assisted dying" bill Jan. 20, French bishops reaffirmed their opposition to the projected...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV expressed his condolences to the families of victims of a devastating accident in which two high-speed trains collided in southern...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover. His predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV gathered cardinals present for the extraordinary consistory this week for an early morning Mass Jan. 8 in St. Peter's...
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(CNA) -- The Order of Malta's Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem is facing severe operational constraints and its mobile clinics remain unable to reach...
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(OSV News) -- Surrogacy violates the dignity of both unborn children and pregnant women, reducing them to mere commodities and victims of exploitation,...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV met Jan. 15 with the families of victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire on New Year's night, which took the lives of 40 people...
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(OSV News) -- Each year, the annual Marian procession of the "Divina Pastora" ("Divine Shepherdess") draws millions of pilgrims and devotees in Venezuela. The...
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(OSV News) -- The Vatican has completed the official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV, continuing a centuries-old tradition that marks the election of each...
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(OSV News) -- Mexico's Catholic leaders have urged the country's political leaders to listen to victims of violence, seek input from all sectors of society...
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(OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church prepares to join Christians around the world in commemorating the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- If Christians are to speak about God, then they must dedicate time each day and week to listening to God's word in prayer and the...
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- The historic altar of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem has been unveiled for the first time in...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. The Apostolic...
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(OSV News) -- Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado asked for Pope Leo XIV's help in securing the release of political...
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(OSV News) -- While Catholics have been accustomed to the famed silver papal staff featuring the suffering of Christ crucified and used by the pontiffs...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Every level of Church leadership must strengthen and improve its ability to listen to everyone, especially to victims of sexual abuse...
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(OSV News) -- As anti-government protests in Iran continue despite an internet blackout and the use of lethal force against demonstrators, Pope Leo XIV...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Baptizing one's children is as essential as providing them with food and clothing, Pope Leo XIV told parents. "Just as they received...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Just as we wouldn't leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and baptism, Pope Leo XIV told...
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ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV strongly condemned the Church's failure to welcome survivors of sexual abuse, calling it a "scandal" that deepens their...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV embraced the youth of Rome -- both literally and with his words -- during a Jan. 10 meeting with the young people...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- After an intense day of roundtable discussions, the "low-batteried" but "very pleased" cardinals wrapped the first historic...
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ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV strongly defended the family, marriage and unborn life during his first-ever New Year's address to the diplomatic corps...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- With the jubilee year now officially ended, the pope's travel schedule is also expected to ramp up, with one trip especially...
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