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News Briefs: November 2, 2025

Itinerary Released for Pope Leo’s First Foreign Trip VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Commemorating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed, as well as reaffirming hopes for […]

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Migration, AI, Elections on Agenda for U.S. Bishops’ Fall Plenary Assembly

(OSV News) – At their upcoming fall meeting, the nation’s Catholic bishops have a full agenda of both temporal and spiritual matters – including votes for key leadership roles as […]

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The History Behind All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days

(OSV News) – It seems unusual that the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church schedules two major celebrations on days that are back to back. But that is precisely the […]

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Archdiocese of Indianapolis Aims to Help Former Prisoners

(OSV News) – Scrolling through his phone, Jamarson Fitzgerald shares shots of a good life: smiling with his three daughters, posing while on the job, a photo of a newspaper […]

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News Briefs – October 26, 2025

Bishop Rhoades Among 10 Candidates for USCCB President, Vice President WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – The U.S. bishops will elect the next president and vice president of the United States […]

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‘Religious Freedom Fosters Peace,’ Say Bishop Rhoades, Bishop Zaidan

WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – Bishop Rhoades, who chairs the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Religious Freedom, and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the Committee on […]

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U.S. Bishops ‘Strongly Reject’ Trump’s Proposal to Boost IVF

WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – President Donald Trump announced a policy proposal on Thursday, October 16, to increase access to in vitro fertilization, including issuing guidance urging employers to offer […]

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Notre Dame Runs Over Rival USC

In the week leading up to Notre Dame’s rivalry game against USC, Irish coach Marcus Freeman told anyone who would listen that the Irish would have to play “a physical, […]

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News Briefs: October 19, 2025

Real Faith Changes the Way Christians live, Treat One Another, Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different – often […]

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‘Death for the Sake of Death’

As the state of Indiana was preparing to execute another inmate on death row, four people with deeply personal and direct experiences to capital punishment gathered in a sacred space […]

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Video message of Pope Leo XIV for World Mission Day 2025

Video message of Pope Leo XIV for World Mission Day 2025 – 19 October 2025 Click here

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St. Katharine Drexel’s Legacy Endures as Black Catholic University She Founded Turns 100

By Peter Finley Jr. NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) – In a city renowned for its seemingly genetic ability to parade, party, and partake, the 100th anniversary of Xavier University of […]