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Bishops Approve Pastoral Message on Immigration

BALTIMORE (OSV News) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a “special pastoral message on immigration” on Wednesday, November 12, voicing “our concern here for immigrants” at their annual fall plenary assembly […]

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Bishops Approve 11th National Eucharistic Congress

BALTIMORE (OSV News) – In a vote on Wednesday, November 12 – the final public day of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall plenary assembly – the U.S. bishops […]

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Unity in Teaching, Mission, Concern for Immigrants Resounds at USCCB Assembly

(OSV News) – From the beginning of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall plenary assembly to its end, a resounding concern for the God-given dignity of immigrants, and for unity in […]

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‘Every Hour that We Have Is a Gift’

Parishes, Faithful Are Encouraged to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours Ahead of the Upcoming Publication of a New Edition More and more over the past several months, leaders in […]

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Bishop Rhoades: U.S. Will Be Consecrated to Sacred Heart of Jesus for Nation’s 250th Anniversary

BALTIMORE (OSV News) – As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary next year, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The decision was taken […]

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Bishops to Pope: We Will Stand with Migrants

BALTIMORE (OSV News) – In a message to Pope Leo XIV at the start of their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops told the pope on Tuesday, November […]

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News Briefs: November 9, 2025

USCCB President Raises Alarm about Disruption of Federal Food Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – Officials with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops urged lawmakers to fund federal food […]

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Father Mike Schmitz Invites All to Enter ‘The Imitation of Christ’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – A centuries-old devotional book, said to be the second most circulated in the history of Christianity after the Bible, is, perhaps fittingly, the work that Father […]

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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 […]