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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 […]
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News Briefs: October 12, 2025
Cardinal Cupich: Senator Durbin ‘Has Decided Not to Receive’ Controversial Lifetime Achievement Award CHICAGO (OSV News) – Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has decided not to receive a “Lifetime Achievement Award,” […]
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News Briefs: October 5, 2025
God’s Love Can Reach Anyone, even at ‘Rock Bottom,’ Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When people hit “rock bottom,” they can be confident that God is there ready to […]
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World Must Unite to Fight Climate Change, Pope Says
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – People of faith cannot love God while despising His creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the […]
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Respect Life Month: What the Church Teaches About Abortion?
By Jessica Keating and Amy Wellborn (OSV News) – Centuries ago, a young pregnant woman set out on a journey. She was probably nervous and scared, because her pregnancy was […]