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Pope Releases Message for January 1 World Day of Peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The “confrontational” tone dominating both global and national politics is “deepening instability and unpredictability day by […]

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To Turn Away Others Is to Turn Away God, Pope Says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – If people refuse to make room for others – like the poor, children, and the stranger – then they also refuse to make room for God, […]

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News Briefs: December 21, 2025

Notre Dame Granted More Than $5 Million in Lilly Endowment Funds (OSV News) – In 1937, leaders of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis established a philanthropic […]

Vatican

‘Let the Child Jesus Illuminate Our Lives’

The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope, Pope Leo XIV said. “As we contemplate them in our homes, parishes, and town squares, let us […]

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‘Hope Does Not Disappoint:’ A Jubilee to Remember

(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, war, and tribulation. Yet in […]

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News Briefs: December 14, 2025

3 Months After Shooting, Minneapolis Church Is Restored for Worship MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) – On a cold, wintery day, with the congregation gathered around Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. […]

National

4 Ways to Follow St. Joseph This Advent

Socrates, in Plato’s Apology, famously stated that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” This axiom is certainly applicable to the spiritual life, and it is very relevant to one […]

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News Briefs: December 7, 2025

Catholic Bishops Offer Prayers for Guard Members Shot in D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – Catholic bishops are offering prayers following the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members […]

Local

An Easy Morning with Pope Leo in Indianapolis

When Christina Lamas called me in August and invited me to moderate the conversation with Pope Leo XIV at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, a phrase immediately came […]

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Pope Leo Focuses on Ecumenism, Peace During First Foreign Trip to Turkey, Lebanon

BEIRUT (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV ended the first foreign trip of his pontificate – to Turkey and Lebanon – by making what he called “a heartfelt appeal: May the […]

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Lai’s ‘Witness to Dignity’ an ‘Expression of His Faith’

(OSV News) – As reports spread that U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China’s Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when they met in South […]

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News Briefs: November 30, 2025

Pope Urges ‘Immediate Return’ of More than 300 Children Kidnapped in Nigeria During the November 23 Angelus prayer, Pope Leo XIV appealed for the release of more than 300 children […]