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News Briefs: April 20, 2025

Registration Begins for 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Events DENVER (OSV News) – Organizers of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage announced on Thursday, April 10, that public events are posted and […]

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Church Denounces Bill that Criminalizes Homelessness

The Catholic Church is among numerous advocates opposing an 11th-hour effort at the Statehouse to reintroduce legislation criminalizing homelessness in Indiana. After a similar, more comprehensive bill died earlier in […]

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News Briefs: April 13, 2025

Pope Prays People Stare Less at Screens, Connect More Face to Face VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Technology should be used to improve people’s lives and to connect people as members […]

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ICC Tracking Key Bills as Legislative Session Winds Down

With the 2025 General Assembly in its final few weeks, the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC) and its allies are calling for engagement on pivotal legislation regarding school choice, immigration, and […]

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News Briefs: April 6, 2025

Catholic Charities USA Head Awarded Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal SOUTH BEND, Indiana (OSV News) – The leader of an organization representing a national network of Catholic domestic humanitarian agencies will […]

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Legislation Could Put Mission of Catholic Hospitals at Risk

Catholic hospitals in Indiana could face challenges in fully carrying out their mission, including providing care for the poor and vulnerable, if legislation moves forward that could potentially strip them […]

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News Briefs: March 30, 2025

CRS Urges U.S. to Restore ‘Lifesaving’ Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – Leaders of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., urged the […]

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Hundreds Join El Paso Bishop’s Protest at U.S.-Mexico Border

EL PASO, Texas (OSV News) – Mass deportations and asylum bans – part of the Trump administration’s rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy – destroy communities and human dignity while […]

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After 5 Weeks in the Hospital, Pope Returns to the Vatican

ROME (CNS) – Immediately before leaving Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double pneumonia, and infections, Pope Francis greeted hundreds of people who […]

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Gathering in Indianapolis to Highlight USCCB Document on Youths, Young Adults

A Criterion Staff Report A two-day gathering is set for Monday and Tuesday, April 7 and 8, at Marian University in Indianapolis to highlight the United States Conference of Catholic […]

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News Briefs: March 23, 2025

Pope Stable, Has Reduced Need for Oxygen Overnight VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After more than a month in the hospital, Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable, Vatican officials said […]

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Mexican Catholics Urge Officials to ‘Listen to Victims’ Amid Grisly Discovery of Mass Graves

(OSV News) – Mexico’s Catholic leaders prayed for the country’s missing and urged the population of the country and their political leaders to listen to victims of violence amid outrage […]