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Cardinal: Papal Commission Begins Building Safeguarding Culture in Curia

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The heads of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and a section of the Dicastery for Evangelization have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed […]

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News Briefs: April 23, 2023

Orthodox Christians Celebrated Easter in the Holy Land with Another Year of Holy Fire Restrictions JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem’s Old […]

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Pope Francis Confirms Trip to Mongolia in Fall

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis confirmed he will travel to Mongolia in September, becoming the first pope to visit the Asian nation, which is home to a cardinal and […]

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U.S. Bishops Call on Catholics to Support Measure in Congress About Transgender Athletes in Female Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics to contact their representatives and senators in Congress and urge them to vote for a bill that would […]

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News Briefs: April 16, 2023

House Committee Subpoenas FBI for Documents Regarding Withdrawn Memo on ‘Radical Traditionalist’ Catholics WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued new […]

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Pope Prays that Easter Joy Would Break Through Gloom of Sin, War, Strife

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines […]

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Pope at Easter: Roll Away the Stone of Sadness, Encounter the Risen Lord

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Easter is the time “to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the […]

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News Briefs: April 9, 2023

Holy Land Patriarchs in Easter Message Place ‘Ultimate Hope Only in God’ Amid Increasing Attacks on Christian Sites JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Just as early Christians were sustained by the […]

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As Pope Leaves Hospital, He Comforts Couple, Jokes with Reporters

ROME (CNS) — “I’m still alive,” Pope Francis joked to reporters who asked how he was doing as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Apr. 1. The 86-year-old pope, who […]

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News Briefs: April 2, 2023

Iowa Governor Signs Bill Banning Some Transgender Surgeries or Hormonal Interventions for Minors DES MOINES, Iowa (OSV News) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two bills into law on March […]

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News Briefs: March 26, 2023

U.S. Ukrainian Catholic Leaders Applaud International Criminal Court’s Arrest Warrants for Putin PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Ukrainian Catholic leaders in the U.S. are applauding the International Criminal Court’s March 17 […]

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U.S. Bishops: Catholic Health Care Providers Shouldn’t Perform ‘Gender Transition’ Procedures

By Jonah McKeown (CNA Newsroom) — The U.S. Catholic bishops released a statement on Monday, March 20, offering moral guidance for Catholic health care institutions, reiterating that “gender transition” interventions […]