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Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the...
Abuse scandal at Indonesian Islamic school seen as call to Catholic...
A recent child abuse scandal that led to the closure of an Islamic boarding school and the arrest of its head cleric is a...
Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope foreshadowed themes of peace,...
ROME -- When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a...
Our Lady of Champion: The only Marian shrine in the U.S....
By Robert Fastiggi, OSV News
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin – formerly known as the Shrine of Our Lady of Good...
Twelve saintly mothers the Church has canonized for their faith, charity...
"The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what he sends us each day." This wise insight...
Minnesota Senate passes gun violence bill following deadly Annunciation Catholic school...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Senate on May 4 voted 34-33 in favor of an omnibus firearms bill that introduced a series of...
Vatican parish hosts UFO talk amid renewed U.S. disclosure debate: ‘I...
VATICAN CITY -- Amid renewed claims by U.S. President Donald Trump and members of Congress that secret UFO files could soon be declassified, a...
National shrine planned in Illinois for Venerable Augustus Tolton: ‘It’s just...
The first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States -- who has already had 40 potential miracles through his intercession investigated --...
‘Polish Lourdes’ may draw global spotlight as Pope Leo XIV invited...
WARSAW, Poland -- A Marian sanctuary in the heart of northern Europe's countryside -- often called the "Polish Lourdes" -- could soon draw global...
Learn more about the most influential approved Marian apparitions of the...
By Jeff Ziegler, OSV News
Even though God has already "said everything" through Jesus Christ, as the Church teaches, some Christians throughout the centuries have...