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USCCB president Archbishop Paul Coakley expresses church’s solidarity with Jewish community:...

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WASHINGTON -- Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the...

Church beatifies 50 French Catholics killed ‘in hatred of the faith’...

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Fifty French Catholics killed under German Nazism were beatified Dec. 13, 2025, during a Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris -- an event...

Chile’s bishops’ congratulate new Catholic president, ‘worry’ over anti-migrant attitudes

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Chile's bishops' congratulated José Antonio Kast for claiming the South American country's election, but called for the president-elect to "promote an environment of dialogue,...

2025 spans life spectrum, from abortion and family programs to immigration...

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Life issues are perennially critical to the robust public witness of the Catholic Church, but 2025 nonetheless proved a particularly eventful year across a...

Rhode Island Catholic bishop offers prayers in wake of double fatal...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski of Providence offered prayers for "all affected by this tragedy" in the wake of a Dec. 13...

Sainthood effort begins for Mother Antonia Brenner, the nun who chose...

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TIJUANA, Mexico -- Antonia Brenner was twice divorced and had raised seven children when she gave up her comfortable life in Southern California to...

Jerusalem patriarch: Holy Land needs world’s prayers, support amid ‘disaster’

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PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Since the October ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, people in Palestine are living in abject ruin, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said at...

Lilly Endowment grants fund new bishops’ institute, internship program and more

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In 1937, leaders of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis established a philanthropic foundation created to support Christian seminaries. Lilly Endowment Inc....

Nine holiday movies to put you in the right mindset during...

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By John Mulderig, OSV News Just about everyone enjoys a Christmas holiday with all the trimmings, including Santa's ho ho ho and Rudolph's red nose....

Contemplate Advent wisdom from four women doctors of the church who...

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By Michelle Jones, OSV News We radiate the life of Jesus to the world to the extent that we live with the conviction that we...