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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Trump peace plan to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza met with cautious optimism, skepticism

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump released a 20-point peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war Sept. 29, which was met with cautious optimism from some world …

Rosary can change the world, pontifical charity urges before a million children pray
Religious freedom in nation’s schools examined by Religious Liberty Commission
Leah Libresco Sargeant on her new look at femininity in ‘The Dignity of Dependence’
Hope, healing highlight prayer service and Mass 1 month since Annunciation shooting
Catholic bishops mourn deadly attack on Latter-day Saints church in Michigan

U.S. Church

How might Archbishop Iannone, new prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, shape the role?

by Michael R. Heinlein

A common complaint of late among the Vaticanisti has been that, so far, Pope Leo XIV has had a rather “boring” pontificate. Compared to the early days of the Francis pontificate, that could be rather true. But, given …

Report: Graduate, college-level seminary enrollments continued to slide

Annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage seeks to unite families, pray for country

Catholic high school boys choir wows in ‘America’s Got Talent’ season finale

Talks reveal heroism, humor and holiness of Irish Jesuit killed in WWI, admired by saints

Clarence Thomas discusses originalism and Catholicism in CUA law event

Late Archbishop Beltran recalled as good shepherd who served ‘faithfully and tirelessly’

World

Christian leaders blame Israel for dwindling number of Christians in Holy Land

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Christian leaders in the Holy Land are pushing back against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Sept. 26 speech at the United Nations

As Nantes cathedral opens after 2020 fire, Notre Dame in Paris presents reopened towers
Father Rupnik’s alleged victim receives standing ovation at documentary premiere
Head of Romanian Greek Catholic Church dies at 94
From Jasna Góra to every parish: Our Lady of Czestochowa icon’s pilgrimage inspires revival
Study into sexual abuse of women religious sheds light on spiritual abuse

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Situation in Gaza a ‘disaster,’ two-state solution ‘less and less real’

Cardinal Ryś: With curial appointments expected, pope prioritizes listening over haste

Poverty, violence still ‘persistent issues’ affecting women, girls, top Vatican diplomat tells UN

Vatican

Pope encourages European parliamentarians to pursue ‘healthy secularism’

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

Do animals go to heaven?

by OSV News

OSV Editors: How to change our society in crisis

by OSV Editorial Board

Holiness is forged in revolution

by Father Patrick Briscoe

Reviews

‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ French musical coming to America with ‘universal’ message

by Kurt Jensen
New release offers compelling arguments against physician-assisted suicide
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