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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Missouri bishops back amendment to limit abortion and gender transition for minors

by OSV News

The Catholic bishops of Missouri on March 26 issued a statement offering their support to a ballot measure, Amendment 3, that would limit abortion and transgender procedures for …

Watch here for live updates: Pope Leo visits Monaco on Saturday
‘Father, forgive them’: How Jesus directs us to life devoted to prayer
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‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Kettelkamp to step down as adjunct secretary of Vatican commission to protect minors

U.S. Church

On front lines of war, Basilian sisters bring the presence of God

by Gina Christian

As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, Sister Sevastiana and two of her fellow Basilians, Sister Inokentiia Brattsiv and Sister Lucia Murashko, shared with OSV News their experiences of ministering in a nation both ravaged and resilient — …

Denver’s new archbishop receives his mission and sends faithful on their mission: Know Jesus

Vatican ‘unequivocally’ condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage seeks to be a sacred journey for US at 250 years

Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron push back on claims of anti-Catholic bias from former commissioner

New US global health policy seen as a way to eliminate malaria in concert with faith leaders

Supreme Court weighs whether policy of turning away asylum-seekers at border can be reinstated

World

Spanish bishops, experts say euthanasia for young Noelia a ‘social defeat,’ ‘collective failure’

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Castillo did not need the Spanish state “to offer her death” but to give back “meaning, help, and the possibility of healing” in her life.

Pope assures archbishop of Canterbury of his prayers in message read after her installation
Pope calls on French bishops to find solution to divisive liturgy debates
Pope Leo’s Monaco trip to be ‘laboratory of peace’
Russian drone strikes damage historic church, monastery in Lviv ahead of Holy Week
Residents turn to resistance in faith as settler violence terrorizes West Bank Christian village

Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says

Jerusalem patriarchate cancels Palm Sunday procession, postpones chrism Mass amid war

Belgian bishop says he will ‘make every effort’ to ordain married men by 2028

Vatican

Cardinal Roche says liturgy meant to promote unity, not personal preference

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

A saint’s final footsteps

by Octavio Duran, OFM

Guarding the heart and home: Raising holy families in a screen-saturated world

by Sister Nancy Usselmann

St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the terrors of mid-Lent

by Elizabeth Scalia

Reviews

Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’

by Katie Yoder
‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family
Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees
Historical novel pitches Christian compassion against ideologies of hatred
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