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Attacks on human dignity can never be normalized, say 2 US bishops after deadly ICE shootings

by Gina Christian

“Acts that diminish or disregard the dignity of any person or group of people should never be normalized in our society,” say Bishops Garcia and Cahill in a …

New Pope Leo XIV medal from Villanova honors care for the poor, creation
Swiss churches deplore ‘arbitrary’ scrapping of military service exemption
Women religious sue New York over law they say would force them to assist in patient suicides
USCCB’s NFP Awareness Week highlights timeless truth with creative approaches
Vice president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcome birth of their 4th child

U.S. Church

Can’t go to Assisi? Visit a US replica of the tiny church where St. Francis founded order

by Kimberley Heatherington

(OSV News) — In Assisi, one of the main pilgrim draws is a tiny church dwarfed by its expansive surroundings, the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels …

USCCB’s NFP Awareness Week highlights timeless truth with creative approaches

Vice president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcome birth of their 4th child

Can’t go to Assisi? Visit a US replica of the tiny church where St. Francis founded order

Blessed Solanus Casey scholarship advanced through graduate-student essay contest

‘Theology of migration’ moves us to ‘communion with God, others,’ says expert

World

For Gaza Christians, World Cup final offers brief respite from horrors of war

by Junno Arocho Esteves

(OSV News) — Heated rivalries among soccer fans bubbled to the surface in the lead-up to the World Cup Final that ultimately saw Spain clinch a 1-0 victory over …

Faith joins football as Spain and Argentina face off for World Cup title
Peru, Uruguay advance preparations for upcoming papal visit
French bishops decry vote legalizing ‘assisted dying’ as ‘turning point’ in nation’s history
Death toll in Venezuela nears 5,000 as earthquake recovery intensifies
US Franciscans appeal for help in ending Israeli settler violence against Christians

‘Keep Venezuelans in your hearts’ after earthquakes, says Catholic relief worker

After Vatican’s excommunication, SSPX in Kenya insists on Catholic identity, fighting archdiocese

Faith leads effort to end preventable blindness in Guatemala and beyond

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s kingdom grows in the ‘little things of daily life’

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

Bishop Oscar Cantú of Silicon Valley reflects on the impact of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

by Charlie Camosy

After a tragedy, ‘The Tapestry’ offers consolation

by Sarah Robsdottir

The Church beyond the Appalachians

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

Live-action ‘Moana’ sets sail on the silver screen

by John Mulderig
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