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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Religious freedom in nation’s schools examined by Religious Liberty Commission

by Kate Scanlon

The third meeting of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission examined a range of religious liberty issues.

Hope, healing highlight prayer service and Mass 1 month since Annunciation shooting
Catholic bishops mourn deadly attack on Latter-day Saints church in Michigan
How might Archbishop Iannone, new prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, shape the role?
Report: Graduate, college-level seminary enrollments continued to slide
Annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage seeks to unite families, pray for country

U.S. Church

Washington Roundup: Comey indictment; autism and Tylenol; TikTok deal; justices speak on faith, law

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in Virginia on two felony charges related to 2020 congressional testimony about the FBI’s investigation into alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, after Trump …

Trump orders prosecutors to seek death penalty when available for DC homicides

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

Hostile legislative climate over confessional seal nothing new, says priest-canon lawyer

New study evaluates how church assesses ‘suitability’ of candidates for priesthood

At 88, Tom Monaghan, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, still has unfinished work to do

Bishop Zaidan highlights ‘solidarity’ with African faithful amid conflict, crises

World

As Nantes cathedral opens after 2020 fire, Notre Dame in Paris presents reopened towers

by Caroline de Sury

The northwestern French city of Nantes waited for this moment for five long years and on Sept. 27, reopened its cathedral after the 2020 arson attack.

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

Spain’s Tower of Jesus Christ will make Sagrada Familia world’s tallest Catholic church

Vatican

Pope encourages European parliamentarians to pursue ‘healthy secularism’

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

Leah Libresco Sargeant on her new look at femininity in ‘The Dignity of Dependence’

by Charlie Camosy

Do animals go to heaven?

by OSV News

OSV Editors: How to change our society in crisis

by OSV Editorial Board

Reviews

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

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