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Faith joins football as Spain and Argentina face off for World Cup title

by OSV News

As the July 19 World Cup final approaches, players from two historically Catholic nations can count not only on the prayers of their fans, but also on a …

Peru, Uruguay advance preparations for upcoming papal visit
Parable lessons and the master gardener
Catholics offer prayers, express solidarity over 2 ICE shooting deaths in less than a week
French bishops decry vote legalizing ‘assisted dying’ as ‘turning point’ in nation’s history
Priest’s museum in India will honor John Paul II, Mother Teresa and offer ‘silent evangelization’

U.S. Church

USCCB urges Trump administration to ‘advance real solutions’ instead of IVF

by OSV News

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other Catholic groups submitted public comments in opposition to a proposed government regulation that would expand insurance …

Las Cruces Diocese demands jury trial, just compensation in feds’ effort to seize pilgrimage site

Senators press Blanche on mifepristone lawsuits, Epstein survivors

A pilgrim’s guide to the Georgia martyrs

Exhibit highlights St. John Paul II’s US visits, esteem for nation’s foundational documents

Analysis: Blanche nomination to lead DOJ faces key challenges before confirmation hearing

World

Death toll in Venezuela nears 5,000 as earthquake recovery intensifies

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Emergency crews have rescued 6,462 individuals from the disaster zones, and seismologists have recorded 1,284 aftershocks.

‘Keep Venezuelans in your hearts’ after earthquakes, says Catholic relief worker
Faith leads effort to end preventable blindness in Guatemala and beyond
Counter Terrorism Police take over investigation of British pro-life politician’s murder
El-Obeid: Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege
Canada’s Catholics await high court decision on religious liberty and Bill 21

UK Church looks with cautious hopes to Catholic prime minister candidate

Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset’s canonization expected to open in fall

US cardinal: Exorcist role should be ‘private’ after priest’s removal tied to UFO controversy

Vatican

Pilgrims flock to Castel Gandolfo for Pope Leo’s first summer Angelus

by Paulina Guzik

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

Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ to return to theaters

by John Mulderig
Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End
The Breadwinner
Obsession
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