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Antonio Mayoral, 76, walks past the place where his house once stood in El Bosque, Mexico, Nov. 7, 2022, amid rising sea levels that are destroying homes built on the shoreline and forcing villagers to relocate. Rising sea levels and other environmental disasters attributed to climate change are the focus of delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, being held Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (OSV News photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters) Antonio Mayoral, 76, walks past the place where his house once stood in El Bosque, Mexico, Nov. 7, 2022, amid rising sea levels that are destroying homes built on the shoreline and forcing villagers to relocate. Rising sea levels and other environmental disasters attributed to climate change are the focus of delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, being held Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (OSV News photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters)

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(OSV News) — Efforts to meet climate goals must heed both the “cry of the earth” and the “cry of the poor,” said two...

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(OSV News) — Legal action filed against a New York state diocese shows the Catholic Church in the U.S. has significant work to do...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Ten years ago, Erika Kidd sat at the edge of a family member’s hospital bed. It was almost...

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“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder”David Grann, Doubleday (2023)352 pages, $30 Stories of human triumph and resilience are attractive – a...

A copy of the apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel") by Pope Francis is seen during a news conference at the Vatican Nov. 26, 2013. In his first extensive piece of writing as pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization, with a focus on society's poorest and most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters) A copy of the apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel") by Pope Francis is seen during a news conference at the Vatican Nov. 26, 2013. In his first extensive piece of writing as pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization, with a focus on society's poorest and most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

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(OSV News) — “The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of...

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(OSV News) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, is expected to sign an immigration bill that would make it a state crime to cross into...

Clergymen into the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kiev, Ukraine, June 5, 2017. The cathedral and its curia buildings sustained damage during a massive Nov. 25, 2023, drone attack by Russian forces on Kyiv. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters) Clergymen into the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kiev, Ukraine, June 5, 2017. The cathedral and its curia buildings sustained damage during a massive Nov. 25, 2023, drone attack by Russian forces on Kyiv. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)

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By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta and Gina Christian (OSV News) — Russia’s extensive drone attack on Kyiv Nov. 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral...

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Hadas, second from left, and Ofer Kalderon, second from right, pose in an undated family photo in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, with their four children, from left, Sahar, now 16; Rotem, 19; Erez, 12; and Gaia, 21. Sahar and Erez along with their father were taken hostage by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023. The two children were in the fourth group of hostages released by Hamas Nov. 27. The father remains captive. Hadas' mother and niece have been reported murdered in Gaza. (OSV News photo/courtesy Hadas Kalderon) Editors: best quality available. Hadas, second from left, and Ofer Kalderon, second from right, pose in an undated family photo in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, with their four children, from left, Sahar, now 16; Rotem, 19; Erez, 12; and Gaia, 21. Sahar and Erez along with their father were taken hostage by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023. The two children were in the fourth group of hostages released by Hamas Nov. 27. The father remains captive. Hadas' mother and niece have been reported murdered in Gaza. (OSV News photo/courtesy Hadas Kalderon) Editors: best quality available.

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By Rick Snizek TEL AVIV (OSV News) — It’s a nightmare scenario that no parent would ever want to experience. Fifty days after her...

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By Michael Kelly (OSV News) — Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland have called on parents to reject a plan by the British government...