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PARIS (OSV News) — The world was left stunned when the first images of the rebuilt Notre Dame were published and spread with viral speed as President Emmanuel Macron walked …

BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) — In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a day of prayer for …

(OSV News) — As he’s sitting in a shed at a salmon farm in Argyll, a remote part of Scotland, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow’s life is only seemingly calm. He quit his …

(OSV News) — As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears the three-year mark, an annual Advent fast observed by Eastern Catholics has taken on renewed urgency. “‘Let us dedicate the …

LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members …

(OSV News) — Britain’s lawmakers voted Nov. 29 in Parliament to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, despite opposition from Britain’s Catholic bishops and other …

PARIS (OSV News) — A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless, to demonstrate her hatred of the church and the pope. In a …

(OSV News) — Clergy in Belarus are deleting their social media profiles to avoid arrest, according to church sources, as local parishes face pressure under a new religious law. “With …

OXFORD, England (OSV News) — Churches and faith groups across the United Kingdom have condemned a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide and stepped up efforts to block its Nov. 29 …

(OSV News) — El Salvador has ordered a former president to stand trial for the 1989 murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter — a notorious crime …