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 (OSV News) — With northern Gaza Strip’s last major hospital lying in ruins following a raid by Israeli forces, the director of Caritas Jerusalem said that with limited medical resources …

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (OSV News) — Teresian Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas from Brazil has become the world’s oldest person, reaching 116 years and 210 days. She now holds two groundbreaking titles: …

PARIS (OSV News) — With places fully booked at Paris’ iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but also to its full concert …

MADRID (OSV News) — The president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, Archbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, reacted to Spanish public television’s New Year’s program in which a host mocked an …

AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Although Christian leaders in Syria are trying to stay positive about the new Islamist interim government in Damascus, others are pointing to worrying concerns about …

(OSV News) — OSV News recently spoke with researcher Felix Corley of Forum 18 — a news service that partners with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in defending freedom of religion, thought …

MINSK, Belarus (OSV News) — Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus Dec. 30 in a move …

GLASGOW, Scotland (OSV News) — As the Jubilee Year picks up speed, the faithful must participate by sharing what we have with the disadvantaged, Catholic charity Mary’s Meals urged.  Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, …

KRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) — An army of little violinists dressed in traditional attire of Polish highlanders, or “górale,” went viral playing their Christmas carol in a gorgeous church in …

(OSV News) — By the time December rolls around each year, it feels like the past 12 months have seen it all. In particular for 2024, they saw tens of …