(OSV News) — As he reflected on child labor and other critical situations involving children all over the world, Pope Francis mentioned in the Jubilee Year’s second general audience Jan. …
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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: …
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(OSV News) — Pope Francis has expelled two more members and upheld the expulsion of one member of the controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae due to allegations of sexual …
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(OSV News) — A new book accusing Opus Dei of dealing in human trafficking, forced labor as well as financial malfeasance by members who held powerful positions in a prominent …
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(OSV News) — While the serious problems the world is facing are mostly beyond the control of the church, Catholics can “shine their light” and draw people to a path …
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(OSV News) — The bishops of Bolivia urged the country’s authorities to act quickly in staving off irreparable harm to people and the environment as raging wildfires continue to devastate …
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(OSV News) — The first two days of presentations of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, contrasted the hardships currently faced by many people in different parts of …
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(OSV News) — The 53rd edition of the International Eucharistic Congress began Sept. 8 in Quito, Ecuador, with a strong call to build fraternity as a way of healing the …
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SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches …
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(OSV News) — Luis Fernando Figari, the controversial lay founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, accused of sexual and psychological abuse, was expelled by the Vatican from the lay movement he …
