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Sharing the U.S. bishops’ Lenten message this year, their pro-life chairman used it to remind all wounded by abortion that Jesus’ love knows no bounds.

“The Stations of the Cross in Slow Motion” Suzan Sammons, Sophia Institute Press (2024) 160 pages, $10.00 Suzan Sammons’ latest book “The Stations of the Cross in Slow Motion,” led …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early April, including a group Lenten retreat for the pope and top …

SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — The armed confrontation between two guerrilla organizations in Catatumbo, a region in the northern part of Colombia, has caused at least 80 deaths and the …

(OSV News) — Beginning March 27, the fifth season of the hit series “The Chosen,” which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theaters in …

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, where the Catholic Church has denounced government …

LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) — A court has convicted a British army veteran of violating a “buffer zone” around an abortion clinic after he prayed silently within the boundary. Adam …

LONDON (OSV News) — A Catholic pro-life volunteer, twice arrested for praying silently outside an abortion clinic, has received a payout from the U.K. police force who arrested her. Speaking …

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — Barely eight days before Mexico was scheduled to head to the polls on June 2, the president of the Mexican bishops’ conference issued an urgent …

Q: Now that we are in Lent, most Catholics I know are doing “fish on Fridays” to conform to the fasting and abstinence requirement. But if I typically avoid meat …