Editor’s note: This is part of a series exploring the lives of Great American Catholics ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebration. (OSV News) — In late spring or …
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Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to her hometown …
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Mother Cabrini: First U.S. citizen canonized a saint dedicated life to New York’s Italian immigrants
by Russell Shawby Russell ShawEditor’s note: This is part of a series exploring the lives of Great American Catholics ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebration. (OSV News) — Before the great wave …
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“I don’t know if it’s a particular devotion to her as a saint, but she represents, for the church, the church’s embrace of immigrants.”
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The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain believes Pope Leo’s appreciation for Spain’s missionary history is not rooted in nostalgia.
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Roughly two months before celebrating a year on the throne of Peter, Pope Leo XIV became one of the most quoted global leaders on the planet.
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(OSV News) — The canonization cause for Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek — a Polish American priest who ministered amid years in Soviet captivity — has been terminated, although Vatican’s decision …
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(OSV News) — Several gunmen abducted 32 people in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, including a catechist and his pregnant wife, in an attack that has increased fears of Christians in the country …
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The shaman who welcomed Father Zanardini told him: “If you want to stay with us, you must learn many things.” And that’s what the priest did.
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Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency.
