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The report — “A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2025” — was released June 12 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.

“Encourage a young man to consider the priesthood or to attend Eucharistic adoration; he could be your future pastor,” said Bishop Earl A. Boyea of Lansing, Michigan.

(OSV News) — In the final days of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, it’s a question on the minds of many a political pundit: Will Americans find themselves fixated on …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in the final stretch of the campaign, a new poll found. Republican …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump was questioned on topics including the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and immigration at a Univision town hall. Vice President Kamala Harris was …

Autumn weather is starting to settle in here in the Kansas City metro area, and in my household it’s time to break out the fire pit, sweaters, hot drinks and …

(OSV News) — A new report identifies what researchers call “three big myths” about faith and politics in the U.S., concluding that the nation is less polarized around such issues …

(OSV News) — New data shows most of the nation views birth control and in vitro fertilization as “morally acceptable,” while extramarital affairs and suicide are regarded as the most …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation to reauthorize a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom took a procedural step forward in the U.S. House July 10. The same week in …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump widened his lead over President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race after the incumbent delivered a poor debate performance that raised …