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Peace and care for creation are linked, dicastery says

OSV News April 9, 2025

“Seeds of Peace and Hope” is the theme for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, which will be celebrated Sept. 1.

Unaccompanied minors are seen at the Bristow facility in Virginia, in this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services June 21, 2018.

USCCB ends cooperative agreements with US government after work suspended

OSV News April 8, 2025

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the federal government in those areas became “untenable.”

Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is seen in this 2011 file photo. The disgraced former cardinal, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct with adults, died April 3, 2025, in Missouri. He was 94.

Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94

OSV News April 7, 2025

The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and misconduct against adults, has died in Missouri. He was 94.

A pilgrimage touches the reliquary containing a relic of the heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Sept. 21, 2024, public veneration at St. Anthony’s Church in Manchester, England. The relic of Blessed Carlo, who will be canonized in 2025, attracted more than 5,000 pilgrims during a Sept. 20-23 visit. (OSV News photo/Simon Caldwell)

A saint with a song: Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ video

OSV News April 4, 2025

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.

Displaced people wait in line for food and relief supplies in Amarapura, Myanmar, April 1, 2025, following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit midday March 28. As the death toll following the massive earthquake is expected to reach at least 3,000, humanitarian organizations in the region, like Catholic Relief Services, are working round the clock to get essential supplies to those in need. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

Catholic aid organizations in a race against time to provide relief in Myanmar

OSV News April 3, 2025

(OSV News) — As the death toll following the massive earthquake in Myanmar is expected to reach 3,000, humanitarian organizations in the region, like Catholic Relief Services,

A balloon with an image of Pope Francis is seen as thousands of worshippers gather to attend a Mass at the Basilica of Lujan in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 16, 2025, to pray for the pope amid his ongoing treatment for double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted Feb. 14. The Vatican confirmed that the 88-year-old pontiff concelebrated Mass at the hospital chapel March 16. (OSV News photo/Martin Cossarini, Reuters)

Pope stable; lung infection improved, Vatican says

OSV News April 2, 2025

Pope Francis’ condition remains stable, and an X-ray showed there has been a slight improvement regarding his lingering lung infection, the Vatican press office said.