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Women attend Mass in Goma, Congo, July 8, 2025, following the June 15 Vatican beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi. Blessed Kositi, a 26-year-old layman from Congo, was a member of the Congolese branch of the Community of Sant'Egidio, which called him "a martyr of corruption." Kidnapped July 7, 2007, after refusing a bribe, his body was discovered two days later with evident signs of torture. Blessed Kositi's remains were transferred from a public cemetery to a cathedral in Congo's eastern city of Goma during a special Mass. (OSV News photo/Arlette Bashizi, Reuters)

Congolese Catholics honor their beatified martyr of ‘integrity and honesty’

Hundreds of Catholics in Congo gave thanks for the recent Rome beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a customs official who was killed and tortured for refusing a bribe.
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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

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."
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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

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.
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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

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 ...
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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) — 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, are working round the clock to get essential supplies to those in need. Cara Bragg, ...
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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

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.
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Opus Dei's founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá, is pictured in this undated photo. On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination March 28, 1925, St. Josemaría was topping the Amazon charts. (OSV News photo/courtesy Opus Dei)

St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after ordination

On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts.
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