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A newly released image of St. Padre Pio is seen in this undated photo. The Vatican hosted a presentation of 10 new photos of the Capuchin saint April 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Courtesy Saint Pio Foundation)

New photos reveal many sides of St. Padre Pio

OSV News May 10, 2024

A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs of the saint available to the devout for free.

A Palestinian boy wounded in an Israeli strike waits to receive treatment at a hospital as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters)

Access to aid in Gaza should not be a ‘bargaining chip,’ Caritas says

OSV News May 9, 2024

Israel's escalation in Rafah is only worsening the humanitarian situation for countless men, women and children caught in the crossfire.

A photo of Holocaust survivor Alex Rosin, 83, born in Poland in 1940, with children on a ship from Poland to England in 1947. He is the boy in the front center with a light jacket. Rosin was saved by living with a Catholic woman in rural Poland. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

Saved by a Catholic woman, a Holocaust survivor has a message for the world

OSV News May 8, 2024

At 83, Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust.

U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle during a ceremony at the White House in Washington May 3, 2024. Father Boyle established Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles in 1992 to improve the lives of former gang members. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Father Greg Boyle, Nancy Pelosi among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

OSV News May 7, 2024

Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were among 19 Americans awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on May 3.

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy 11th Street Lot)

‘Wildcat’ a reminder of Flannery O’Connor’s enduring attraction

OSV News May 6, 2024

Ethan Hawke knows "Wildcat," his film about the life and imagination of Southern writer Flannery O'Connor released May 3, is unlikely to attract general audiences.

Nearly 1,000 people attend an April 30, 2024, listening session for the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Seek the City To Come initiative at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, Maryland. (OSV News photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

Baltimore Catholics weigh-in on ‘heart-wrenching’ proposed changes in archdiocese

OSV News May 3, 2024

Speaking to reporters outside the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen April 30 just moments before the Archdiocese of Baltimore held its final listening session on its Seek the City to Come parish reconfiguration proposal, Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., ...

Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, N.Y., delivers the homily during Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y., June 29, 2020. A judge may decide to dismiss the bankruptcy case of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, which would be a national first. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Possible ‘showdown’ ahead as NY diocese moves to scrap bankruptcy in impasse with abuse claimants

OSV News May 2, 2024

The Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, is seeking to scrap its bankruptcy filing amid an impasse with abuse survivor settlements -- and the case may lead to what one bankruptcy scholar called "a little bit of a showdown in the O.K. ...