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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, smiles after the team won in the first round game of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Miami 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Sister Jean died at age 106 Oct. 9, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Sister Jean, Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106

She prayed with college basketball players before games, counseled them after losses, and reminded them that faith, not fame, was the real victory.
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Catholics ‘upbeat’ on Ukraine’s independence day, despite fear of attacks

Many of Ukraine's Catholics remain "upbeat and determined" despite fears of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine's Independence Day, said a senior priest, who added that parish life was also continuing under tight surveillance in occupied areas.
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Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border on target to break record

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end ...
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Survivors of Uvalde mass shooting get tuition aid to attend Catholic school

Thanks to tuition help from Catholic Extension, children who were wounded in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde can transfer to a local Catholic school.
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Couple credits Blessed McGivney for saving husband from COVID-19

It's miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13.
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Vatican’s Cardinal Ouellet among clergy accused of abuse in lawsuit

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, is named in a list of alleged abusers filed in support of a class-action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
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Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years

Jorge Alvarenga’s voice seemed to crack just a little when the 31-year-old began remembering and talking about the last time he saw his mother in El Salvador. He was 14. She was in her 20s.
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