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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident and Salvadoran national at the center of a high-profile immigration case, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office Aug. 25, 2025.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities

August 26, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore on Aug. 25, and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a nation that recently agreed to accept ...
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Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes, pictured on an undated photograph said March 31, 2025, that the sanctuary will cover the mosaics on the doors of the facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France. The facade showcases the artwork of Father Marko Rupnik, a priest and former Jesuit, who is currently under investigation after accusations of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse by multiple adult women. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)

Lourdes bishop covering Father Rupnik’s mosaics on sanctuary’s basilica doors

March 31, 2025
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more welcoming for all, particularly ...
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Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, looks on as U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., addresses pro-life activists from around the country gathered at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington March 27, 2025. Pro-life groups including SBA Pro-Life America and Students for Life Action pushed the Trump administration and Congress to strip funds from Planned Parenthood.

Pro-life advocates call on Trump, Congress to fully defund Planned Parenthood

March 28, 2025
A coalition of pro-life groups went to the U.S. Capitol March 27 to urge Congress and President Donald Trump's administration to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, shortly before the Supreme Court is set to consider a case concerning that ...
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Dr. Sergio Alfieri, who has led the medical team treating the pope in the hospital, speaks at a news conference at Rome's Gemelli hospital March 22, 2025.

Pope knew he ‘might not make it,’ physician says

March 26, 2025
For Pope Francis' medical team at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day. "For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of some of the people around him," Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the coordinator of his medical ...
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A student is handed a school lunch at Immaculate Conception School in Revere, Mass., March 21, 2025. The Trump administration cuts to federally funded school meal programs could leave thousands of kids hungry, said program administrators at Catholic dioceses.

Massive USDA program cuts hit some Catholic efforts to feed school kids

March 25, 2025
Several diocesan overseers of federally funded school meal programs told OSV News that Trump administration changes stand to leave some children's plates empty, while potentially making surviving versions of the programs too burdensome to operate.
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Pope Francis waves to a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican March 23, 2025, after 38 days of treatment at the hospital.

Pope returns to Vatican after long hospitalization

March 24, 2025
Immediately before leaving Rome's Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double pneumonia and infections, Pope Francis greeted hundreds of people who gathered outside the hospital March 23.
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Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in an undated photo. From March 21-23, 2025, a museum in Savannah, Ga., dedicated to her literary genius and fascinating personality is celebrating the centennial of her birth with socials, specialty tours, author talks and a live band, culminating in an annual birthday party event that will include vendors, games and an O'Connor look-alike contest. (OSV News photo/courtesy 11th Street Lot)

Flannery O’Connor’s 100th birthday parties celebrate author’s quirks, talents

March 21, 2025
Long before Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and chickens at 207 E. Charlton St., her childhood home in Savannah.
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