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A woman prays as thousands gather at a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2025.

At memorial, Charlie Kirk’s wife says she forgives alleged shooter

September 22, 2025
Charlie Kirk was an "influential figure" in his own election, President Donald Trump said at a memorial service for the Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
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A serviceman of 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops at the frontline near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine Nov. 18, 2024, amid the ongoing the Russia-Ukraine war. (OSV News photo/Oleg Petrasiuk, Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)

US Catholics help ‘heal the wounds of war’ in Ukraine through fund

March 20, 2025
Catholic bishops and faithful in the U.S. are helping to heal broken bodies, minds and spirits in Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion, thanks to a church-driven initiative.
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Salvadoran police officers escort an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16, 2025, who were recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government. (OSV News photo/Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters)

Catholic migrant advocates ‘alarmed’ by Trump use of Alien Enemies Act

March 19, 2025
President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II.
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A statue of Irish-born Matt Talbot, declared "venerable" by Pope Paul VI, is seen in Dublin Aug. 24, 2018. The 100th anniversary of Talbot's death is June 7. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)

Film on Matt Talbot shows the power of faith, thirst for holiness

March 18, 2025
A forthcoming docudrama is highlighting how an Irish laborer, now on the path to possible sainthood, has become a patron of those battling addiction — and those thirsting for holiness.
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A worker with Jesuit Refugee Service is seen in a 2023 photo offering physical therapy to a woman in Renk, South Sudan, as part of the response to the conflict in Sudan. A pause on U.S. foreign aid is affecting critical programs carried out by nongovernmental organizations like JRS. (OSV News photo/courtesy JRS)

CRS, African women religious describe impact of US foreign aid cuts

March 17, 2025
Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posts on X March 14, 2025, about a conversation he had with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

As ceasefire talk continues, Zelenskyy says he spoke with Cardinal Parolin

March 14, 2025
As the United States continues to attempt to broker a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with the Vatican secretary of state.
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A group of Russian pilgrims prays during a rosary led by Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of Moscow, near a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome's Gemelli Hospital .

Pope’s chest X-ray confirms his improvement, doctors say

March 13, 2025
Pope Francis' condition continues to be stable and a chest X-ray "confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days," his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely.
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