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Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025
OSV News
October 29, 2024
Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a "tangible sign of the message of hope" for ...
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Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say
OSV News
October 28, 2024
Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are committing to sharing it, said the two cardinals who guided its work.
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Mexican lay couple help migrants amid rising dangers, difficulties
OSV News
October 25, 2024
Daniel Hernández Rabanales got the call two days in advance: A caravan was forming and he needed to be ready.
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Pope Francis expels more Sodalitium members
OSV News
October 24, 2024
Pope Francis has expelled two more members and upheld the expulsion of one member of the controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae due to allegations of sexual abuse, abuse of power and financial malfeasance.
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Ukrainians gather at Lourdes to pray for peace in homeland and world
OSV News
October 23, 2024
As Russia’s war on Ukraine approaches its 11th year, thousands of Ukrainians from all over the world gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France to pray for peace in their homeland and throughout the world.
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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass
OSV News
October 22, 2024
Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.
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In final pre-conclave meetings, cardinals discuss war, dialogue