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Cardinals Gérald C. Lacroix of Québec, Wilton D. Gregory, retired archbishop of Washington, and Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston, speak outside the Pontifical North American College in Rome May 5, 2025.

In final pre-conclave meetings, cardinals discuss war, dialogue

May 6, 2025
With less than 48 hours until the beginning of the conclave, the cardinals who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope discussed war, the need for dialogue and the role of the pope in fostering it.
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Willow Brook, a pilot project of the new Our Lady Queen of Angels Housing Alliance in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, will feature a 74-unit apartment building near LA City College with below-market rents targeting transitioning foster youth and community college students. In August, the archdiocese that it was spearheading the new alliance to address the issue in collaboration with some of LA's leading philanthropic organizations. (OSV News illustration/courtesy Our Lady Queen of Angels Housing Alliance)

LA Archdiocese, philanthropists to develop unused buildings for affordable housing

October 11, 2024
The state of California holds multiple first-place distinctions in the latest annual homeless report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — but none of them are positive.
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Broken utility poles downed by strong wind gusts are seen as Hurricane Milton approaches Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 9, 2024. As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA announced Oct. 9 that it has launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign at ccusa.online/milton, with 100% of all funds raised to be allocated to local Catholic Charities agencies. (OSV News photo/Ricardo Arduengo, Reuters)

Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund

October 10, 2024
As Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA has launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign.
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Children join in Aid to the Church in Need's "One Million Children Praying the Rosary" in Burkina Faso in 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy Aid to the Church in Need)

Faith of children, power of prayer combine in million-strong rosary

October 9, 2024
As conflict rages worldwide, 1 million children are set to storm heaven with prayer.
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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike as displaced Palestinians make their way to flee areas in the eastern part of Khan Younis following an Israeli evacuation order, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Oct. 7, 2024. (OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters)

As church prepares for Jubilee, ‘Holy Land is bleeding,’ Palestine ambassador says

October 8, 2024
Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine's ambassador to the Holy See said.
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Pope Francis stops in prayer before the icon "Salus Populi Romani" ("health -- or salvation -- of the Roman people") after praying the rosary for peace in Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major Oct. 6, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede

October 7, 2024
As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to "intercede for our world in danger."
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Dikembe Mutombo, an All-American on the men's basketball team at Georgetown University and an NBA Hall of Fame player, who dedicated his life to philanthropic and humanitarian work to advocate for those in need, died Sept. 30, 2024, at age 58 from brain cancer.

Dikembe Mutombo, beloved NBA superstar with Georgetown University roots, dies at 58

October 4, 2024
Dikembe Mutombo, a beloved NBA superstar who got his start on the Georgetown University courts, died Sept. 30.
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