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Thousands of young Poles make their way through the streets of Czestochowa, Poland, July 19, 2025, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine. This year's annual pilgrimage and camp marked the 25th anniversary of the Foundation "Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia" (Work of the New Millennium), a vibrant "living memorial" to St. John Paul II, supporting talented youth from underprivileged backgrounds. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sara Janikowska, Work of the New Millennium)

Poland’s memorial to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives

Thousands of young Poles made their way through the streets of Częstochowa July 19, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine.
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Worshippers recitE the Lord's Prayer during a Mass celebrated in honor of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San Diego Dec. 9, 2023.

US bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide

The U.S. bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country's 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21.
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Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic rings the Olympic bell.

Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass

During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the ...
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Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk into a temporary humanitarian respite center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.

New study on Catholic attitudes on migrants, immigration and refugees

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), affiliated with Georgetown University, last month published a study on Catholic attitudes toward immigration, migrants, and refugees.
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President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff greet each other on stage during Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 19, 2024.

Biden passes torch to Harris on the Democratic National Convention’s opening night

President Joe Biden both sought to cement his own legacy and pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer during his address at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
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Pope Francis plans to travel Sept. 2-13 to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore. It will be the 45th foreign trip of his pontificate and his longest trip, both in terms of distance and days away from Rome.

Pope to visit Asia, Oceania in September

Pope Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts.
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A drone view shows a bridge submerged by the flooded La Plata River in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ernesto Aug.14, 2024. Archbishop Roberto O. Gonzalez Nieves of San Juan suspended Masses and pastoral activities Aug. 13 and 14 as Ernesto battered Puerto Rico, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (OSV News photo/Ricardo Arduengo, Reuters)

Prayers, power grid repairs follow Ernesto hitting Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

(OSV News) — Prayers and power grid repairs are underway in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as Hurricane Ernesto roared through the Caribbean. Ernesto struck Puerto Rico late Aug. 13 as a tropical storm, then strengthened into a ...
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