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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

OSV News July 25, 2025

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.

A man leaves an empty church in Bonn, Germany, June 12, 2020. The Catholic Church in Germany continues to shrink, according to a new report released June 27, 2024, by the German bishops' conference. The latest statistics show that more than 400,000 people left the country's Catholic Church last year. (OSV News photo/Harald Oppitz, Reuters)

Report: Germany’s Catholic Church shrinks; over 400,000 left in 2023

OSV News July 5, 2024

The Catholic Church in Germany continues to shrink, a new study has found. More than 400,000 people in the European country left the church in 2023.

Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, attends a march in downtown El Paso, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023, to demand an end to the immigration policy called "Title 42" and to support the rights of migrants coming to the border. A state judge ruled July 2, 2024, that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, violated the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (OSV News photo/Paul Ratje, Reuters)

Judge: Shutting down Catholic ministry to migrants violates religious freedom

OSV News July 4, 2024

A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.

Children are pictured in an undated photo enjoying an outdoor session at the Montessori school managed by Sister Pupika Perera, of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, at Nuwereliya, Sri Lanka. (OSV News photo/Thomas Scaria, Global Sisters Report)

Women religious empower, educate tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka

OSV News July 3, 2024

Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, said Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers for almost 100 years.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington is seen June 17, 2024. The Supreme Court on June 27, 2024, dismissed a case concerning emergency abortions in Idaho, sending the case back to lower courts without resolving the central question about conflicting state and federal laws. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

SCOTUS rules presidents have immunity in core constitutional acts, not unofficial acts

OSV News July 2, 2024

Presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution as it relates to core constitutional acts of their office, presumptive immunity for official acts, but none for unofficial acts, a divided Supreme Court ruled July 1.

A pro-life advocate from Iowa holds a sign during the 2017 March for Life in Washington. The Iowa Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling June 28, 2024, said the state's six-week abortion limit could be enforced amid a legal challenge to it. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Tyler Orsburn)

Iowa Supreme Court says 6-week abortion ban can be enforced

OSV News July 1, 2024

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled June 28 that the state's six-week abortion limit could be enforced amid a legal challenge to it.

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden participate in their first U.S. presidential campaign debate in Atlanta June 27, 2024.

Biden, Trump spar over abortion, migrants and each other in first presidential debate

OSV News June 28, 2024

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, participated in the first general election debate of the 2024 cycle on June 27, including on topics like abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and the economy.