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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.

The Washington state Capitol is pictured in Olympia April 11, 2020. (OSV News photo/Jason Redmond, Reuters)

State attorney general investigates Washington’s dioceses over sex abuse response

OSV News May 15, 2024

The Washington state attorney general's office announced May 9 an investigation into whether the state's three Catholic dioceses used charitable funds to cover up allegations of child sex abuse by clergy.

This is an undated screenshot of the altar at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Chicago. A Chicago priest in liturgical garb performed a blessing of a same-sex couple at the church, which was video-recorded and described on Instagram as "a blessing of our marriage." (OSV News screenshot/Instagram)

Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing ‘words and visuals’

OSV News May 14, 2024

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.

Father Nicholas G. DuPre (center), associate pastor at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Abbeville, Louisiana, leads parishioners in prayer as a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle during a first Communion Mass May 11, 2024.

Louisiana first Communion Mass disrupted by gunman

OSV News May 13, 2024

A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 ...

A newly released image of St. Padre Pio is seen in this undated photo. The Vatican hosted a presentation of 10 new photos of the Capuchin saint April 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Courtesy Saint Pio Foundation)

New photos reveal many sides of St. Padre Pio

OSV News May 10, 2024

A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs of the saint available to the devout for free.