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A file photo shows a "BAN NUKES!" slogan which was made of candle lights in front of the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan.

80 years after ‘Trinity,’ Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide.
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A tribute to Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, is displayed inside the Rate Field baseball stadium in Chicago, May 9, 2025, before a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins.

Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox team up to celebrate Pope Leo and his ‘message of peace’

The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, a native son of the Windy City.
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Pope Leo XIV poses for a photograph with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo meets with US Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio

The day after his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV had a closed-door meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer looks on as a bus transporting detained people leaves the Department of Homeland Security field office in Nashville, where multiple immigrant rights groups gathered to protest what they believe to be a multi-agency operation to detain-noncitizens overnight in Nashville, Tenn., May 4, 2025. (OSV News photo/Seth Herald, Reuters)

Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations amid immigration crackdown

Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tennessee, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass.
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A child looks on at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip April 17, 2025, on a tent camp sheltering displaced people. (OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters)

Jerusalem patriarch, back in Holy Land, reflects on conclave, Gaza situation

The importance of continuity and diversity as well as the issues of war and peace were a main topic of conversation for the 133 cardinals as they gathered to vote in the conclave May 7-8, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin ...
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Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he leads, for the first time, the midday recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer May 11, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Quietly, without flashiness, Pope Leo strives toward unity

Following the April 21 death of Pope Francis, a great curiosity hovered across the world as the College of Cardinals entered into mourning and prepared to elect a new pope.
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A pro-life advocate holds a rosary and sign in this file photo from Nov. 3, 2019. Planned Parenthood released its new annual report for 2023-2024, their first covering a period of time after the Dobbs decision. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Planned Parenthood report shows abortions, public funding up after Dobbs

Planned Parenthood's latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing a $100 million increase in government funding amid an overall decrease in cancer screenings and prevention services.
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