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A woman prays as thousands gather at a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2025.

At memorial, Charlie Kirk’s wife says she forgives alleged shooter

Charlie Kirk was an "influential figure" in his own election, President Donald Trump said at a memorial service for the Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
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St. Therese of Lisieux is featured holding an image of the Holy Face in this stained glass depiction of beloved female saints in the church of St. Therese, Montauk, N.Y. Illustrated are Sts. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Theresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux and Catherine of Siena. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Scholars, Catholics call St. Therese’s ‘little way’ relevant today after pope’s letter

Carmelite scholars and everyday Catholics are welcoming Pope Francis' new apostolic letter about St. Therese of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun beloved worldwide for her "little way" of childlike trust and confidence in God's merciful love.
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Seahawks offensive tackle loves the game, but Catholic faith is his ‘focal point’ 

In his second year as an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, Abraham "Abe" Lucas is living his childhood dream. Even so, it's faith, not football, that's the most important thing for this self-described "hard-core Catholic."
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The father of Alma Al Majayda, 3, killed in an Israeli airstrike, reacts while carrying her body during the child’s funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Oct. 19, 2023, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)

Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of ‘carnage’

The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine's ambassador to Denmark said.
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Pope calls for world day of prayer for peace as catastrophe looms in Gaza

Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing conflicts elsewhere, Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting, penance and prayer for peace in the world Oct. 27.
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Newly Unified ‘Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe’ is Established in Atlanta, GA  

Approximately 700 men from six United States provinces came together in a unified Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in mid-October, during their synodal Chapter of Unity in Kansas City, MO.
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Illinois man who killed Palestinian boy, wounded mother is Catholic parishioner

An Illinois man accused of murdering a Palestinian boy and stabbing his mother because they were Muslim is a member of a local Catholic parish.
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