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Pope Francis tells visitors in St. Peter's Square that an aide will read the catechesis he prepared for his general audience at the Vatican March 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics living under ‘dark clouds of Good Friday’

Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection."
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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over the Dali cargo vessel March 26, 2024, after it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and that city's officials have called for prayers as rescue efforts continue, following the early morning collapse of the bridge. (OSV News photo/Julia Nikhinson, Reuters)

Baltimore Archdiocese ministers to crew involved in bridge collapse

The Archdiocese of Baltimore's Apostleship of the Sea is normally a "friendly face" for international seafarers visiting the port.
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Smoke and flames are seen near a high-voltage line at a site of a Russian airstrike, outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 22, 2024. Fifteen U.S.-based religious leaders, including Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio and Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak, have condemned Russia's March 21-22 attacks on Ukraine's energy grid as "war crimes." (OSV News photo/Sofiia Gatilova, Reuters)

US Christian leaders condemn Russian strikes on Ukraine energy grid

Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and other Christian leaders in the U.S. have denounced Russia's massive recent attack on Ukraine's energy system.
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A person is pictured in a file photo holding a sign against physician-assisted suicide. (OSV News photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

Irish doctors oppose euthanasia, urge support for compassionate care

The professional body that regulates and ensures professional standards for doctors in Ireland has rejected a report from a parliamentary committee that called for the legalization of assisted suicide.
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Palestinian children react near the site of an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)

US bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Church has a crucial role in combating polarization, ‘Civilize it’ panelists say

The church has a crucial role in combating the rise of polarization, panelists said at a March 20 webinar organized by the U.S. bishops' conference and other Catholic groups.
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Vatican says pope has not accepted invitation to go to Russia

Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
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