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Anger at the Church

September 11, 2025

Father Pat McCloskey, OFM, answers questions in his Ask a Franciscan column!

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God Awaits

July 29, 2025
Our need to be both receivers and givers of mercy is the purpose of Christ’s presence among us.
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Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, kneels at El Paso's Memorial Park holding a "Black Lives Matter" sign June 1, 2020.

The Catholic Church and racism, 5 years after George Floyd

June 3, 2025
Five years after the death of George Floyd, there is much work still to be done in the church to address the sin of racism.
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Stacking Stones on the Margins

April 25, 2025
Catholic Extension Society seeks to erect more than 600 churches and schools in storm-torn Puerto Rico.
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Flowers and votive candles sit at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis is a patient. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Pope’s condition stable; tests show some improvement

February 20, 2025
Pope Francis’ doctors described his condition as “stable” late Feb. 19 even though “blood tests, evaluated by the medical staff, show a slight improvement.
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Demonstrators try to obstruct a police vehicle as police use water cannons to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Nairobi June 25, 2024, against Kenya's proposed finance bill to raise taxes. After Parliament passed the measure, it was sent to Kenyan President William Ruto for his signature or other action. In the face of chaos, Ruto rejected the bill June 26. (OSV News photo/Monicah Mwang, Reuters)

Kenyan bishops urge protesting youth to accept dialogue amid violence

July 18, 2024
Catholic bishops in Kenya are urging protesting youth to accept dialogue, while reminding them that remaining intolerant could push the country into anarchy.
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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

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.
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