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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
A move to hold talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican appeared to gain momentum May 19, following a call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News
Hundreds of Catholic humanitarian workers are rallying to prevent further — and more permanent — reductions in U.S. federal funding for international aid, which has been slashed under the Trump administration as part of its “America First” policy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Though only days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has given war-weary Ukrainians reason to hope that Russia’s aggression against their nation — now in its 11th year — can be ended through a just peace.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News
Dialogue and bridge-building have emerged as early indicators of what Pope Leo XIV’s interreligious approach to Jews and Muslims may look like, giving hope that Pope Francis-era advances in the church’s interfaith relations will continue, experts told OSV News.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tenn., that has emptied the pews at several Spanish-speaking parishes, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, News, social media, World News
The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is “still needed today” amid increased social acceptance of — and addiction to — such material.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News
A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots — and the discovery illuminates the nation’s rich multiracial history, the experience of Black Catholics and the importance of the church’s sacramental records.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Augustinian Father Robert Hagan said that fellow order member Pope Leo XIV has “always been a brother to us” — one who encouraged him from his early days to his own leadership role in the order.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington has confirmed to OSV News that its offices are assisting with some travel expenses, at the request of the state of Virginia, for dozens of white South Africans known as Afrikaners, whose refugee applications were expedited by the Trump administration due to what the White House called “racial discrimination.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Days before he was elected, Pope Leo XIV (then Cardinal Robert F. Prevost) received a ringing endorsement from a Catholic school teacher in New Jersey — one the pope-to-be apparently read just hours before entering the conclave at which he would be chosen.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Uncategorized
Catholic groups are welcoming Pope Leo XIV — the second pope from the Americas, and the first U.S.-born pontiff — who was elected May 8, the second day of the papal conclave.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican’s approach to security protocols for the papal conclave “sets a gold standard for organizations handling sensitive decisions,” security expert and author Theresa Payton told OSV News.
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