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Ezra Jin Mingri, Chinese prisoner of conscience, released to US

Ezra Jin Mingri, Chinese prisoner of conscience, releas...

“Pastor Jin should never have spent a single day behind bars for peacefully livi...

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Peter’s Pence collected more than $65.8 million for the pope’s mission in 2025

Peter’s Pence collected more than $65.8 million for the...

Almost $50 million was used to support the activities of the Holy See in the ser...

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Pope Leo XIV congratulates the U.S. on its 250th anniversary

Pope Leo XIV congratulates the U.S. on its 250th annive...

The pontiff's letter stressed religious freedom, the right to life, and the cont...

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Pope Leo XIV: Migrants lost at sea are victims of choices made and unmade

Pope Leo XIV: Migrants lost at sea are victims of choic...

Celebrating Mass on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV urged Eu...

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EWTN News explains: As a Catholic, can you attend an SSPX Mass?

EWTN News explains: As a Catholic, can you attend an SS...

The traditionalist group has been declared in schism with the Catholic Church af...

Associated News Agency Affirmed Comprehensive Journalism Ethics Framework for Its Global Media Network

Associated News Agency Affirmed Comprehensive Journalis...

According to ANA, the initiative reflects the belief that journalism is more tha...

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Washington Roundup: Supreme Court issues major rulings; poll finds control of Senate up for grabs

Washington Roundup: Supreme Court issues major rulings;...

The U.S. Supreme Court June 30 ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive ord...

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Religious, civic leaders applaud Pope Leo’s witness to human dignity at Liberty Medal ceremony

Religious, civic leaders applaud Pope Leo’s witness to ...

The awarding of the Liberty Medal to Pope Leo XIV for his efforts to uphold reli...

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Pope Leo invites Americans to cultivate ‘moral greatness’ as he accepts Liberty Medal

Pope Leo invites Americans to cultivate ‘moral greatnes...

Pope Leo shared his thoughts on the US founding ideals in a July 3 address accep...

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West Virginia’s new bishop tells faithful he comes to diocese as ‘your brother and shepherd’

West Virginia’s new bishop tells faithful he comes to d...

The church is at her best when she stands with those in the margins, defending t...

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After the Vatican declares SSPX in formal schism, what’s next for the Church?

After the Vatican declares SSPX in formal schism, what’...

The faithful traditionalists who remain in the Church must not "be forgotten in ...

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Pope Leo strengthens Roman Curia with new appointments in key Vatican dicasteries

Pope Leo strengthens Roman Curia with new appointments ...

With Tuesday’s nominations, the pope changed the No. 2 positions in dicasteries ...

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Vatican financial watchdog loses autonomy

Vatican financial watchdog loses autonomy

The Authority for Financial Information and Supervision is now effectively struc...

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SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning

SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism w...

The unauthorized July 1 rite in Écône, Switzerland, came despite Pope Leo XIV’s ...

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Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’

Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out without papal...

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Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Renaissance frescoes in Hall of Raphael

Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Re...

The conservation work marks “a pivotal moment both in the history of restoration...

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Catholics must bring Christ to center of border issues, says priest at border Mass

Catholics must bring Christ to center of border issues,...

Dominican Father Brendan Curran shared his thoughts on the psychological and spi...

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Abuse victims reach $31.5 million joint settlement with Quebec Archdiocese, 2 institutions, insurer

Abuse victims reach $31.5 million joint settlement with...

With the Quebec settlement agreement, eight of 18 Latin-rite dioceses in Quebec ...

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Supreme Court takes up case over state, local bans on semiautomatic rifles

Supreme Court takes up case over state, local bans on s...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 took up a case regardi...

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Trial begins in California’s lawsuit against pregnancy resource centers’ abortion pill reversal resources

Trial begins in California’s lawsuit against pregnancy ...

(OSV News) — California’s lawsuit against two pro-life nonprofit organizations t...