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People march along U.S. Route 101 during a protest in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2025, against arrests and deportations of migrants by U.S. government agencies. (OSV News photo/Joel Angel Juarez, Reuters)

Maryland workshop offers resources in nation’s fluid immigration landscape

February 5, 2025
Parish and diocesan representatives recently gathered in Annapolis with policy experts to discuss the fluid immigration landscape shaped by President Donald J. Trump's executive orders affecting immigrants and migrant rights that he issued in the first days of his second ...
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Supporters of Israeli hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7 2023, attack by Hamas, react to a Gaza ceasefire deal as they attend a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2025

Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire, hostage agreement, as Gaza Catholics rejoice

January 16, 2025
After more than a year of war and thousands killed or wounded, negotiators representing Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal.
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Pope Francis reviews and initials each page of the manuscript of "Hope: The Autobiography" Aug. 9, 2024, in his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Pope looks back on his life, urges people to look to future with hope

January 15, 2025
"Hope: The Autobiography" by Pope Francis was released Jan. 14 in its original Italian and in 17 other languages in about 100 countries. The book was written with Italian editor Carlo Musso beginning in 2019.
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A file photo shows the front of the New York state Capitol in Albany. New York is now the first state to offer paid prenatal care leave to expectant mothers. As of Jan. 1, 2025, privately-employed New Yorkers will be able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments, fertility treatments and abortion. The law was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

NY becomes first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal appointments

January 14, 2025
New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law -- which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul -- privately ...
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Pope Francis greets U.S. President Joe Biden June 14, 2024, before the pontiff gave a speech to world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Borgo Egnazia in Italy's southern Puglia region. On Jan. 11, 2025, Biden spoke with the pope from the White House in Washington and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Biden had been scheduled to have an audience with the pope during a Jan. 9-12 trip to Rome but the president canceled the trip to amid the California wildfires.

Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor

January 13, 2025
President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.
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Un bombero trabaja cerca de las casas durante una tormenta de viento en Altadena, California, el 8 de enero de 2025, que alimentó feroces incendios forestales. Los incendios arrasaron la zona de Los Ángeles con una fuerza devastadora el 8 de enero, tras desencadenar una huida desesperada de los residentes de las casas en llamas a través de el fuego, vientos feroces e imponentes nubes de humo. (Foto OSV News/David Swanson, Reuters)

LA wildfires: Survivors lean on faith through the flames

January 10, 2025
Survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires say their Catholic faith is bringing them through the flames.
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Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City Sept. 20, 2024, to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Catholic climate policy advocates express concern about Trump proposals

January 9, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump Jan. 7 reiterated his call for some companies that make investments in the U.S. economy to bypass some environmental regulations. 
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