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People pray together as a group of mostly Venezuelan migrants camp on the tennis courts of a community center after losing access to other shelter in Seattle April 3, 2024. The bishops of Washington state have affirmed their solidarity with immigrants and refugees, decrying "threats of mass deportations and forced separation of families" that have caused great fear for migrant families, regardless of their migration status. (OSV News photo/David Ryder, Reuters)

Washington state bishops declare church stands with immigrants, refugees

January 6, 2025
(OSV News) — On the same day dioceses around the world inaugurated the Jubilee Year, meant to be a time of hope amid a world of uncertainty, the bishops of Washington state affirmed their solidarity with immigrants and refugees. They ...
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Voters arrive at a polling station during early voting at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2024.

Much-courted Catholic vote expected to be narrowly divided on Election Day

October 31, 2024
Catholic voters are among the key constituencies that candidates are seeking to win in 2024, as surveys and analysts indicate they are on track to be closely divided at the polls.
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Ohio archdiocese ends partnership with Girl Scouts over its view of human sexuality

October 30, 2024
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has announced it will discontinue its partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA due to the organization's "impoverished worldview regarding gender and sexuality," which conflicts with Catholic teaching.
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Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization's section for new evangelization and the chief organizer of the Holy Year 2025, presents the official mascot of the Jubilee Year during a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2024.

Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025

October 29, 2024
Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a "tangible sign of the message of hope" for ...
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Pope Francis delivers his homily during the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on synodality in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2024.

Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say

October 28, 2024
Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are committing to sharing it, said the two cardinals who guided its work.
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A migrant identifying himself as Luis tries to book an appointment for entering the U.S. using the CBP One smartphone app, while resting in Mapastepec, Mexico. Frustrated with the lack of appointments available via the app, Luis and hundreds of other migrants in Mexico's southern Chiapas state formed a caravan to the U.S. in early October. (OSV News photo/David Agren)

Mexican lay couple help migrants amid rising dangers, difficulties

October 25, 2024
Daniel Hernández Rabanales got the call two days in advance: A caravan was forming and he needed to be ready.
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Pope Francis expels more Sodalitium members

October 24, 2024
Pope Francis has expelled two more members and upheld the expulsion of one member of the controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae due to allegations of sexual abuse, abuse of power and financial malfeasance.
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