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PARIS (OSV News) — The archbishop of Paris spoke out in favor of freedom of Catholic education in France, amid weeks of tensions and protests after the principal of a Catholic school was fired by the state school-supervising body for “breaching secularism.” The principal of a high school in southern France introduced confessions during school The post Church leaders speak up after French school supervising body fires principal of Catholic school first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — National Eucharistic Pilgrimage organizers are seeking eight young adults to spend six weeks traveling with the Eucharist from Indiana to California next summer as perpetual pilgrims in the United States’ second national Eucharistic pilgrimage. The route is scheduled to begin Pentecost Sunday, May 18, following a Mass of thanksgiving in Indianapolis and The post From Indy to LA: Pilgrim applications open for 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage route first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — When Chris Bartlett told a parish group his wife had miscarried, he recalls the women gathering around to console her and share their own stories of miscarriage and loss. The men patted him on the back and helped him stack chairs. “That was basically it,” he said. Bartlett, 44, who leads a The post Men grieve ‘shared suffering’ miscarriage differently than women, but can be overlooked first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — Ahead of World Mission Sunday — which the Catholic Church celebrates on the second to last Sunday in October, and which in 2024 falls on Oct. 20 — OSV News spoke with Kevin Foy, executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association, on current perspectives and trends in mission work. USCMA, The post At home or abroad, mission work involves ‘radical transformation’ in Christ, says US missions expert first appeared on OSV News.

BEIRUT (OSV News) — As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes. Some of them have nowhere to go in a country already devastated by economic crisis, a political impasse and the largest number of The post As Israel’s Lebanon campaign escalates, displaced Christians wait for ‘miracle to end this misery’ first appeared on OSV News.