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Sights & Sounds: Blessing vehicles for summer travel
Saints Cyril and Methodius, the “Apostles to the Slovaks,” were devoted missionaries who traveled over 740 miles under difficult conditions to spread the Good News. It makes sense then that … Learn More
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Pope Leo XIV opened the second extraordinary consistory of his pontificate June 26, urging cardinals to help him discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today and … Learn More
Cardinal Tobin: Saints Peter and Paul, Spirit-filled Evangelizers
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Formation conference for teachers emphasizes relationship with Christ
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- Group’s new roadmap aims to renew Catholic elementary and secondary education
by Kimberley Heatherington on June 26, 2026 at 4:54 pmThe Front Royal Statement is "meant to guide the conversation about Catholic education for many years to come," said Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki. The post Group’s new roadmap aims to renew Catholic elementary and secondary education first appeared on OSV News.
- Pope Leo XIV opens consistory, asks cardinals to be ‘builders of Christ’s communion’by Courtney Mares on June 26, 2026 at 3:53 pm
The pope said his ministry "cannot be carried out alone," and he called on the cardinals to support him by offering frank and sincere counsel. The post Pope Leo XIV opens consistory, asks cardinals to be ‘builders of Christ’s communion’ first appeared on OSV News.
- UK bishops ‘distressed’ after Northampton prelate charged with rapeby Junno Arocho Esteves on June 26, 2026 at 3:43 pm
The bishops reassured the faithful of their commitment to safeguard and maintain a "zero-tolerance policy for abuse in the Church and in wider society." The post UK bishops ‘distressed’ after Northampton prelate charged with rape first appeared on OSV News.
- Cardinal Francis Spellman: A dramatic, hard-fought rise to the topby Russell Shaw on June 26, 2026 at 10:00 am
Many cardinals have had books written about them, but few have become the fictionalized heroes of best-selling novels. The post Cardinal Francis Spellman: A dramatic, hard-fought rise to the top first appeared on OSV News.
- The wisdom of wanting to be littleby Father Joshua J. Whitfield on June 26, 2026 at 9:00 am
Perhaps in reading this Sunday's gospel, maybe you will think of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux too. The post The wisdom of wanting to be little first appeared on OSV News.
