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Retired Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, who led the southwest Florida diocese for nearly 20 years before his retirement in May, died Oct. 7, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was 76. The post Bishop Dewane recalled for his ‘remarkable legacy of faithful service’ to Church first appeared on OSV News.

Cardinal Tagle was elected in a vote of the most senior cardinals of the Catholic Church, holding the rank of cardinal bishops and who number about a dozen. The post Cardinal Antonio Tagle elected dean of the College of Cardinals first appeared on OSV News.

This will be the 54th International Eucharistic Congress. It has been hosted twice in Australia already: in Sydney in 1928 and Melbourne in 1973. The post Sydney bishops discuss plans for Eucharistic Congress with Pope Leo, with dates set first appeared on OSV News.

After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as "barbaric." The post US bishops’ president condemns ‘barbaric’ Pentagon plan to livestream execution first appeared on OSV News.

Reason, memory and critical thinking are "fundamental for both faith and mission," the pope told students from the pontifical universities of Rome. The post Fostering critical thinking at Catholic universities can counter ‘false teachers,’ pope says first appeared on OSV News.