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"Everybody deserves a place to call home, where they can build relationships, nurture family life, and participate fully in their community." The post Urban planning must address homelessness to promote human dignity, Vatican’s UN mission says first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — When Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, first encountered Sigrid Undset’s writing in junior high school, it was through her famous novel trilogy “Kristin Lavransdatter.” It did… The post Oslo’s bishop on why Sigrid Undset’s complex life, compelling writing resonate from Norway to US first appeared on OSV News.

"We especially ask for prayers for all the volunteers and security forces who are tirelessly working to extinguish the fires." The post Wildfires in Spain force Augustinian nuns to evacuate monastery first appeared on OSV News.

Before Florida held two executions July 28, its Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter urging Catholics to reflect on the Church's death penalty opposition. The post Florida carries out double executions as bishops issue new pastoral letter first appeared on OSV News.

"All spaces are being rapidly cleaned and prepared so that they can once again be a place of prayer and encounter with the Lord." The post Polish suspect in Medjugorje vandalism detained; calls against online condemnation grow first appeared on OSV News.