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Our Sunday Visitor is a publishing organization based in Huntington, Indiana, dedicated to the Roman Catholic community. They produce the American national weekly newspaper called Our Sunday Visitor, along with a variety of Catholic magazines, religious literature, pamphlets, teaching materials, and resources for parish bulletins and donation envelopes. Additionally, they provide an "Online Giving" platform and "Faith in Action" websites for parishes. Established in 1912 by Father John F. Noll, Our Sunday Visitor became the leading Catholic newsweekly throughout the twentieth century.

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Traditional Pentecost pilgrimage comes in middle of heated TLM discussion in French church

17 hours ago | osvnews.com | Caroline de Sury

4 On June 7 in the morning, pilgrims will depart from Saint-Sulpice, an iconic church in central Paris. On June 9, Bishop Philippe Christory of Chartres will welcome the pilgrims to his diocese’s cathedral. The traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated by the chaplain general of Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, with Bishop Christory delivering the homily. In recent months, new sources of tensions arose between the organizers of the pilgrimage and the French bishops.
Video of dancing, beatboxing nuns goes viral, boosts interest in their ministry

4 days ago | osvnews.com | Eduardo Lima

1 On ABC’s “The View,” Goldberg commented on the clip, saying that “anytime you can praise the Lord with some music and you’re doing your thing, I think it’s a good sign.” Sister Marizele and Sister Marisa are members of the Brazilian congregation of the Sisters of the Copious Redemption, created in 1989 by Redemptorist Father Wilton Lopes in the city of Ponta Grossa, Paraná state, where both of the sisters live today. Their mission is to work especially on the rehabilitation of drug addicts.
Embers of fire 'have now burned out' at Ohio church but not 'embers of faith,' pastor says

6 days ago | osvnews.com | Julie Asher

4 The priest said he arrived at about 2:45 p.m. to see “the church roof almost fully engulfed in flames and smoke. … A little after 7 p.m. the spire tilted toward the south and came down in front of the church.” “But,” he added, “I have also been seeing many signs of hope with all who have come to our (aid), learning what may be salvaged from the church and the beginning of steps to rebuild,” he said.
Picturesque Catholic village in Switzerland buried under landslide

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Paulina Guzik

4 The tiny fairy-tale looking village was home to roughly 300 inhabitants who had been brought to safety with village cars, with sheep airlifted as their owners evacuated. “Some cantons in Switzerland are Protestant, some Catholic, some mixed, but this region is definitely Catholic,” Father Biel told OSV News May 30.
Immigration advocates decry recent East Africa deportations

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Gina Christian

3 (OSV News) — Catholic immigration advocates are expressing their concern after the Trump administration apparently deported several immigrants without permanent legal status to East Africa — despite a court order restricting the government from deporting people to nations that are not their countries of origin.
Missouri Supreme Court leaves abortion ban in place, for now

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Kate Scanlon

0 (OSV News) — The Missouri Supreme Court on May 27 overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state’s abortion restrictions, effectively leaving its ban in place — for now. Missouri’s ban on most abortions, which went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, was rejected by the state’s voters in November.
Vatican gardeners plant botanical reproduction of pope’s coat of arms

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Carol Glatz

1 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new pope means a new papal coat of arms topped by the papal miter and a set of crossed keys. Most churches in Italy will soon be replacing the metal shield of the coat of arms of Pope Francis that adorned their facade with Pope Leo XIV’s shield; however, Vatican gardeners have already made the switch.
Remember Christ's compassion, show compassion to others, pope says

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Cindy Wooden

3 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being religious does not automatically mean someone is compassionate, and yet for a Christian compassion is a clear sign of following Christ, Pope Leo XIV said. “Before being a religious matter, compassion is a question of humanity! Before being believers, we are called to be human,” the pope said May 28 as he held his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. At the end of the audience, Pope Leo again pleaded for peace in Gaza and in Ukraine.
Welcoming Naples soccer team, pope hints he may not be a Rome fan

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Cindy Wooden

2 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After days of frenzied celebrations in Naples, members of Italy’s champion soccer team arrived at the Vatican for a papal audience but seemed unsure of the protocol. In a video released by Vatican Media, the players and coaches stood May 27 when Pope Leo XIV entered the Clementine Hall, and scattered applause began from the back of the room before everyone joined in.
Pope names priest president of the Pontifical Academy for Life

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Cindy Wooden

4 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV has named Father Renzo Pegoraro, a bioethicist who earned a medical degree before entering the seminary, to be the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Father Pegoraro, who had served as chancellor of the academy since 2011, succeeds Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 80 in April.