Read more about the article Faith Alive: ‘Visio divina’: Divine seeing and praying with art and Scripture
The painting "The Ointment of the Magdalene," by James Tissot is seen at the Brooklyn Museum in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Public Domain)

Faith Alive: ‘Visio divina’: Divine seeing and praying with art and Scripture

The painting "The Ointment of the Magdalene," by James Tissot is seen at the Brooklyn Museum in this undated photo. CNS photo/Public Domain In the past few years, the term…

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Read more about the article Reports: Russian forces in Ukraine have seized a Roman Catholic church
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Berdyansk, Ukraine, is seen in this undated photo. Ukrainian officials reported April 22, 2023, that Russian forces seized the church in occupied Berdyansk, part of what the Institute for the Study of War calls an ongoing persecution of Catholics. (OSV News photo/courtesy Primorka City)

Reports: Russian forces in Ukraine have seized a Roman Catholic church

‘The church provided shelter and help to all who needed it’

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Read more about the article ‘The enemies of peace will not prevail,’ Biden says as Good Friday Agreement turns 25
Pope Francis gives one of his documents to U.S. President Joe Biden during a meeting at the Vatican in this file photo from Oct. 29, 2021. The pope gives visiting heads of state copies of his major texts. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

‘The enemies of peace will not prevail,’ Biden says as Good Friday Agreement turns 25

‘The enemies of peace will not prevail’

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Read more about the article Russia’s persecution of faith in Ukraine part of ‘cultural genocide’ campaign, say analysts
Local resident Pavel gathers belongings of his neighbor, who was killed in recent shelling, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, Dec. 10, 2022. (CNS photo/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters)

Russia’s persecution of faith in Ukraine part of ‘cultural genocide’ campaign, say analysts

‘This really is one (overall) effort to destroy the idea of a distinct Ukrainian people’

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Read more about the article Amid war, Paschal Triduum takes on deeper meaning for US Ukrainian Catholics
A woman prays during a Divine Liturgy at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City Feb. 27, 2022, as Russia's military attacks on Ukraine continued. St. George is part of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, Conn. (OSV News photo/David Delgado, Reuters)

Amid war, Paschal Triduum takes on deeper meaning for US Ukrainian Catholics

‘Although it’s hard to endure such an injustice, it helps us understand how great was the pain of our Savior’

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Read more about the article Pope Francis’ pontificate prompts U.S. Catholics to reimagine role in public life, experts say
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner look on in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis’ pontificate prompts U.S. Catholics to reimagine role in public life, experts say

‘Our social teaching does not align perfectly with any one political party’s platform’

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Read more about the article He has ‘changed our lives,’ say those in need about Francis, the ‘pope of the poor’
Pope Francis meets people as he inaugurates a new shelter, day center and soup kitchen for the poor in Palazzo Migliori across the street from St. Peter's Square Nov. 15, 2019. The shelter, funded by the papal almoner's office, is staffed by volunteers from the Community of Sant'Egidio and was inaugurated in time for the World Day of the Poor 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

He has ‘changed our lives,’ say those in need about Francis, the ‘pope of the poor’

‘You have to be humble to understand the poor … and Pope Francis has humility’

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Read more about the article Praise, protest for Pope Francis’ outreach to LGBTQ persons
Pope Francis greets Jesuit Father James Martin, author and editor at large of America magazine, during a private meeting at the Vatican in this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo. Father Martin, a consultor to the Vatican Dicastery for Communication, ministers extensively to LGBTQ persons. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Praise, protest for Pope Francis’ outreach to LGBTQ persons

Pope Francis provides a ‘desperately needed vision for some kind of good future

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