Read more about the article ‘God is with us in our car’: Ukraine combat medic brings faith, healing to the battlefield
Orysya Masna, 21, (center) a student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, is seen in this undated image as she volunteers as a battlefield emergency paramedic in Ukraine. (OSV News/Orysya Masna)

‘God is with us in our car’: Ukraine combat medic brings faith, healing to the battlefield

‘If I die now, God, please forgive me all my sins, and let’s go’

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Read more about the article Troubled priests need honesty, conversion, purification, pope says
Pope Francis speaks to members of the general chapter of the Servants of the Paraclete during an audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 24, 2023. The order ministers to priests and religious banned from ministry because of abuse allegations or who are experiencing other difficulties/ (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Troubled priests need honesty, conversion, purification, pope says

‘Being ‘servants of the Paraclete’ requires you to dedicate your life to accompanying some brother priests and consecrated men’

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Read more about the article Ukrainian Catholic University volunteers feed front-line soldiers with food for body and soul
For the past several months, Nataliia Batyhina, a development professional at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, has headed up a small army of volunteers from the school to prepare food for front-line soldiers battling Russia’s invasion. She is pictured in a June 24, 2023, photo. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

Ukrainian Catholic University volunteers feed front-line soldiers with food for body and soul

So far, 30,000 energy bars, and more have been collected

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Read more about the article Adore Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharist, pope tells U.S. Catholics
Pope Francis leads Benediction during a prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 31, 2019, file photo. The connection between the missionary call of every disciple and the gift of Jesus present in the Eucharist were at the center of the pope's message for World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated Oct. 22. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Adore Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharist, pope tells U.S. Catholics

'In the Eucharist, we encounter the one who gave everything for us'

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Read more about the article Pope to Nobel laureates, world: Fraternity is stronger than hatred
Young people join hands and embrace in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the signing of the Declaration on Human Fraternity during the World Meeting on Human Fraternity June 10, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope to Nobel laureates, world: Fraternity is stronger than hatred

‘Only a great spiritual and social covenant born from the heart and centered on fraternity can restore the sacredness and inviolability of human dignity as the core of relationships’

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Read more about the article Pope insists Christian politicians promote human dignity, common good
Pope Francis gives his blessing at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 7, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope insists Christian politicians promote human dignity, common good

'On some issues where primary ethical values and important points of Christian social doctrine are at stake, we need to be united’

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Read more about the article Pope accepts resignation of bishop acquitted of rape, nun files appeal
A nun is consoled during a Sept. 13, 2018, protest in Cochin, India. The protest was to demand justice after a former religious superior accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of raping her. Indian nuns questioned the church's silence in the rape case and expressed support for the complainant nun after a court acquitted Bishop Mulakkal of all charges Jan. 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Sivaram V, Reuters)

Pope accepts resignation of bishop acquitted of rape, nun files appeal

The Vatican made the announcement June 1.

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