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Shia LaBeouf stars in the new drama "Padre Pio," which premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gravitas Ventures)

Shia LaBeouf: ‘I fell in love with Christ’ to portray Padre Pio on screen

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Post published:June 5, 2023
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The film was released in the United States June 2

Pope Francis baptizes a baby during a Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in this file photo from Jan. 8, 2023. According to the Vatican's Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2021, the Catholic Church baptized 13.7 million people in 2021, more than 81% of whom were children under the age of 7. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

A host of sacramental statistics: Vatican tracks practice of the faith

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Post published:June 2, 2023
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The Central Office of Church Statistics keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, center, arrives with other cardinals for the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this file photo from Jan. 5, 2023. As of June 2, 2023, two-thirds of the members of the College of Cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope are cardinals created by Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope has named two-thirds of cardinals eligible to elect his successor

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Post published:June 2, 2023
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After celebrating his 80th birthday, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe is now ineligible

People mourn during a candlelight vigil Oct. 27, 2018, for victims of the shooting that left 11 people dead at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Experts in Jewish-Catholic relations are hailing a plan unveiled May 25, 2023, by the Biden administration to combat antisemitism that comes amid a sharp rise in such incidents. (OSV News photo/John Altdorfer, Reuters)

Catholic-Jewish experts hail new White House strategy to counter antisemitism

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Post published:June 2, 2023
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‘It is wonderful to see our country stepping forward’

Pope Francis waves at a participant during a meeting of Scholas Occurentes, an educational initiative, held at the Augustinianum Institute for Patristic Studies in Rome May 25, 2023. Julian Vaqueiro, a Telemundo journalist seen in front holding a microphone, was the event's master of ceremonies, and spoke with Pope Francis in an interview released May 25. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is ‘serious problem’

Post author:OSV News
Post published:May 26, 2023
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‘The problem of migrants is serious, it’s serious there and it’s serious here’

At Mar Abda Maronite Catholic church in the mountain village of Bikfaya, Lebanon, children practice an action song for their first Holy Communion May 13, 2023, to take place on the eve of Pentecost. The church dates back to 1587. (OSV News photo/Doreen Abi Raad)