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Kennedy Hurrle, a kindergartner at Transfiguration Catholic School in Oakdale, receives ashes from her principal, Sue Berthiaume, during Ash Wednesday Mass for students and parishioners at Transfiguration church in this Feb. 14, 2024, photo. Taken by Dave Hrbacek of The Catholic Spirit, the photo won first place for spot news photography at the annual Catholic Media Conference June 24-27 in Phoenix.

Archdiocese’s Office of Communications wins 23 awards at Catholic Media Conference

First place for news writing on a regional event by a non-weekly newspaper and first place for best podcast series were among 23 awards and honorable mentions received by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office of Communications June 27 at the annual Catholic Media Conference (CMC) in Phoenix.
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Claire Souilliart of Calais, France, stands in a garden June 14, 2025, near Stacy, Minn., after recounting her claims of two miraculous visits from Sister Annella Zervas, a Minnesota Benedictine whose cause for canonization may open soon, leading her to be cured of a blood disorder.

French woman hopes sharing mystical encounter with Minnesota Benedictine helps sainthood cause

In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais, France, experienced an intense pain in her chest.
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Damson Idris and Brad Pitt star in a scene from the movie "F1 the Movie." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

F1 the Movie — PG-13 (A-ll)

'Tis the season for popcorn pictures and the slick but shallow sports drama "F1 the Movie" (Warner Bros.) fits the bill. While acceptable for grown-ups, however, this fictional glimpse into the world of Formula One is not apt fare for impressionable youngsters.
Claire Souilliart of Calais, France, stands in a garden June 14, 2025, near Stacy, Minn., after recounting her claims of two miraculous visits from Sister Annella Zervas, a Minnesota Benedictine whose cause for canonization may open soon, leading her to be cured of a blood disorder.

French woman hopes sharing mystical encounter with Minnesota Benedictine helps sainthood cause

In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais, France, experienced an intense pain in her chest.
Marcin Przeciszewski, longtime president of Poland's Catholic Information Agency, KAI, is seen Oct. 2, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. The lay Catholic spoke with OSV News after confirming his resignation in a June 26, 2025, statement, accusing Poland's bishops of "effectively liquidating" his agency with a plan to fold KAI into a centralized "Bishops' Conference Media Group," removing "any possibility for journalistic autonomy."

Longtime head of Polish Catholic news agency resigns, as bishops seek tighter control

The veteran head of one of Europe's largest Catholic news agencies has resigned in protest over proposed church media reforms, accusing his country's bishops of acting illegally and reviving "solutions known from totalitarian times."
Pope Leo XIV greets Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 15, 2025.

Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: ‘God will have the last word,’ ‘life will conquer death’

Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being "sorely tested," but God "will have the last word, and life will conquer death," said Pope Leo XIV.
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle patrols along the border wall, following the establishment of a 260-mile military zone along the southern U.S. border in New Mexico and Texas as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, in Sunland Park, New Mexico

ANALYSIS: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ portends ‘unprecedented’ impact on immigrant families, workers

It was one of the most contentious issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and now it's an estimated $170 billion component of the Senate version of the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act": immigration enforcement and deportation.
Kennedy Hurrle, a kindergartner at Transfiguration Catholic School in Oakdale, receives ashes from her principal, Sue Berthiaume, during Ash Wednesday Mass for students and parishioners at Transfiguration church in this Feb. 14, 2024, photo. Taken by Dave Hrbacek of The Catholic Spirit, the photo won first place for spot news photography at the annual Catholic Media Conference June 24-27 in Phoenix.

Archdiocese’s Office of Communications wins 23 awards at Catholic Media Conference

First place for news writing on a regional event by a non-weekly newspaper and first place for best podcast series were among 23 awards and honorable mentions received by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office of Communications June 27 at the annual Catholic Media Conference (CMC) in Phoenix.
A person walks past the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol building.

BREAKING: Senate passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda on taxes and immigration, without any Democratic support and losing three members of their ranks.
Law enforcement officers gather at Cherry Hill Park after multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 29, 2025. Two firefighters were killed and at least one other was wounded when they were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community, as crews endured a barrage of gunfire over several hours that the governor called a "heinous" assault.

Idaho Catholics unite in prayer for firefighters killed in sniper ambush

An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders.
From right, Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, former U.S. President Joe Biden, former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Tom Weber and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison bow their heads in prayer during the June 29 funeral for Melissa and Mark Hortman. The funeral was held at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.

Over 1,000 attend funeral for Hortman couple

Over 1,000 people gathered for the funeral Mass of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed in their Brooklyn Park home June 14 in what has been called a politically motivated attack.
Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., speaks during the July 20, 2024, revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

‘We are in this together’: Recent Supreme Court rulings support parents in their vocation

Three recent decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States reflect the need to protect children when it comes to issues of human sexuality, now more than ever.
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Deacon Ringwall: ‘God will use our service and our works we do for him for his greater glory and good’

Deacon Kris Ringwall from St. Patrick in Oak Grove said that “Laudato Si’ On Care for Our Common Home” is not an encyclical that many people know about. If he walked up and asked someone about it, he might well get a blank look in return, he said.
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Priest, small, in front of an illuminated cross

The priest as humble servant

A priest is a humble servant, not a high and mighty ruler. Jesus explained this when his Apostles were striving for positions of power: “You know that those recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant” (Mk 10:42,43). Jesus operated out of this mindset as he went on to say, “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve” (Mk 10:45; see also Mt 20:25-28). Priests use their office as a platform to guide and teach, not control or dominate. Their service is given freely for the benefit of others, not for personal advantage (see Lk 14:12,14).

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Vestments worn by priests

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Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., speaks during the July 20, 2024, revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

‘We are in this together’: Recent Supreme Court rulings support parents in their vocation

Three recent decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States reflect the need to protect children when it comes to issues of human sexuality, now more than ever.

The apostolate of the laity

Even now, the ship will hold

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