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Father Joseph Kureh, right, baptizes one of 12 infants June 27 at St. Bernard in St. Paul. COURTESY ST. BERNARD

Trusting in God’s call to mission

Father Joseph Kureh, originally from Myanmar and now the associate priest of St. Bernard in St. Paul, has a blessed role in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis: He is a missionary to his own people as they make a new home in the United States.
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Sister Vicky Larson, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, gives her presidential address Aug. 12, 2026, during LCWR's 70th anniversary assembly in Orlando, Fla. A member of the Presentation Sisters of South Dakota, Sister Vicky completed her one-year term as president at the close of the Aug. 11-14 assembly. OSV NEWS | DAN STOCKMAN, GLOBAL SISTERS REPORT

Religious life must find harmony amid change, LCWR’s president tells assembly

The future of religious life depends on different congregations, with different charisms, working together like a symphony, the president of the United States' largest leadership conference for Catholic sisters told the group's members.
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In 2017 interview, Archbishop Flynn recounted knowing Blessed Stanley Rother

Prior to his death in 2019, Archbishop Harry Flynn remembered his friend, Father Stanley Rother, in a 2017 episode of the “Practicing Catholic” radio show. Father Rother was a priest from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, who was martyred in rural Guatemala in 1981. Father Rother and Archbishop Flynn met while attending Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Later, Father Rother’s bishop gave him permission to go to Guatemala to minister as a missionary, Archbishop Flynn said in the 2017 episode.
Sister Vicky Larson, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, gives her presidential address Aug. 12, 2026, during LCWR's 70th anniversary assembly in Orlando, Fla. A member of the Presentation Sisters of South Dakota, Sister Vicky completed her one-year term as president at the close of the Aug. 11-14 assembly. OSV NEWS | DAN STOCKMAN, GLOBAL SISTERS REPORT

Religious life must find harmony amid change, LCWR’s president tells assembly

The future of religious life depends on different congregations, with different charisms, working together like a symphony, the president of the United States' largest leadership conference for Catholic sisters told the group's members.
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Archbishop Hebda tells story of Blessed Stanley Rother

At a young age, Blessed Stanley Rother and his siblings were willing to put their lives in the Lord’s hands, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said. Father Rother was convinced early on in life that the Lord might be calling him to be a priest, the archbishop explained.
A Vatican collector coin set, the first issued during the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, is seen in a image from the Governorate of Vatican City State. Released July 30, 2026, it includes a five- euro commemorative coin depicting the moment St. Francis renounced his worldly possessions before the bishop of Assisi, Italy, to mark the 800th anniversary of the saint's death on the opposite side of Pope Leo's visage. OSV NEWS | COURTESY GOVERNATORATO SCV

Vatican City mints new coins featuring face of Pope Leo XIV

The inaugural euro coin set of Pope Leo's pontificate features both the face and coat of arms of the 267th successor of Peter. The set also includes a special five-euro commemorative coin depicting the moment that St. Francis renounced his worldly possessions before the bishop of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi on the opposite side of Pope Leo's visage.
This is a scene in the movie "Super Troopers 3." The OSV News classification is O – morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (OSV News photo/Patrick Harbron, Searchlight Pictures)

Super Troopers 3

Macho bickering is the order of the day in the moronic ensemble comedy "Super Troopers 3" (Searchlight). Much of the humor -- like practically all of the dialogue -- moreover, seems to have been fished out of a gutter.
Then-Father Stanley Rother is seen in an image from the documentary "American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story," which is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide Aug. 25-27, 2026. The documentary tells the story of the Oklahoma priest who served in Guatemala through those who knew him, parishioners, catechists and family members, as well as those currently involved in his cause for canonization. (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)

American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story

On Sept. 23, 2017, some 20,000 congregants gathered at Oklahoma City's Cox Convention Center for the beatification of Father Stanley Rother. It was a landmark event in that Father Rother was the first U.S priest to be declared blessed on the basis of martyrdom.
Father Joseph Kureh, right, baptizes one of 12 infants June 27 at St. Bernard in St. Paul. COURTESY ST. BERNARD

Trusting in God’s call to mission

Father Joseph Kureh, originally from Myanmar and now the associate priest of St. Bernard in St. Paul, has a blessed role in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis: He is a missionary to his own people as they make a new home in the United States.
Pope Leo XIV talks to visitors and pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 12, 2026.(CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo says Sunday is ‘foundation and kernel’ of liturgical year

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is "the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year."
Bennett Tunning, left, Anastasia Mapenzi and Rowan Campbell discuss Bible passages at Regina Catholic Schools in Iowa City, Iowa, during the 2025-2026 school year. (OSV News photo/courtesy Regina Catholic Schools via The Catholic Messenger)

Iowa dioceses create scholarship-granting organization for federal tax credit program

A new statewide Iowa Catholic scholarship-granting organization, or SGO, has been formed by Iowa's four dioceses to offer K-12 scholarships with funds raised through an upcoming federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program.
Chicago Archdiocese's Father Tom Hurley is pictured during an Aug. 11, 2026, White Sox game at Rate Field in Chicago. The priest led a fifth inning "sign of peace" during the game, which paid tribute to Pope Leo XIV, a native of Dolton, Ill., and a White Sox fan. (OSV News photo/courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

Pope Leo night at White Sox baseball park maxes out stadium capacity

CHICAGO (OSV News) -- White Sox baseball fans sporting custom-designed black and gold mitre-style hats celebrated Pope Leo XIV, a fellow diehard Sox fan, at a pope-themed game in Chicago Aug. 11.
Esther Karanja, right, joins other Kenyan women in a cultural dance at the start of Mass at St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center Aug. 9.  DAVE HRBACEK  |  THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT

Faith, culture of Kenya come to life at Brooklyn Center parish

Women wearing colorful blue dresses gathered for Mass at St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center Aug. 9 for a special Mass to celebrate their faith and culture. These 38 laywomen came for a commissioning to the Catholic Women Association (CWA) in Kenya. Bishop Henry Juma Odonya of the Diocese of Kitale in Kenya celebrated Mass and did the commissioning ceremony during this Sunday liturgy.
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A church window depicts the transfiguration of Christ, in which Moses and Elijah are seen with Jesus in a glorified state before the apostles Peter, James and John.

‘It is good for us to be here’: A reflection on the transfiguration of Jesus

Each year the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration on Aug. 6. The story of the transfiguration of Jesus appears in all three synoptic Gospels (cf. Mk 9:2-10; Mt 17:1-8; Lk 9:28-36). Almost all biblical scholars and spiritual writers agree that this intriguing story is important. They also agree that it almost defies interpretation.

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Seeking an understanding heart

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Before there was a story, there was a map. The map contained the story. Robert Louis Stevenson just had to stare at it long enough.
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