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Auxiliary Bishop Peter Dai Bui displays the papal bull during his ordination and installation Mass as a Phoenix auxiliary at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Avondale, Ariz., Feb. 17, 2026. Bishop Bui, originally from Vietnam, joins Phoenix Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares in serving with Phoenix Bishop John P. Dolan. (OSV News photo/Brett Meister, courtesy Diocese of Phoenix)

Once a child refugee, Phoenix priest ordained as diocese's second auxiliary bishop

OSV News|Feb 19, 2026|5 Min Read

A hospital bed is seen at the palliative care unit of the Clinic Saint-Elisabeth in Marseille, France, May 31, 2024. As Catholics in France get ready for a nationwide prayer and fasting initiative Feb. 20, 2026, in anticipation of the final vote on end-of-life bill, numbers of euthanasia procedures spike around the world. (OSV News photo/Manon Cruz, Reuters)

As France holds day of prayer for people at the end of life, world's euthanasia numbers soar

OSV News|Feb 19, 2026|7 Min Read

Singer and activist Harry Belafonte and Servant of God Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., are pictured in an undated archival photo. Belafonte met Sister Thea at Xavier University of Louisiana. A sainthood cause for Sister Thea, who died in 1990, was opened in 2018 by the Diocese of Jackson, Miss. The diocesan phase of her cause was closed after a Mass Feb. 9, 2026, and all the documents will be transferred to the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints for further investigation. (OSV News photo/courtesy Xavier University of Louisiana, Archives & Special Collections)

Sister Thea Bowman had a 'loving heart,' 'prophetic spirit' and 'boundless stamina,' bishop says

OSV News|Feb 10, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he leaves after presiding over an evening prayer service at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25, 2026, concluding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Pope Leo is expected to visit Australia in 2028 to preside over the International Eucharistic Congress, Auxiliary Bishop Richard Umbers of Sydney announced during a new conference Feb. 9, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope expected to visit Australia for 2028 International Eucharistic Congress, bishop says

OSV News|Feb 10, 2026|4 Min Read

Pilgrims pray in front of the statue of St. Anthony during a pilgrimage in his name near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 6, 2026. Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at the shrine despite anxiety and fears of violence ahead of national elections in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, as they pray for peace in Bangladesh and the world. (OSV News photo/Stephan Uttom Rozario)

World

Thousands of Christians gather at Bangladesh's famed shrine despite anxiety of election violence

OSV News|Feb 10, 2026|3 Min Read

Opponents of New York state's proposed assisted suicide bill stand outside the governor's mansion in Albany Dec. 3, 2025, for a candlelight vigil urging Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Catholic, to veto the bill passed by the Legislature June 9. Hochul signed the measure into law Feb. 6, 2026. (OSV News photo/Emily Benson, The Evangelist)

Hochul signs assisted suicide measure into law, making New York 13th state allowing it

OSV News|Feb 9, 2026|5 Min Read

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Once dubbed "God's microphone," Sheen announced God's truth in a nonconfrontational, yet no less life-giving, manner to untold millions through radio, print and television. (OSV News file photo)

Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification moves ahead after 6-year pause

OSV News|Feb 9, 2026|8 Min Read

Residents wait inside a church for the arrival of volunteers distributing humanitarian aid in the Luhansk region of Ukraine Feb. 4, 2026. The fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is Feb. 24. (OSV News photo/Alexander Ermochenko)

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Shevchuk: Faith endures as Ukraine's source of hope as full-scale war marks 4th anniversary

OSV News|Feb 5, 2026|6 Min Read

Deacon Michel Hodge distributes Communion during Mass at the inaugural New York Black Catholic Congress at Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle, N.Y., Nov. 22, 2025. Two U.S. bishops in a Feb. 3, 2026, statement urged Catholics to be "faithful stewards of memory" and "courageous witnesses to truth" during Black History Month, observed in February. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US bishops mark 100th anniversary of Black History Month: 'Let us be faithful stewards of memory'

OSV News|Feb 3, 2026|3 Min Read

Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, is shown during a talk she gave at St. Augustine Church in Washington in 1986. Sister Bowman, who died in 1990, is one of six African American Catholics whose causes for canonization are being considered by the Catholic Church. Her sainthood cause was opened in 2018 and she has the title "Servant of God." (OSV News photo/CNS file, Michael Hoyt, Catholic Standard)

Sister Thea Bowman's sainthood moving forward to Vatican review

OSV News|Feb 3, 2026|5 Min Read

Brinkley Johnson, founding manager of the Pope Francis Center, greets visitors after Mass Jan. 11, 2026, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. The parish opened the center at the church to assist immigrants. (OSV News photo/Charlie Neuman, courtesy Diocese of San Diego)

Historic San Diego parish opens new center to help immigrants amid deportation fears

OSV News|Feb 2, 2026|4 Min Read

Republican Virginia State Sen. Glen Sturtevant meets with students in his office at the General Assembly Building in Richmond during Virginia Pro-Life Day Jan. 15, 2026. (OSV News photo/Claire Bebermeyer, Diocese of Richmond)

'Radical' abortion amendment passes Virginia General Assembly despite pro-life advocacy

OSV News|Feb 2, 2026|5 Min Read

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