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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Broken glass and objects are seen on the ground Feb. 28, 2024, outside the historic Grotto, the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, in Portland, Ore., after it sustained major damage in a vandalism attack. The 62-acre shrine, constructed in 1924, is operated by the Order of Friar Servants of Mary. (OSV News photo/Chris Blanchard, executive director, The Grotto)

Report: Christian church attacks down, but recent totals still higher than 2018-2022

Gina Christian|Aug 12, 2025|4 Min Read

Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, a Vatican media expert, founder of a prominent Canadian national Catholic television network and organizer of the 2002 Toronto World Youth Day, is pictured in a 2014 file photo. A Canadian court has ruled a Basilian priest can continue his civil suit against Father Rosica and the Basilian Fathers of Toronto, with the plaintiff, Father Michael Bechard, seeking damages for alleged sexual abuse by Father Rosica, which Father Rosica denies. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

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Canadian court OKs priest's abuse suit against prominent priest, religious order

Gina Christian|Aug 12, 2025|4 Min Read

An emergency service worker carries a child as local residents flee via an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Aug. 22, 2024, as Russian troops advance amid Russia's attack on Ukraine,(OSV News photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)

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Advocate pleads for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine's children

Gina Christian|Aug 11, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square after celebrating Mass for the conclusion of the Jubilee of Sport in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 15, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo tops Gallup world leader poll, across party lines

Gina Christian|Aug 8, 2025|3 Min Read

Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, center, and other U.S. prelates attend a peace event hosted Aug. 5, 2025, by the Diocese of Hiroshima, Japan, where atomic bombing survivors were honored. The U.S. prelates pictured with the cardinal, from left to right, are Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago and Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

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Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace

Gina Christian|Aug 6, 2025|7 Min Read

A man holds up placards as he yells toward a patrol car during a protest against gang-related violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 15, 2025, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Jean Feguens Regala, Reuters)

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Irish lay missionary, child among several kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti

Gina Christian|Aug 5, 2025|4 Min Read

Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., is pictured in a 2019 photo at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling. Bishop Brennan issued a statement July 31, 2025, addressing the immigration crisis and calling people in his state to "pray for the courage to do the right thing." (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

West Virginia bishop warns on immigration: 'The final judge of our actions is God'

Gina Christian|Aug 4, 2025|7 Min Read

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. (OSV News photo/courtesy of the Catholic Church of England and Wales)

Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church

Gina Christian|Jul 31, 2025|6 Min Read

A Palestinian reacts as he waits to receive food from a charity kitchen amid a hunger crisis in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. (OSV News photo/Hatem Khaled, Reuters)

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Gaza pastor: 'We remain in the hands of the Lord'

Gina Christian|Jul 29, 2025|3 Min Read

Cardinals Robert W. McElroy of Washington, Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, and Archbishops John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., and Paul D. Etienne of Seattle, are pictured in a combination photo. In August 2025, during the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the four prominent U.S. prelates will travel to Japan to participate in a Pilgrimage of Peace, fostering prayer, dialogue, and global advocacy for nuclear disarmament. (OSV News files/OSV News/CNS)

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US prelates head to Japan on 'Pilgrimage of Peace' amid nuclear fears old and new

Gina Christian|Jul 28, 2025|5 Min Read

Venerable Salvador Valera Parra, a 19th-century Spanish diocesan priest, has been credited by Pope Leo XIV with the miraculous recovery of critically ill newborn Tyquan Hall in 2007 at a Rhode Island hospital. (OSV News/Wikipedia)

Baby in Rhode Island deemed a miracle, advancing sainthood for Spanish priest

Gina Christian|Jul 21, 2025|3 Min Read

Extensive vandalism at a parish building on the campus of St. Ann Church in Olmitz, Kansas, is seen in this image, taken during a July 10, 2025, investigation by the Barton County Sheriff's Office. (OSV News/Barton County Sheriff's Office)

Anti-Catholic, Nazi vandalism at churches prompts FBI investigation

Gina Christian|Jul 21, 2025|4 Min Read

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