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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Pat DeSilvey, a Catholic from Biloxi, Miss., tries to salvage items from his destroyed home Sept. 9, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Aug. 29, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the deadly storm, which made landfall in the Gulf Coast region, inflicting "staggering" damage and loss of life, particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi. A total of 1,833 were killed. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Hurricane Katrina 20th anniversary a call to racial equity, justice, say bishops

Gina Christian|Aug 27, 2025|4 Min Read

Displaced Palestinian children sit near their belongings during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, Aug. 26, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ebrahim Hajjaj, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders demand end to 'barbarism in plain sight' in Gaza

Gina Christian|Aug 26, 2025|6 Min Read

A couple exchange wedding vows at St. Mary Church in Chatfield, Minn., Sept. 14, 2024. The California Catholic Conference announced Aug. 20, 2025, it has entered a historic agreement with Communio aimed at strengthening Catholic marriage, family life throughout the state. Communio, based in Virginia, is a national marriage ministry that works with both Catholic and Protestant churches. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

California bishops and marriage ministry partner to strengthen family life

Gina Christian|Aug 25, 2025|5 Min Read

AI 'resurrections' raise ethical issues, prolong grief, say Catholic experts

Gina Christian|Aug 21, 2025|6 Min Read

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

World

Gudziak: Trump-Putin summit fails to advance peace, justice

Gina Christian|Aug 16, 2025|4 Min Read

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)

World

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

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