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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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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|7 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

Pope Leo XIV swings a censer near a painting of Mary and the Christ Child as he celebrates his inauguration Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

Study: Devotion to Mary has significant impact on discerning, sustaining vocations

Gina Christian|Jul 16, 2025|4 Min Read

People line up to cast their votes in the U.S. presidential election outside of a church polling station in Phoenix on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. The Internal Revenue Service agreed in a July 7, 2025, court filing that a house of worship addressing its congregation about electoral politics in the context of religious faith does not violate the Johnson Amendment, a provision in the U.S. tax code that has prohibited such activities for decades. (OSV News photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)

Catholic Church holds firm on not taking stand on political candidates, despite possible IRS shift

Gina Christian|Jul 8, 2025|4 Min Read

People sell goods on a street during a June 18, 2025, blackout in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, after residents from a nearby town stormed a dam and cut power in protest over government inaction against gang violence in the country. (OSV News photo/Jean Feguens Regala, Reuters)

Fear, sorrow grip Haitian faithful amid TPS status battle

Gina Christian|Jul 3, 2025|4 Min Read

The Wisconsin State Capitol building is seen in a drone photograph in Madison March 21, 2025. On July 2, Wisconsin's Supreme Court struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban in a 4-3 ruling. (OSV News photo/Eric Cox, Reuters)

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

Gina Christian|Jul 2, 2025|3 Min Read

Bishop Joseph V. Brennan of Fresno, Calif., concelebrates Mass in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 27, 2020. The Diocese of Fresno officially filed for bankruptcy July 1, 2025, one year after raising the possibility. Bishop Brennan said the step was necessary for entering into reconciliation with abuse survivors. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo)

California diocese files for bankruptcy to help reconcile with abuse survivors

Gina Christian|Jul 2, 2025|4 Min Read

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. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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

Gina Christian|Jun 30, 2025|4 Min Read

San Diego Bishop Michael M. Pham talks to reporters about his federal court visit to support immigrants at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2025, in San Diego. (OSV News photo/Chris Stone, NCR)

How San Diego bishops and clergy showed up in immigration court -- and made an impact

Gina Christian|Jun 23, 2025|4 Min Read

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