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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Bishop R. Walker Nickless looks on as Bishop-designate John E. Keehner Jr. speaks during a news conference at the pastoral center in the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 12, 2025, after Pope Francis appointed him the new head of the diocese. He succeeds retiring Bishop Nickless, who is 77. (OSV News photo/Diocese of Sioux City)

Pope Francis names Ohio pastor of four parishes as bishop of Sioux City, Iowa

Gina Christian|Feb 12, 2025|3 Min Read

Workers distribute shelter kits assembled by Catholic Relief Services at a camp for survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Catholic Relief Services Collection takes place in many dioceses March 18-19, 2023, to support the U.S. church's work overseas. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

CRS, Caritas warn of global impact of USAID shutdown

Gina Christian|Feb 12, 2025|5 Min Read

Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati is pictured in an undated photo. On Feb. 12, 205, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Schnurr, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and appointed Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey of Chicago as his successor. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

Pope accepts resignation of Cincinnati archbishop, names Chicago auxiliary as successor

Gina Christian|Feb 12, 2025|6 Min Read

A church destroyed by a Russian attack on the village of Bohorodychne in Ukraine's Donetsk region is pictured Feb. 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/Vladyslav Musiienko, Reuters)

World

Report: Russia weaponizes Orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine

Gina Christian|Feb 12, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets members of the Missionaries of Charity at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2025, one day after it was announced that the pope had added the Sept. 5 feast of their founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata, to the General Roman Calendar. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Archbishop Broglio: Vatican decree on St. Teresa of Kolkata feast 'an occasion of joy'

Gina Christian|Feb 11, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets a married couple and their children at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 30, 2023. In 2025, National Marriage Week USA is celebrated Feb. 7-14 and World Marriage Day, which is commemorated on the second Sunday of February, is celebrated Feb. 9. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Bishop Barron: Marriage 'a source of hope' and 'antidote to loneliness'

Gina Christian|Feb 7, 2025|3 Min Read

A man prays during a Mandarin-language Mass marking the Lunar New Year at St. John Vianney Church in Flushing, N.Y., Feb. 2, 2025. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

In-person Sunday Mass attendance back to pre-COVID levels, research says

Gina Christian|Feb 7, 2025|3 Min Read

Debris of the aircraft lies on the ground at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia, Jan. 31, 2025. (OSV News photo/Rachel Wisniewski, Reuters)

Archbishop Pérez calls for prayer after medical jet crash in Philadelphia

Gina Christian|Feb 1, 2025|4 Min Read

A participant holds a sign during a Jan. 25, 2025, interfaith rally in support of immigrants at Love Park in downtown Philadelphia. The event, organized by nonprofit New Sanctuary Movement, challenged city officials to push back on Trump administration policies that restrict immigration and include plans for mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

As mass deportations ramp up, Catholic clergy and religious rally for immigrants

Gina Christian|Jan 29, 2025|6 Min Read

A confessional is seen in a file photo at the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

Canon, civil law collide on seal of confession, says expert

Gina Christian|Jan 28, 2025|6 Min Read

Christina and Julio Prendergast hold their 5-month-old son, Gabriel James, as the couple receives a blessing from Msgr. Frank Schneider during the baby's baptismal ceremony Nov. 12, 2022, at St. John the Baptist Church in Wading River, N.Y. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., issued a pastoral letter Jan. 22, 2025, highlighting "the threats posed by IVF to human dignity and human rights," while calling for greater compassion and accompaniment for couples experiencing infertility. (OSV News photo/CNS photo, Gregory A. Shemitz)

Bishop Burbidge: IVF presents an 'obvious' and 'subtle' threat to human dignity

Gina Christian|Jan 22, 2025|6 Min Read

The remains of homes are seen Jan. 10, 2025, following the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. As of late Jan. 14, the death toll numbered at least 25 people, but with several wildfires raging, officials warn the actual toll will remain unclear until it's safe for investigators to access neighborhoods. Tens of thousands of people have been impacted by evacuation orders since the blazes began Jan. 7. (OSV News photo//David Ryder, Reuters)

LA's Armenian Catholics offer support, sacrifice amid wildfires, says pastor

Gina Christian|Jan 14, 2025|3 Min Read

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