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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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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|5 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

People attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco May 19, 2024. The San Francisco Archdiocese is facing calls to publish its list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Attorney, San Francisco archdiocese spar over list of credibly accused priests

Gina Christian|Jan 9, 2025|4 Min Read

Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez is seen delivering the homily in a June 23, 2024, file photo. In a Jan. 5, 2025, pastoral letter, Archbishop Pérez unveiled a decade-long plan to counter declining numbers of faithful and active priests by creating at least 50 "missionary hubs" across the archdiocese to reach those distant and disengaged from the church. (OSV News photo/Sarah Webb, courtesy Archdiocese of Philadelphia)

Philadelphia archbishop unveils new evangelization plan with 50 'missionary hubs'

Gina Christian|Jan 7, 2025|6 Min Read

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Pope chooses San Diego's Cardinal McElroy as next Washington, D.C. archbishop

Gina Christian|Jan 6, 2025|8 Min Read

A woman is pictured in a file photo praying during an Orthodox service in Moscow. (OSV News photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Reuters)

World

Religious freedom 'getting worse' in Russia, Belarus and central Asia, says expert

Gina Christian|Jan 2, 2025|6 Min Read

War-torn world needs real hope in Christ, say bishops in Jubilee Year messages

Gina Christian|Dec 23, 2024|5 Min Read

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