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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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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|9 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

Then-Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, left, alongside then-Msgr. J. Gregory Kelly, right, after he was appointed a new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas in 2015. It was announced Dec. 20, 2024, that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Kelly as bishop of Tyler, Texas. (OSV News file photo/Ron Heflin, The Texas Catholic)

Bishop J. Gregory Kelly named to Texas diocese after Bishop Strickland's removal

Gina Christian|Dec 20, 2024|3 Min Read

Msgr. Lawrence A. Hecker is seen in this undated booking photo provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office in New Orleans. Msgr. Hecker, who according to the Archdiocese of New Orleans has not had priestly faculties since 2002, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, aggravated kidnapping and other charges in a case involving an unnamed teen victim from 1975-1976. He was sentenced to life in prison Dec. 18, 2024. (OSV News photo/Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office)

New Orleans priest gets life in prison for 1970s rape of Catholic student

Gina Christian|Dec 20, 2024|5 Min Read

A file photo shows spring flowers blooming outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The U.S. bishops designated the basilica as a special pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception named a Jubilee Year site

Gina Christian|Dec 19, 2024|3 Min Read

A file photo shows a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as it is unloaded from a truck after a procession to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico. (OSV News/David Maung)

California bishops write letter of support for migrants amid mass deportation fears

Gina Christian and Kate Scanlon|Dec 12, 2024|4 Min Read

Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, poses for a booking photograph at the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 9, 2024. (OSV News/Pennsylvania Department of Corrections handout via Reuters)

Man suspected in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing came from prominent Catholic family

Gina Christian|Dec 10, 2024|3 Min Read

A drone view shows the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar Assad, Dec. 8, 2024. (OSV News/Mahmoud Hassano, Reuters)

World

With Assad's fall, Syria's papal nuncio prays for nation's reconciliation, new prosperity

Gina Christian|Dec 9, 2024|5 Min Read

A woman accompanied by a child holding a Hezbollah flag gives a victory sign from a car at the entrance of Beirut's southern suburbs Nov. 27, 2024, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding as residents returned toward southern Lebanon, despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away from certain areas. (OSV News photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Reuters)

World

Lebanese bishop in US sees 'profound hope' in Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Gina Christian|Nov 27, 2024|3 Min Read

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