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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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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)

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

Gina Christian|Nov 27, 2024|3 Min Read

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors presents its pilot report on safeguarding at a Vatican news conference Oct. 29, 2024. From the left are: Sri Lankan Good Shepherd Sister Niluka Perera, a social worker and coordinator of Catholic Care for Children; Teresa Kettelkamp, adjunct secretary of the commission; Colombian Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, commission secretary; Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, commission president; Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a Dutch lawyer; and Juan Carlos Cruz, a commission members and abuse survivor. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Survivor advocates call for universal 'zero tolerance' of clerical abuse

Gina Christian|Nov 18, 2024|3 Min Read

Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, Calif., gives the homily at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 31, 2020. The Diocese of Oakland filed a plan for reorganization in bankruptcy court Nov. 8, 2024, to create and fund a trust for clerical sexual abuse survivors and allow the diocese to continue to operate financially. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Paul Haring)

Oakland Diocese files Chapter 11 plan to give more than $160 million to settle abuse claims

Gina Christian|Nov 11, 2024|4 Min Read

Vestments are seen in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS)

20 years of abuse settlements for US Catholic dioceses exceeds $5 billion total

Gina Christian|Nov 8, 2024|4 Min Read

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Omaha, Neb., during the U.S. presidential election, on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in Nebraska, Colorado, and Kentucky rejected school choice initiatives at the ballot box in the general election. (OSV News photo/Scott Morgan, Reuters)

Catholics lament voter rejection of school choice initiatives in 3 states

Gina Christian|Nov 6, 2024|3 Min Read

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a news conference at a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore. Archbishop Broglio issued a USCCB statement Nov. 6, 2024, calling for prayer and unity following the results of the presidential election. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

US bishops' conference president calls for prayer, unity following the 2024 election

Gina Christian|Nov 6, 2024|2 Min Read

Bishop Mark E. Brennan delivers the homily during his installation Mass Aug. 22, 2019, as head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., in the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

West Virginia assisted suicide ban leads by narrow margin as vote count continues

Gina Christian|Nov 6, 2024|4 Min Read

People vote at a polling station in the U.S. presidential election on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Springfield, Ohio. (OSV News photo/Megan Jelinger, Reuters)

Beyond Election Day: Faithful citizenship happens 'brick by brick' at local level, says Catholic policy expert

Gina Christian|Nov 4, 2024|6 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI, gives a lecture in New York in January 1988. He died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican. (OSV News photo/KNA)

New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger's collected works in English

Gina Christian|Oct 24, 2024|4 Min Read

Mom and homeschool teacher Shabda Sanchez works on a science chemistry experiment about minerals at the family's suburban home in Chula Vista, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024, with her youngest children, from left to right, Eleanor Sanchez, seventh-grade homeschool student; Augustin Sanchez, fourth-grade homeschool student; and Aloysius Sanchez, kindergarten homeschool student. (OSV News photo/Carlos A. Moreno)

Dioceses navigate tensions, opportunities with Catholic homeschooling families

Gina Christian|Oct 17, 2024|7 Min Read

Our Lady of Lourdes Church in De Pere, Wis., is illuminated in red Nov. 16, 2023, during as part of the international Red Week campaign. The color represents the blood of Christian martyrs. Aid to the Church in Need's annual observance is a campaign that draws attention to the persecution of Christians and religious freedom violations around the world. Red Wednesday is observed Nov. 20 in 2024. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero)

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In November, two Sundays are devoted to prayer for persecuted Christians around world

Gina Christian|Oct 16, 2024|3 Min Read

Atomic bomb survivors and members of Nihon Hidankyo, a country-wide organization of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers, including Nihon Hidankyo Assistant Secretary General Toshiko Hamanaka, Co-chairperson Terumi Tanaka, Assistant Secretary General Masako Wada, Assistant Secretary General Jiro Hamasumi attend a press conference on the following day of the group winning the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Tokyo Oct. 12, 2024. (OSV News photo/Issei Kato, Reuters)

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Wester: Nobel Peace Prize for Japanese atomic bomb survivors 'fitting' amid global tensions

Gina Christian|Oct 15, 2024|3 Min Read

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