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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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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

Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured in a file photo sitting in front of a computer at his residence outside Moscow. Human rights monitor Forum 18 reports that Russia continues to block a wide range of religious websites in Russia and in occupied areas of Ukraine, including Katolik.Life from Belarus and the Religious Information Service of Ukraine, founded at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. (OSV News photo/Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin, Kremlin via Reuters)

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Russia blocks Catholic, other religious websites amid war in Ukraine

Gina Christian|Oct 14, 2024|5 Min Read

Broken utility poles downed by strong wind gusts are seen as Hurricane Milton approaches Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 9, 2024. As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA announced Oct. 9 that it has launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign at ccusa.online/milton, with 100% of all funds raised to be allocated to local Catholic Charities agencies. (OSV News photo/Ricardo Arduengo, Reuters)

Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund

Gina Christian|Oct 11, 2024|3 Min Read

A shipment of medical aid from the World Health Organization and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees arrives at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport Oct. 4, 2024. (OSV News photo/Louisa Gouliamaki, Reuters)

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CNEWA launches emergency campaign as war expands into Lebanon

Gina Christian|Oct 4, 2024|4 Min Read

A woman is pictured in a file photo holding rainbow flags for the grand entry at the International Gay Rodeo Association's Rodeo In the Rock event in Little Rock, Ark. April 26, 2015. (OSV News photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)

Bishop Rhoades: Prayer, truth and love needed to heal confusion over human sexuality

Gina Christian|Oct 3, 2024|8 Min Read

Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, N.Y., delivers the homily during Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y., June 29, 2020. The Diocese of Rockville Centre has agreed to a $323 million settlement with abuse survivors. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Long Island diocese reaches $323 million bankruptcy settlement over abuse claims

Gina Christian|Sep 27, 2024|4 Min Read

People pray inside Santa Ana Ixtlahuatzingo Catholic Church in Tenancingo, Mexico, July 25, 2022. (OSV News photo/David Maung, file)

Pew: Latin American Catholics favor birth control, married and women priests, and Pope Francis

Gina Christian|Sep 26, 2024|8 Min Read

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