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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Pope Leo XIV greets Silviu Vexler, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, during a ceremony honoring Blessed Iuliu Hossu in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican June 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

New Vatican document reaffirms 'Nostra Aetate,' urges interfaith dialogue

Gina Christian|Sep 17, 2026|5 Min Read

(OSV News photo/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

US bishops form task force to guard human dignity amid AI's rapid rise

Gina Christian|Sep 16, 2026|4 Min Read

Chad Pecknold, associate professor of systematic theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, is pictured in a file photo. Pecknold, a prominent Catholic theologian, has taken a leave of absence for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency confirmed Sept. 11, 2026. He has been named principal director of cultural outreach for DHS's Office for Partnership and Engagement. (OSV News photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)

CUA professor Chad Pecknold accepts DHS cultural outreach job

Gina Christian|Sep 14, 2026|4 Min Read

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard, as ICE and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center while demonstrators gathered outside in Newark, New Jersey, May 29, 2026. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has provided a dispensation to Catholics who fear being targeted by immigration enforcement going to and from Sunday Mass regardless of their legal status. (OSV News photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)

Indianapolis archbishop waives Mass obligation for those fearing ICE detention

Gina Christian|Sep 9, 2026|4 Min Read

Haitian-born Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old honors student at at Wright State University in Greene County, Ohio, died in an apparent suicide Aug. 31, 2026. He is pictured in an undated photo posted on Instagram. His father said that "everything changed" once his son was fitted with an ankle monitor by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement when deportation protections, known as TPS, ended for Haitians in June. (OSV News photo/@Pierre_d_bel_7/Instagram)

Archbishop Wenski laments student suicide as ICE policy triggers ‘death of despair’

Gina Christian|Sep 3, 2026|4 Min Read

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, and Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Ky., speaks during a break at a Nov. 15, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. "Let us foster an economy that values the God given dignity of each person," said Archbishop Fabre, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in a statement released ahead of Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2026. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Fabre: Labor Day highlights AI's impact on workers' dignity

Gina Christian|Sep 1, 2026|3 Min Read

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio, is pictured in a June 8, 2024, photo. Archbishop García-Siller issued a new pastoral letter calling the faithful to solidarity with migrants on Aug. 3, following 8 a.m. Mass at San Fernando Cathedral. (OSV News photo/Veronica Markland, courtesy Archdiocese of San Antonio)

In new pastoral letter Archbishop García-Siller tells migrants: 'The Church will come to you'

Gina Christian|Aug 5, 2026|6 Min Read

Destroyed homes are seen in a neighborhood in Spokane, Wash., Aug. 3, 2026, after a wildfire swept through the neighborhood. Together, the three fires have destroyed at least 700 buildings and forced some 67,000 people to evacuate around the state’s second-largest city. (OSV News photo/David Ryder, Reuters)

Spokane bishop calls for prayer as wildfires force 65,000 to evacuate

Gina Christian|Aug 4, 2026|3 Min Read

People are seen in a file photo entering the New Mexico Islamic Center mosque in Albuquerque. In a statement July 27, 2026, Archbishop Wester defended religious liberty for Muslims and other faith communities following tensions over the construction of a mosque in Albuquerque. (OSV News photo/Andrew Hay, Reuters)

Archbishop Wester defends religious liberty for Muslims amid mosque dispute

Gina Christian|Jul 30, 2026|4 Min Read

Father James Miara, pastor of Holy Innocents Church in New York City, celebrates a traditional Latin Mass at Holy Innocents July 13, 2025. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Five years after 'Traditionis Custodes,' Latin Mass debate still simmers

Gina Christian|Jul 24, 2026|9 Min Read

A man makes the sign of the cross at a makeshift memorial during a vigil in Houston July 11, 2026, in response to the fatal shooting of a Mexican motorist by an Immigration and Customs and Enforcement agent during a vehicle stop. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who lived in the U.S. for decades, was fatally shot July 7 as the homebuilder drove his construction crew to a Houston job site. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said the ICE agent fired his weapon "in self-defense" when Salgado allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle with his own vehicle. The claim has been disputed and a federal investigation is underway. (OSV News photo/Antranik Tavitian, Reuters)

Bishops decry deadly ICE encounters, urge respect for human dignity

Gina Christian|Jul 20, 2026|4 Min Read

Pilgrims process during the final leg of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage July 5, 2026, in Philadelphia. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2026 ends in Philadelphia with a July 5 Mass and message from pope

Gina Christian|Jul 5, 2026|5 Min Read

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