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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Men console each other near the scene of a shooting at the Islamic Center in San Diego May 18, 2026. Two teenage shooters opened fire at a the mosque and killed three men -- then killed themselves a few blocks away -- in an attack police are investigating as a hate crime. (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

San Diego mosque shooting an 'attack on the sacred dignity of all human life,' says bishop

Gina Christian|May 19, 2026|3 Min Read

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta March 20, 2026. Kemp Kemp signed May 11, 2026, legislation criminalizing clergy sexual abuse -- removing consent as a legal defense in cases involving coercion or abuse of spiritual authority. (OSV News photo/Alyssa Pointer, Reuters)

New Georgia law praised for criminalizing clergy sex misconduct in pastoral care

Gina Christian|May 13, 2026|5 Min Read

An aerial view shows a cross atop Mount Cristo Rey near the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M., Aug. 8, 2025. The Diocese of Las Cruces has filed suit against the Trump administration, which is seeking to seize the site for portions of its border wall. (OSV News photo/Paul Ratje, Reuters)

New Mexico diocese fights government push to seize pilgrimage site for border wall

Gina Christian|May 13, 2026|6 Min Read

Carol Glatz, a veteran journalist at Catholic News Service in Rome, is pictured during an interview with then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican after Pope Francis made him a cardinal Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

USCCB campaign bolsters Catholic media as 'critical need' for its evangelizing mission intensifies

Gina Christian|May 13, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim after the bishop led the final day of the Roman Curia's annual Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 27, 2026. The Norwegian bishop was chosen by Pope Leo to preach at the Feb. 22-27 Lenten retreat, which reflected on the theme, "Illuminated by a Hidden Glory." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Faith

Bishop Varden on hope, AI, patience – and not weaponizing Christianity

Gina Christian|May 11, 2026|8 Min Read

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus and Ukraine State Deputy Youriy Maletskiy, a leader of the Knights in Lviv, deliver Easter care packages April 12, 2022, to Ukrainian families at a 14th-century monastery in Rava-Ruska in the Lviv Archdiocese. The families, been displaced by war, were taking refuge in the monastery in western Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Tamino Petelinsek, courtesy Knights of Columbus)

World

Catholic aid organizations remain 'united in hope' for Ukraine as war rages on

Gina Christian|May 6, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV looks through the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, alongside U.S. Jesuit Father David A. Brown, an astronomer, July 20, 2025. The Vatican Observatory announced April 29, 2026, that an asteroid has been named in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who formally re-established the observatory in 1891. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

4 asteroids just got named for Pope Leo XIII, Vatican astronomers

Gina Christian|Apr 29, 2026|4 Min Read

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City April 27, 2026. (OSV News photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)

World

US, Japanese bishops warn 9 nuclear powers are killing non-proliferation treaty

Gina Christian|Apr 28, 2026|4 Min Read

Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz in the Musandam Peninsula April 27, 2026. As the U.S. and Iran face off over the Strait of Hormuz, Catholic maritime ministry leaders are calling for prayer and support for the thousands of souls trapped at sea amid the war. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

World

Catholic maritime ministries urge prayer for seafarers trapped amid Hormuz blockade

Gina Christian|Apr 27, 2026|5 Min Read

Law enforcement personnel work at the venue following a shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner that required the evacuation of President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and other VIPs in Washington, April 25, 2026. (OSV News photo/Ken Cedeno, Reuters)

US bishops' head calls for prayer after gunman attacks White House press dinner

Gina Christian|Apr 27, 2026|6 Min Read

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash., is seen Sept. 6, 2024, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Matt Mills McKnight, Reuters)

Pope Leo encourages death penalty abolitionists as US brings back firing squad and electric chair

Gina Christian|Apr 24, 2026|4 Min Read

The Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., is piloting a new program featuring the AI development officer "Maria" to better understand the ways in which diocesan faithful want to support the Church. (OSV News photo/Diocese of Bridgeport)

Diocese 'hires' AI fundraising staffer in pilot program. Meet 'Maria'

Gina Christian|Apr 23, 2026|5 Min Read

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