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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, is pictured in a 2023 photo addressing the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Archbishop Caccia, outgoing permanent observer of the Holy See and newly named papal nuncio to the U.S., delivered a statement at the United Nations affirming the Catholic Church's opposition to surrogacy as an affront to human dignity. (OSV News photo/Rick Bajornas, courtesy United Nations)

In anti-surrogacy statement, Vatican warns against turning children into commodities

Gina Christian|Mar 16, 2026|3 Min Read

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Ark., and Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington are pictured in a combination photo. U.S. bishops including Cardinal McElroy and Bishop Taylor, have spoken about "just war" in light of the U.S. and Israel-Iran War, saying the current conflict doesn't meet the Church's moral criteria. (OSV News photo/Paul Haring, CNS/Christopher Newkumet, John Carroll Society)

US-Israeli war on Iran is failing the Church's just war test, bishops warn

Gina Christian|Mar 12, 2026|5 Min Read

Guatemalan migrants deported from the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration arrive at La Aurora Air Force Base in Guatemala City Jan. 27, 2025. A new report documents the experiences of people who have been deported from the U.S., forced to return to their home countries, or have been trapped in third countries due to U.S. immigration policies. (OSV News photo/Cristina Chiquin, Reuters)

Report: U.S. fueling human rights violations with 'externalized migration' policies

Gina Christian|Mar 11, 2026|4 Min Read

Chaldean Cathedral in Rancho San Diego, California. (Wikimedia Commons)

Chaldean bishop pleads not guilty to felony charges, as resignation announced

Gina Christian|Mar 10, 2026|5 Min Read

Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich speaks during an interreligious prayer service at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago Feb. 24, 2025, commemorating the third anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion on Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Vincent Alban, Reuters)

White House 'gamifying' war on Iran marks a 'moral crisis,' warns US cardinal

Gina Christian|Mar 9, 2026|3 Min Read

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, leads a prayer vigil at Sacred Heart Church in El Paso March 24, 2025, following a rally and march against mass deportations by the US government. The Diocese of El Paso, faced with potential "astronomical" judgments in a dozen lawsuits alleging clergy sexual abuse, filed for bankruptcy reorganization March 6, 2026. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Texas mission diocese declares bankruptcy to settle abuse claims filed under New Mexico lookback law

Gina Christian|Mar 6, 2026|4 Min Read

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio speaks at a Feb. 27, 2026, news conference after the meeting of bishops serving dioceses along the U.S.-Mexico border. Looking on are Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, and Mexican Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola of Piedras Negras. (OSV News photo/Fernie Ceniceros, courtesy Diocese of El Paso)

San Antonio archbishop: Profit, politics play roles in inhumane migrant treatment

Gina Christian|Mar 5, 2026|6 Min Read

A file photo shows the facade of the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence, R.I. The Rhode Island Attorney General publicly released March 4, 2026, the anticipated report on his six-year historical records review of clergy sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence. (OSV News photo/courtesy Rhode Island Catholic)

Rhode Island AG releases report on clerical abuse in Diocese of Providence

Gina Christian|Mar 5, 2026|6 Min Read

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)

Faith

Experts: Debates about Zionism, even by Catholics, often at odds with Catholic understanding

Gina Christian|Mar 3, 2026|7 Min Read

An explosion caused by a projectile impact after Iran launched missiles into Israel following Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gideon Markowicz, Reuters)

World

Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran, igniting war

Gina Christian|Mar 2, 2026|7 Min Read

Emergency response teams attend the scene of a fatal Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1, 2026, after Iran launched missile barrages following attacks by the U.S. and Israel. (OSV News photo/Itay Cohen, Reuters) Editors: NO USE IN ISRAEL. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

World

USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert 'tragedy of immense proportions'

Gina Christian|Mar 1, 2026|2 Min Read

The sun sets over the main building and Basilica of the Sacred Heart steeple on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Nov. 23, 2025. (OSV News photo/Matt Cashore, courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Bishop Rhoades 'grateful' as pro-abortion professor declines Notre Dame institute post

Gina Christian and Megan Marley|Feb 26, 2026|7 Min Read

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