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Gina Christian is the National Reporter for OSV News.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detain a man as they conduct immigration enforcement action in St. Paul, Minn., Jan 27, 2026. (OSV News photo/Seth Herald, Reuters)

Bishops call Catholics to prayer and action amid US immigration violence, rhetoric

Gina Christian|Feb 6, 2026|8 Min Read

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California March 26, 2018. As global tensions accelerate, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has called the Feb. 4, 2026, expiration of the New START nuclear arms treaty "simply unacceptable," and urges nations to hold to the terms of the lapsing agreement. (OSV News photo/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge handout via Reuters) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

World

Pope Leo, Archbishop Coakley urge renewal of last US-Russia nuclear treaty

Gina Christian|Feb 4, 2026|4 Min Read

Crosses and candles are placed at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis Jan. 28, 2026, at the site where Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him. (OSV News/Seth Herald, Reuters)

Archbishop Coakley calls for Holy Hour for peace: 'Your prayers matter'

Gina Christian|Jan 28, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience June 25, 2025. On the eve of the 2026 March for Life in Washington Jan. 22, Pope Leo issued a message to participants, expressing his deep gratitude for their "eloquent public witness" and imparting his apostolic blessing. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo sends 'warm greetings,' apostolic blessing to March for Life participants

Gina Christian|Jan 22, 2026|2 Min Read

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

World

Pew: Catholicism down in Latin America, but belief in God 'remains high'

Gina Christian|Jan 21, 2026|6 Min Read

Cardinals

US cardinals call for 'genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation'

Gina Christian|Jan 19, 2026|5 Min Read

A file photo shows the Chaldean Church of St. Paul in Mosul, Iraq, illuminated with red light in protest against the persecution of Christians around the world. (OSV News photo/Khalid Al-Mousily, Reuters)

World

Report: More than 388 million Christians worldwide face 'high levels' of persecution

Gina Christian|Jan 14, 2026|5 Min Read

A woman holds her daughter during the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 19, 2023, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Thousands of Catholics across the country will pray for the protection of human life starting on Jan. 16, 2026. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

'Many challenges remain' in making abortion 'unthinkable,' says bishop

Gina Christian|Jan 13, 2026|4 Min Read

A file photo shows the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. On Dec. 23, 2025, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a motion to dismiss seven of 10 counts in a prominent lawsuit alleging decades of clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups. (OSV News photo/Jim Young, Reuters)

Archdiocese of St. Louis files to dismiss abuse charges, citing state law, case precedent

Gina Christian|Jan 8, 2026|3 Min Read

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond speaks at St. Louis Cathedral in this file photo dated Feb. 17, 2021. In a letter dated Dec. 26, 2025, the New Orleans Archdiocese issued an apology letter to all the claimants of child sexual abuse following its final settlement. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Bachman, Reuters)

New Orleans archbishop apologizes to abuse survivors as settlement takes effect

Gina Christian|Jan 5, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV is seen in a screenshot delivering a video message to young Catholics attending at SEEK26 -- his latest of several video messages to youth in the U.S. since becoming pope. The annual gathering -- taking place Jan. 1-5 at event locations in Columbus, Ohio, Denver and Fort Worth, Texas -- has drawn an estimated 26,000 participants for talks and workshops on encountering Christ, with the schedule including daily Mass, Eucharistic adoration, the sacrament of reconciliation and fellowship. (OSV News screenshot/Vatican News)

'Be open to what the Lord has in store for you,' Pope Leo tells SEEK 2026 attendees

Gina Christian|Jan 2, 2026|4 Min Read

With a U.S. flag in the background, Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

From Chicago to Peru to Rome, Pope Leo remains 'one of us,' say US Catholics

Gina Christian|Dec 30, 2025|7 Min Read

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