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Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl championship in 1986 and later coached the New Orleans Saints, is shown coaching in an August 31, 1997 NFL football game. Ditka, who was open about his Catholic faith, died on Oct. 9, 2026, at 86. (OSV News photo/Ted Reisinger, Reuters)

Mike Ditka, football legend and devout Catholic, dies at 86

OSV News|Oct 9, 2026|3 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., attends a news briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2024, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died July 11 after a "brief and sudden illness," his office said. A day later the District of Columbia's medical examiner said his unexpected death was caused by a heart issue. He was 71. (OSV News photo/Gleb Garanich/, Reuters)

Pro-life groups hail Lindsey Graham as steadfast champion for the unborn

EWTN News|Jul 13, 2026|3 Min Read

Sister Edith Prendergast, RSC, speaks during the 2015 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. (Angelus File Photo)

Sister Edith Prendergast, longtime LA Religious Education director, dies

Mike Nelson|Apr 1, 2026|5 Min Read

Kermit Gosnell is shown in a courtroom artist sketch during his sentencing at Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia May 15, 2013. Gosnell, the former Philadelphia abortionist convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal killings of three infants born alive during illegal late-term abortions at his notorious "house of horrors" clinic, died in prison March 1, 2026, at age 85. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

'House of horrors' abortionist dies in prison; pro-life advocates call for stronger protections

Simone Orendain|Mar 23, 2026|4 Min Read

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An obituary for an ordinary man who was extraordinary for Christ

Robert Brennan|Feb 9, 2026|4 Min Read

John Allen, Crux's editor-in-chief, is seen on this May 12, 2025, photograph in Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, right before the audience with journalists of then-newly elected Pope Leo XIV. From left: Ines San Martin, longtime Rome bureau chief of Crux, and vice president of communications for the Pontifical Mission Societies USA, Paulina Guzik, OSV News' international editor and Claire Giangravè, Vatican correspondent for Religion News Service, who all previously wrote for Crux. Allen, a giant of Catholic journalism, died in Rome Jan. 22, 2026. (OSV News photo)

John L. Allen Jr.: A Man for All Seasons, at a Roman Table

Ines San Martin|Jan 22, 2026|6 Min Read

John Allen Jr., a longtime Vaticanista and editor-in-chief of the Catholic publication Crux, died Jan. 22, 2026, at age 61. He is pictured in a 2009 file photo. (OSV News file photo/Jenna Teter, The Texas Catholic)

Crux editor, veteran Vatican journalist John Allen loses battle with cancer

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jan 22, 2026|8 Min Read

Catholic author Russell Shaw poses for a photo in his Silver Spring, Md., home Aug. 28, 2019. Shaw died Jan. 6, 2026, at age 90. (OSV News photo/Chaz Muth)

Russell Shaw remembered as 'giant of the Church' for contribution to Catholic communications

Maria Wiering|Jan 6, 2026|7 Min Read

President Nelson Mandela walks with Britain's Duchess of Kent during a news conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, in this archival Reuters file photo. Remembered for her passion for charity, teaching music and unwavering humility, Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, died Sept. 4, 2025, at age 92. She was the first British royal to join the Catholic faith since 1685. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

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Duchess of Kent, a royal who chose faith and service, dies at 92

Simon Caldwell|Sep 8, 2025|5 Min Read

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Bishop Joseph Sartoris, retired LA Archdiocese auxiliary, dies at 97

Angelus Staff|Jun 30, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets children as he visits a refugee camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

'A pope who mattered': Francis leaves behind 'roller coaster’ legacy

John L. Allen Jr.|Apr 21, 2025|31 Min Read

Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez.(University of Notre Dame via Crux)

World

Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of liberation theology, dead at 96

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 23, 2024|4 Min Read

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