(OSV News) San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he is disturbed but not surprised that charges against vandals who toppled a saint s statue at a California parish have been downgraded.In a May 25 announcement, Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli reduced charges of felonies to misdemeanors for five defendants accused of destroying a statue of St. Junipero Serra at St. Rafael Catholic Church, home to the historic Mission San Rafael, in San Rafael, California, almost t
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Individuals become Christian because they have been touched by Christ s love, not because they have been convinced or coerced by someone else, Pope Francis said.
The Catholic Church needs missionary disciples who have hearts like St. Thérèse of Lisieux and who draw people to love and bring people closer to God, he told people at his weekly general audience in St. Peter s Square June 7. Let us ask this saint for the grace to overcome our selfishness and for the passio
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (OSV News) Melissa Ohden said she never planned to start an organization.
Ohden, who joined the Catholic Church in 2014, belongs to St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Gladstone, Missouri. She leads the Abortion Survivors Network (ASN), the world s only organization dedicated to providing a safe place for (abortion) survivors to finally share their story, be themselves, be vulnerable, to finally heal.
Ohden first became involved with pro-life ministry in 2007, sharing her ow
LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) Pope Francis peace envoy to Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, was finishing his two-day visit to Ukraine June 6. He met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam and hydroelectric power plant along the front lines in southern Ukraine that Zelenskyy blamed on Russian terrorists. The Russian side accused Ukrainian forces of blowing up the dam. Ukraine accused Russians of committing what it called ecocide.
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