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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (OSV News) — Samuel Torres invited those listening to his keynote talk on the history of Native American boarding schools during the second full day of the 84th annual Tekakwitha Conference “to widen the circle.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Celebrating Native American Catholics’ cultures and traditions along with a special Mass with Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis were the focus July 22 of the 84th annual Tekakwitha Conference in the Twin Cities.

(OSV News) — The Ukrainian Catholic bishops of the U.S. are calling attention to the profound psychological consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine, urging the faithful to “be the conduits that direct God’s healing touch to our suffering brothers and sisters.”

(OSV News) — The working document released June 20 on the Catholic Church’s upcoming worldwide Synod on Synodality “presents the People of God with a remarkable opportunity to reflect on what we have learned thus far about the nature of a synodal Church and how we might embrace that more fully,” said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, in a same-day statement from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

FORESTVILLE, Md. (OSV News) — Celebrating a special Mass June 18 at Mount Calvary Parish in Forestville to commemorate the next day’s Juneteenth federal holiday, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said that historic event offers an important reminder to work for freedom and justice today.

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — When five missionary priests of Brittany, France, volunteered to serve people suffering in Shreveport, Louisiana, they knew they were risking their lives.

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Through their work in the media, Catholic communications professionals have a calling “to heal the blindness that too often distorts the eyes and confuses the hearts of people in our world,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said June 9.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ message of hope for humanity encased in a small satellite blasted off into space June 12 and soon will beam his words back to Earth.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church’s synodal process is an invitation to invest in the pastoral and professional formation of women in the church, said the newly elected president of a global network of Catholic women’s associations.

(OSV News) — May 27 was a special day for the Hispanic charismatic movement in New York as about 3,000 people processed through the streets of Manhattan to St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate a Pentecost vigil. Led by New York Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Espaillat, participants called the celebration “a procession of hope.”