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Pursuing peace
Experiments in Catholicism By Emily E Long Contributing writer If you’ve turned on the news over...
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Bishop Lucia - Carrying the light of Christ
Statement from Bishop Douglas J. Lucia on the immigration crisis
On November 13, 2025, I issued a letter to our diocesan family when the New York State Bishops...
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‘No Nurse is Forgotten’
Above: Members of the CNY Syracuse Nurses Honor Guard share information at an event. Pictured...
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US & World
LatestMore than 11 million have visited Notre Dame since its reopening
By Caroline de Sury OSV News PARIS (OSV News) — Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the first...
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Pope Leo & the Vatican
LatestLack of faith, especially among youth, should spur evangelization, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The increasing number of people who do not see the Gospel as a fundamental resource for their life should inspire -- not discourage -- Catholics in rediscovering the joy of evangelization, Pope Leo XIV said.
The transmission of the faith is "a topic of great urgency," the pope said in remarks to members and officials of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and others participating in its plenary session at the Vatican Jan. 27-29.

