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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has published new norms for the church to discern alleged supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions and mystical visions, which streamline the discernment process for bishops, allow the Vatican to avoid making definitive judgments on the authenticity of the events and reaffirm that Catholics are not obliged to believe The post Vatican publishes new norms to discern alleged supernatural phenomena first appeared on OSV News.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (OSV News) — Separate lawsuits filed by the U.S. Justice Department and civil rights groups claim that the state of Iowa’s new immigration law, which creates a state crime for unlawful reentry, violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution. Both lawsuits were filed May 9, eight days after prayer rallies and marches organized The post US Justice Department, civil rights groups file lawsuits against Iowa over immigration law first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an evening of Eucharistic adoration and prayer for the launch of the National Eucharistic The post Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off May 18-19 with Masses, processions at iconic US sites first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — This Ugandan ministry is transforming societal structures to “ensure dignity and justice for all.” Now it has been awarded the inaugural Premio San Giovanni Paolo II — Award of St. John Paul II, established Feb. 7, 2023, by the Vatican’s John Paul II Foundation. “We didn’t know that our humble work here The post Ugandan ministry awarded for living the values taught by St. John Paul II first appeared on OSV News.

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first pastoral visit since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Holy Family Parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli, who The post ‘I desired to be with them,’ says Cardinal Pizzaballa as he visits Catholic parish in Gaza first appeared on OSV News.