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Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky visits her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md., on Oct. 22 and listens as second grader Anna Reilly at right asks her a question. The other students from left to right are fourth grader Annie Siciliano, third grader Lilly Bracewell, first grader Amelia Farrell and kindergartener Bowen Wiegmann. (OSV News/Catholic Standard/Mihoko Owada)
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Faith, school and parish are source of strength for Olympic champion swimmer

Mark ZimmermannOSV News
Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth speaks with the media as he departs a meeting on Capitol Hill Nov. 21 in Washington. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard)
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Hegseth controversy compounds Vatican institution's concerns over religious symbols' misuse

Gina ChristianKate ScanlonOSV News
Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services sits at one of the English-language tables during the Synod of Bishops on synodality in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2024. (CNS/Vatican Media)
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Vatican

Post-synod, African Americans from students' pilgrimage speak of invigoration, challenges

Nate Tinner-WilliamsBlack Catholic Messenger
A woman passes by a #COP29 sign during the U.N. climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 11, 2024. (OSV News/Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
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Catholic sisters at COP29 uplift unequal ways climate change impacts women

Doreen Ajiambo

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