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SALT LAKE CITY (OSV News) — Despite a 21st century world that is increasingly becoming more secular, participants at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students‘ SEEK25 conference in Salt Lake City Jan. 1-5 overwhelmingly expressed hope for the future of the Catholic Church. Approximately 17,000 people joined FOCUS’ main SEEK conference in Salt Lake City, while The post SEEK25 in Salt Lake City shows young adults full of hope for the church first appeared on OSV News.

If we haven’t gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season — on houses, trees, bushes, department stores — this Sunday we are absolutely festooned with them. The reading, from Isaiah announces in the very first line: “Your light has come!” And it keeps on coming. “Nations shall walk by your light,” the prophet continues, The post Your Light has come: Embracing the spirit of Epiphany this New Year first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Why does God care about us and what does Jesus’ invitation to the rich young man in the Gospels to follow him mean for our lives? Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation’s capital Jan. 3 and pondered these questions as part of an evening of reflection and Eucharistic adoration The post SEEK conference in DC features hope, healing and Eucharistic encounter first appeared on OSV News.

  (OSV News) — A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization. Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale — an Italian immigrant who ministered during the days of the Wild West — is close to being named “Venerable,” said Allen Sánchez, The post The ‘Fastest Nun in the West’ moves closer to canonization first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected as speaker of the House Jan. 3 after swaying two members of his conference who initially voted against him. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump responded to the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, and a new study examined how Catholics voted The post Washington roundup: Johnson keeps his gavel; Biden, Trump talk New Orleans; Catholic voters surveyed first appeared on OSV News.