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Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a news conference at a Nov. 12 session of the conference's fall general assembly in Baltimore. Also pictured are Bishops Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, and Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Prelates pray during a Nov. 12 session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Then-U.S. President Richard Nixon and then-National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger stand on Air Force One during their voyage to China Feb. 20, 1972. Nixon won a second term following the 1972 general election. (OSV News/Richard Nixon Presidential Library handout via Reuters)

This is a conversation, based on a talk developed and refined over years, in which Sr. Joan Chittister describes how, in a life dedicated to serving God, neither God nor her idea of God remained static.

A report by Do No Harm, a group that opposes gender-affirming care, has caught the attention of U.S. bishops. The Catholic Health Association says that the report is flawed and contains false assumptions.

Instead of immediate blame or praise for the results, here are five takeaways that Fr. Tom Reese believes political scientists and historians will be pondering for years in an attempt to make sense out of this election.

Gertrude Agnes Barber is pictured with children in an undated photo in Erie, Pa. Barber founded the Barber National Institute for adults and children with intellectual disabilities and behavioral health challenges. Her cause for canonization was presented during the Fall Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops held Nov. 11-14, 2024. (OSV News/CNS file, courtesy Barber National Institute)

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. A federal judge ruled Nov. 12. 2024, that Louisiana's law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional. (OSV News/Reuters/Jason Reed)

Nurses rally outside the fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 in Baltimore, asking bishops to urge the Catholic hospital chain Ascension for better staffing and patient care. (NCR photo/Rhina Guidos)

The main gate of the United Nations climate change conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Catholic officials have expressed hope for change in climate solutions after Cardinal Pietro Parolin read Pope Francis' message to other heads of state. (NCR photo/Doreen Ajiambo)