Headlines for July 25, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal Parolin meets with 2 priests released from Russian captivity
 Citing Nicaragua, 2 US bishops’ committees back Stateless Protection Act
 Vatican withheld reason for Irish bishop’s suspension
 Vatican cardinal lauds National Eucharistic Congress in US
 Texas court rejects attorney general’s case against Catholic Charities
 Kenyan bishops denounce police brutality, caution young protestors against intolerance
 Pope renews call for ‘new bond’ between young, elderly
 New Zealand commission: 200,000 abuse victims in government, religious institutions
 K of C covers Rupnik art at John Paul II Shrine pending sex abuse investigation
 National Eucharistic Congress: energizing a new generation?
 Bishop Conley on Eucharistic Congress: ‘The Church is on the move...’
 Bishops of 3 African nations form independent regional association

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Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop; Ember Wednesday

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury (d. 605), who was born in Rome and died in Canterbury, England, in 604. When Pope Gregory I heard that the pagans of Britain were disposed to accept the Catholic Faith, he sent the prior of St. Andrew, Augustine, and forty of his Benedictine…

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