Stories for August 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 8

 Hindu mob assaults priests, religious in Indian village
 Spanish government delays approval of Vatican nuncio
 Cardinal McElroy: favor nonviolence over just-war thinking
 Indian state to deny benefits to Christian, Muslim Dalits
 New Cincinnati archbishop defends record at Chicago’s Casa Jesus
 Missouri sues Planned Parenthood for false advertising
 USCCB committee chairman, other Catholic leaders call for ‘robust funding’ of federal housing programs
 Cardinal Zuppi calls on Italian dioceses to pray for peace
 Cardinal Cupich, in Nagasaki, laments atomic bombing, reflects on just-war tradition
 Netanyahu, allies are misusing Scripture, Jesuit convert from Judaism writes in Vatican newspaper
 ‘Make us builders of bridges,’ Pope prays in video
 Remember the voiceless, Cardinal Parolin writes in message
 Pope receives Venetian prison inmates on Jubilee pilgrimage

Released Thursday, Aug. 7

 German bishops trim overseas aid donations
 Vatican prefect hopes for eased restrictions on Traditional Mass
 Gallup poll gives Pope Leo highest favorable rating
 Pope-emeritus Benedict rejected doubts about resignation
 Israel bans top Muslim from Jerusalem mosque
 Archbishop Wester sees rising threat of nuclear war
 Buffalo diocese cuts 22% of chancery staff
 Federal court: Arkansas law on posting Ten Commandments is ‘obviously unconstitutional’
 Cardinal Cupich, in Hiroshima, contrasts light of Transfiguration and light of atomic bomb
 Women religious call for day of prayer, fasting for peace on August 14
 ‘The power to transform Ukraine is in our hands,’ Major Archbishop preaches
 Pope encourages African Catholics to build ‘networks of support’
 Pope challenges Arabic-speaking Christians to be missionaries
 Holy Land Franciscan condemns proposed Israeli occupation of Gaza
 Pope recalls atomic bombings, appeals for justice and dialogue

Released Wednesday, Aug. 6

 Papal praise for Knights of Columbus
 Italian priest suggests miracle in inexhaustible oil
 Four more German dioceses reject blessings for same-sex couples
 Pope, at audience, speaks on preparations for Last Supper
 ‘Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity,’ Pope writes in message for 80th anniversary of atomic bombings
 European Court finds Russia violated religious rights of Catholics, others in its 2014-22 war with Ukraine
 Congolese bishop urges youth not to join armed groups
 USCCB welcomes Trump administration decision to end abortion coverage for veterans
 120,000 attend Jubilee of the Neocatechumenal Way
 Pope visits Jubilee of Youth participant at Roman hospital
 Recalling 4th-century miracle, white rose petals fall from ceiling of Santa Maria Maggiore
 Pontiff will open Diocese of Rome’s pastoral year
 US author Marilynne Robinson writes front-page Gospel commentary for Vatican newspaper

Released Tuesday, Aug. 5

 Spanish court backs eviction of schismatic nun
 Trump moves to curb abortions at VA hospitals
 Mass celebrated at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after pleas from archdiocese
 Pope encourages young Medjugorje pilgrims
 Peruvian cardinal accused of mishandling seminary allegations
 Federal court halts enforcement of Colorado law banning abortion-pill reversal
 US Catholics donate funds to replace Nagasaki cathedral bell
 USCCB president calls for elimination of nuclear weapons
 Irish missionary among 9 kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
 Pope Leo to African bishops: May your work ‘foster an intense experience of the love of God’

Released Monday, Aug. 4

 Papal nuncio calls for ‘justice and truth’ in Lebanon on anniversary of Beirut explosion
 Papal sympathy after shipwreck off Yemen
 Trump backing off promise for IVF coverage?
 Senate confirms Burch as US ambassador to Holy See
 Pope confirms dates for World Youth Day in Seoul in 2027
 We are with the young people of Gaza and Ukraine, Pope tells jubilee pilgrims
 Remain united to Jesus and aspire to holiness, Pope preaches to 1 million young people
 Bishop at US gathering in Rome: To follow God’s call is a ‘spiritual adventure’
 Pope receives Egyptian youth following death of fellow pilgrim
 Papal gratitude for artists at jubilee vigil
 Cardinal Reina pens foreword to book on Shroud of Turin
 Chief rabbi of Ukraine pays tribute to archbishop who saved Jews during Holocaust
 Pope expresses concern about situation of immigrants in US
 Pontiff, UN official pledge to keep working for ‘peaceful world, free from hunger’
 Vatican newspaper asks: ‘Who decides the life of the children of Gaza?’
 Safeguard the ‘spirit of Helsinki,’ Pontiff urges

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