Stories for week of June 15, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 20

 Pray for those who are persecuted, Pope encourages religious
 Pope urges Vatican diplomats to maintain missionary sensibility
 AI is not true intelligence, Pope notes
 USCCB publishes chants for Order of Religious Profession
 Arson attack on 12th-century English church
 Supreme Court transgender decision seen as ‘partial victory for common sense’
 Myanmar prelate thanks Pope for drawing attention to suffering of civilians there
 Ugandan prelate calls for ‘respect’ for religious freedom, rather than ‘tolerance’
 Lebanese cardinal: ‘Our churches are full of youth’
 Religious liberty commission examines Washington Confession law
 British and French Catholics struggle to turn the tide on assisted suicide
 Nigerian bishop publishes ‘cry of anguish’
 Vatican diplomat laments disregard for humanitarian law in war
 Pope visits Vatican Radio transmission center, affirms ‘missionary value of communication’

Released Thursday, Jun. 19

 Legal euthanasia could lead to close of Catholic nursing homes: Cardinal Nichols
 investors charge New Orleans archdiocese with ‘securities fraud’
 Los Angeles archdiocese scales back Eucharistic Pilgrimage because of unrest
 Pope Leo XIV lauds polyphony, pays tribute to Palestrina
 Tehran cardinal discusses Israeli bombing
 Supporter of women’s diaconate appointed Australian archbishop
 ‘In persona episcopi’: new Pope continues union of Italian dioceses
 Vatican spokesman discusses Pius XII’s peace appeal, cited by Pope Leo
 Pope Leo, at general audience, emphasizes Corpus Christi, affirms Real Presence
 Vatican plugs Peter’s Pence donations to help Leo XIV in his mission
 Commentator Ben Shapiro meets with Pope
 Pope greets descendants of Churchill, Gandhi, Tōjō
 Polarization, IVF mandates among issues highlighted during US bishops’ Religious Freedom Week

Released Wednesday, Jun. 18

 Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on ‘gender treatment’ for children
 Pope renews plea for peace at audience
 Ousted Australian bishop pleads guilty to gun charges
 Archbishop Gänswein sees ‘change in atmosphere’ under Pope Leo
 Jesus brings hope amid disappointment, Pope tells audience
 Liturgical abuses lead to doctrinal and moral decay: Cardinal Burke
 Christian churches torched once a week in Islamic world
 Space telescope images fill us with wonder and joy, Pope Leo tells astrophysicists
 Boy Scouts sex-abuse claims reach $7 billion
 Vatican diplomat calls for international cooperation to address ‘appalling’ refugee crisis
 US bishops publish pro-life statement for Dobbs anniversary
 USCCB committee chairman appeals for diplomacy, prayers to end Middle East conflicts
 Vatican publishing house, HarperCollins republish Rerum Novarum
 European human rights official, Pope Leo discuss peace
 Christian family members killed in Iran’s first missile strike on Israel
 In Vatican newspaper commentary, US novelist sees Christ’s feeding of multitude as ‘prophetic’
 L’Osservatore Romano draws renewed attention to Gaza
 Pontiff emphasizes link between Gospel, commitment to peace, Vatican spokesman writes

Released Tuesday, Jun. 17

 Soccer photo from war-torn DR Congo wins Vatican contest
 Papal telegram for British, Irish pro-life day
 Holy Land Custos on Israel-Iran conflict: ‘We have fallen into a new nightmare’
 ‘Learn the humble and silent style of the Virgin Mother,’ Pope tells Italian Marian pilgrims
 Do not ‘take your eyes off the poor,’ Pope tells Madagascar’s bishops
 Oppose all violence, Pontiff tells pilgrims, as he reflects on sports, pleads for peace
 Pope denounces massacre of Nigerian Christians; hundreds dead
 Parliament votes to decriminalize abortion in all circumstances
 Los Angeles parishes say attendance down because of ICE fears
 Supreme Court supports challenge of New York abortion-coverage mandate
 Nearly half of Americans feel connection with Catholicism, but few practice
 Place Christ at the center, Pope urges Italian bishops
 Pope Leo will resume summer stay at Castel Gandolfo
 International effort launched to curb surrogacy
 Archbishop Broglio, USCCB president, supports immigrants, rips ICE raids

Released Monday, Jun. 16

 Vatican highlights sustainability at St. Peter’s basilica
 Priest killed in Sudan
 Pontifical academy hosts business ethics summit
 Cardinal sees ‘deep collaboration’ between faith and sports
 Augustinian prelate discusses threats to Peru’s Amazon region
 Nuclear peril shows ‘original sin unfolding without restraint,’ French bishop says
 Vatican newspaper warns of rising nuclear-weapon spending
 Cardinal Vesco denounces ideal of Christendom
 Papal reflection on sports and hope
 Papal humanitarian aid to Ukraine continues under Leo
 Religion is the soul of politics and diplomacy, Vatican ‘foreign minister’ tells global security forum
 Congolese layman beatified as martyr
 ‘Building bridges, not walls’: Pope Leo reflects on St. Irenaeus and hope
 Pontiff appeals for ‘responsibility and reason’ following Israeli strikes on Iran
 ‘Open up your hearts to God,’ Pope tells youth gathered at White Sox ballpark

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Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates on this date St. John Matera (also known as John Pulsano) (1070-1139). St. John was a native of Matera, Italy and in his childhood longed to become a hermit. As a young man, he worked for a time as a shepherd in the service of a monastery. His exceptional austerity,…

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