Stories for week of July 06, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jul. 10

 California bishop offers dispensation from Sunday obligation for fear of immigration raids
 Pope sees elderly as ‘first witnesses of hope’
 Facing 153 abuse claims, California diocese files for bankruptcy
 Federal judge temporarily blocks 1-year defunding of Planned Parenthood
 Vatican diplomat raises concern about AI’s threat to intellectual property rights
 Cardinal McElroy, USCCB committee chairman call for increased federal funding for DC opportunity scholarships
 Pope encourages Latin American catechists to evangelize
 Vatican approves public devotion to alleged 1990s Slovak Marian apparitions
 ‘Children have the right to an authentic, just, and lasting peace,’ Pope writes in letter
 Jewish settlers attack Palestinian Christian village

Released Wednesday, Jul. 9

 French archbishop names convicted rapist as chancellor
 Pope celebrates ‘Mass for the Care of Creation,’ cites urgency
 Pope meets with Ukraine’s Zelensky
 Australian bishop steps aside while denying abuse claim
 Virginia court halts enforcement of state’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’
 Following factory explosion, Indian bishops call for protection of workers
 ‘Take action against Christianophobia,’ Vatican diplomat urges UN Security Council
 Reacting to new IRS stance, USCCB emphasizes that Church does not endorse, oppose candidates
 New superior general for Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
 Bombs, machine gun fire draw closer to Gaza’s Catholic parish
 French-Iranian author pens front-page Gospel commentary for L’Osservatore Romano
 Look at world from children’s perspective, Vatican spokesman counsels
 Nickel mining threatens Philippine island’s ecosystem, Vatican newspaper warns

Released Tuesday, Jul. 8

 Vatican Museums reopen Raphael Rooms after major restoration
 Florida bishop denounces ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
 Nigerian governor orders demolition of memorial to church attack victims
 Holy See emphasizes link between poverty, climate change
 Signaling end of Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute, Leo XIV concludes pontifical delegate’s mandate
 Papal gratitude for Vatican monthly newspaper of the poor
 Syriac Catholic hierarchy again meets with Pontiff
 In unusual move, Pope transfers Kenyan bishop to far smaller diocese
 Harvard professor who traced Leo XIV’s genealogy meets with Pope
 Reporting on Texas floods, L’Osservatore Romano chides Trump administration over climate policies
 Vatican newspaper editor sees listening as major theme of Leo’s pontificate

Released Monday, Jul. 7

 French prelate named new president for papal abuse commission
 Illinois town buys Pope’s boyhood home
 Vicar of Opus Dei added to human-trafficking complaint in Argentina
 Vatican issues new guide for implementation of Synod on Synodality
 Ukraine revokes citizenship of Orthodox leader
 Imitate your foundress and read St. Augustine’s On the Teacher, Pope advises Augustinian sisters
 Strengthen your relationship with Christ, Pope tells young pilgrims, teachers
 Papal prayer for those affected by gas explosion in Rome
 Vatican newspaper series examines ‘challenges and hopes’ facing the USA
 Cardinal McElroy: Trump administration’s immigrant deportations are ‘morally repugnant’
 New archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore
 Taizé prior, Pontiff discuss Christian unity
 Archbishop Lori, Supreme Knight discuss Knights of Columbus with Pope Leo
 Montenegro’s PM meets with Pontiff
 Castel Gandolfo welcomes Pope Leo as he resumes custom of summer residence there
 Papal condolences for Texas flood victims, encouragement to pray for peace
 Pope Leo: ‘Become joyful laborers in God’s Kingdom’ by prioritizing prayer

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Thu10 July
Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates today: St. Canute (or Knud) (1043-1086), King of Denmark. St. Canute was put to death out of hatred of his faith and his zeal in working for its extension in his kingdom. He was killed in St. Alban's Church in Odense. Sts. Rufina and Secunda,…

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