Stories for week of July 12, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jul. 16

 USCCB calls on Trump administration to reconsider support for IVF
 Vatican newspaper highlights plight of repatriated Afghan refugees
 Arkansas gains top ranking in Religious Liberty in the States report
 Recalling St. Vladimir, Cardinal Zuppi, on papal mission to Ukraine, prays for peace
 Goa archdiocesan officials face trial in multimillion-dollar land fraud case
 Vatican Bank names new director general
 Scholar who has written on synodality, teen pregnancy, suffering to lead Ugandan diocese
 Pope accepts resignation of Peruvian bishop accused of abuse

Released Wednesday, Jul. 15

 Catholic Theological Society of America honors self-described queer theologian
 Latin American bishops sign anti-drug abuse agreement with Organization of American States
 Australian Catholic school organization under investigation for political donations
 Nigerian president assures Archbishop Gallagher of commitment to freedom of worship
 Catholic teacher says Scottish school fired her for stating pro-life views
 Vatican newspaper highlights European heat waves
 West Papua rebels target Catholic Church
 Cardinals address Nobel laureates, scholars at Castel Gandolfo gathering
 Kenyan bishop warns women not to tempt priests
 Cardinal Zuppi visits Ukraine, gives holy cards to Russian POWs
 Trump administration grants $235M in food aid to Catholic Relief Services
 Mob violence against Pakistani Christian family averted

Released Tuesday, Jul. 14

 Retired archbishop defends SSPX, says Pope Leo ‘no longer represents the Church’
 Counterterrorism police take control of investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s murder
 SSPX appeals excommunication decree
 25 Caracas churches damaged in June earthquakes
 Gunmen kill 2 Catholic young adults in Pakistan; Islamic State claims responsibility
 Vatican cardinal’s poems published in Italian
 Nigerian priest commits suicide in Massachusetts
 Prelates gather in Washington to discuss future of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue
 In India, mob demands Salesian sisters destroy chapel, cemetery
 Cardinal Pizzaballa: To foster peace, listen and see others as persons
 Lawmakers who vote in favor of euthanasia ‘will no longer be able to receive Communion,’ French bishop says
 Nigerian bishop welcomes release of 45 kidnapped teachers, students
 French military school refused to consider pupils from independent Catholic schools
 Vatican spokesman warns against ‘exaggeration’ of Pope’s role as head of state
 Statistician analyzes parish consolidations in Detroit archdiocese
 ‘Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace’ being drafted at Castel Gandolfo

Released Monday, Jul. 13

 Spanish priest sentenced to 52 years in prison
 Chicago’s Father Pfleger removed from ministry following new abuse allegation
 India’s bishops stress religious-freedom concerns in letter to cabinet minister
 British man arrested on suspicion of murdering pro-life Catholic politician Ann Widdecombe
 French Senate rejects assisted-suicide bill in 169-164 vote
 Vatican diplomat draws attention to plight of children with HIV
 Kenyan bishop suspends 15% of his priests; imposes curfew, bans overnight rectory guests
 Pope recalls Soviet persecution, restoration of hierarchy in Ukraine
 Work to build communion, not another Babel, Pope tells Church in Asia
 Pope renews appeal for peace; recalls Sea Sunday, Jasna Góra pilgrimage
 God the Father continues to sow the seed of Jesus in our hearts, Pope tells pilgrims

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Thu16 July
Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel's faith in the living God. In the twelfth century, hermits withdrew to that mountain and later founded the Carmelite order devoted to the…

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