Stories for week of July 19, 2026

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Released Monday, Jul. 20

 French government: 843 anti-Christian incidents in 2025
 US bishops’ NFP Awareness Week begins
 Combat the dysfunctions that have attended economic growth, Vatican diplomat urges
 SSPX leader decries ‘wholly unjust’ Vatican response to episcopal consecrations
 Pope visits Monte Cassino, prays for peace
 Cardinal Sarah calls for more generous availability of traditional Latin Mass
 Bishop Barron, VP Vance discuss political philosophy
 Be leaven that transforms society, Cardinal Czerny tells African Catholic youth
 As US nuns age, more congregations turn to pontifical commissaries
 Vatican newspaper highlights plight of workers on fishing vessels
 Vatican financial authority, Deutsche Bundesbank sign cooperation agreement
 Ukraine’s leading prelates, in interviews, stress prayer, forgiveness
 Music, art, beauty help us look to God, Pope says after concert
 Russia attacks Kyiv neighborhood during Vatican archbishop’s stay
 Archbishop Gallagher preaches on prayer’s power at anniversary of restoration of Ukraine’s Latin-rite hierarchy

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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Saint Apollinaris (d. 79). Early accounts report that Apollinaris was ordained bishop by Saint Peter himself and sent as a missionary bishop to Ravenna during the reign of the emperor Claudius. Renowned for his powers to heal in the name of Christ, he was frequently exiled,…

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