Stories for week of August 10, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Aug. 14

 SSPX Jubilee event listed on Vatican calendar
 Federal court revives campaign against LIttle Sisters of the Poor
 Marriage is showing ‘new strength’ in US, sociologist argues
 Buffalo diocese, 9 parishes face off before State Supreme Court
 Federal court upholds Christian organization’s right to revoke job offer to person in same-sex marriage
 Ukrainian Catholic bishop says half of his parishes have been closed, occupied, or destroyed
 Prelate calls for adherence to Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire
 Vatican Museums to perform ‘extraordinary maintenance’ on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment
 Vatican prefect contrasts ‘dictatorship of the machine,’ human freedom
 100 homeless, poor persons to dine with Pope at Castel Gandolfo
 ‘Live the Sacrament of Reconciliation intensely,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Hebrew Catholics attend papal audience, seek to bridge Jewish, Catholic worlds
 Seek St. Maximilian Kolbe’s intercession for peace, Pope Leo urges

Released Wednesday, Aug. 13

 World Day of Children assigned to Dicastery for Laity
 Vatican confirms New Zealand diocesan ban on traditionalist group
 Haitian archdiocese laments ‘collapse of humanity’
 Pope answers questions on Trump-Putin summit, Gaza, Vatican diplomacy
 Pope, at audience, speaks on recognizing one’s sinful nature
 Pope heads to Castel Gandolfo for long weekend
 Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asks high court to overturn Obergefell decision
 FBI: 63 hate crimes against Catholics reported in 2024
 USCCB honors 4 pro-life advocates with ‘People of Life’ award
 German police close abuse probe against Indian bishop
 ‘They beat me, but I thank God I survived,’ says priest kidnapped by jihadists
 Colombian bishops mourn assassinated presidential candidate
 Papua prelate warns of false allegations of witchcraft
 Cardinal Parolin begins trip to Burundi
 Papal general audience moved indoors because of heat
 French-Iranian author pens front-page Gospel commentary for L’Osservatore Romano
 Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for prayer, fasting for peace on August 14
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to hunger, violence in Sudan

Released Tuesday, Aug. 12

 Christians leaving Bethlehem ‘deserted,’ Franciscan leader reports
 New Vatican economic norms drafted under Cardinal Pell?
 Detroit archbishop stirs controversy with new chancery appointment
 Abortion-pill manufacturer hit with wrongful-death suit
 Vatican again overrules Canadian bishop’s decision to close parish
 Federal court upholds Idaho law on school restrooms, locker rooms
 US bishops’ assistance to retired religious tops $1 billion
 Ambassadors to Holy See call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gaza civilians
 Names of children killed in Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be read aloud at Cardinal Zuppi’s prayer for peace
 Vatican expands paternity leave, other family benefits
 Papal condolences following death of Cardinal Karlic
 Vatican diplomat welcomes Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire
 UN General Assembly president meets with Pontiff
 Jerusalem cardinal: St. Clare inspires us to turn to Christ amid deep suffering
 Haitian bishops thank Pope for drawing attention to nation’s plight

Released Monday, Aug. 11

 Bishop Strickland insists he was removed for upholding Church teachingss
 Canadian court rejects bid to dismiss Rosica abuse case
 French bishops’ conference: undo appointment of convicted rapist
 Retired Brooklyn bishop protests settlements on disputed abuse claims against him
 Bishops rue division between North, South Korea
 Holy See: Unfair international trade rules hold back landlocked nations
 Indian bishops condemn mob attack on priests and catechist in Odisha
 Papal tribute to Blessed Virgin Mary, assumed into heaven
 Vatican publishes regulations on awarding of public contracts
 Argentina’s Cardinal Karlic, esteemed by Popes John Paul II and Benedict, dies at 99
 Ukrainian bishops: Do not be afraid to give birth and raise children during wartime
 Almost 50,000 displaced in latest round of jihadist attacks in Mozambique
 Pontiff welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement, laments violence in Haiti
 In renewed peace appeal, Pope Leo recalls atomic bombings
 Jesus teaches us to put ourselves at the service of others, Pope tells pilgrims

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Memorial of St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153). Bernard was born near Dijon and died in Clairvaux, France. He was of a noble family and received a careful education in his youth. With his father, brother and thirty noblemen he entered the Benedictine monastery of Citeaux. Two…

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