Stories for week of August 17, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Aug. 20

 Chicago priest placed on leave for 3rd time
 Vatican approves patron saints, ember days for 3 Arab nations
 NFP has become ‘key part’ of diocesan marriage preparation programs, USCCB finds
 Caritas deplores wartime atrocities, calls for protection of humanitarian workers
 European Catholic, Orthodox prelates call for peace with creation
 Entrust yourself to Mary to face every uncertainty, Pope writes to mother
 Pope names coadjutor bishop for troubled French diocese
 Pope Leo offers pointed guidance to Amazon region’s bishops
 Gaza parish area not under evacuation order, priest clarifies
 Vatican newspaper hails ‘glimmers of peace’ from meeting between Trump, European leaders

Released Tuesday, Aug. 19

 Pope’s brother tells TV audience of daily calls
 Pope visits Marian shrine outside Rome
 Orthodox prelate draws criticism for friendly meeting with Putin
 Fresno bishop shares diocese’s financial details in marathon bankruptcy hearing
 Federal court rules that prison’s termination of Christian course was likely unconstitutional
 Brutal Islamist attacks on Nigerian town have claimed hundreds of victims in recent months
 Trial set for alleged perpetrators of 2022 Nigerian church massacre
 Reflecting on war, Jerusalem cardinal preaches that the ‘dragon will not prevail’
 Bishop named for troubled Indian diocese
 American Catholic teenagers to hold live virtual conversation with Pope Leo
 Cardinal Parolin, in Burundi, appeals for focus on common good
 Family historian reflects on Pope Leo’s black Catholic roots
 Ukrainian Catholic leader marks 30th anniversary of post-Communist restoration

Released Monday, Aug. 18

 New York archdiocese to unveil massive mural in cathedral
 Alabama diocese places vicar general on leave after report of relationship
 Israel orders evacuation of Gaza parish [updated]
 French archbishop revokes appointment of rapist as chancellor
 Jimmy Lai’s health issues force trial postponement
 At Malawi’s first national Eucharistic congress, delegates call for greater reverence
 Pope Leo: Give the common good first priority in peace negotiations
 Papal prayer for South Asian flood victims
 Live out Christ’s truth despite the cost, Pontiff tells pilgrims
 Burn with ‘fire’ of God’s love, Pope says at Mass and lunch with the poor
 Papal tribute to St. Frances of Rome for her zeal, docility, commitment to Church’s unity
 Recalling Pius XII’s words, Leo XIV entrusts prayers for peace to Mary
 Look at Mary and rediscover hope, Pontiff says at Castel Gandolfo
 ‘Our victory over death begins here and now,’ Pope preaches on feast of Assumption
 The proclamation of Christ must be the center of Church’s social action: papal message to Church in Peru

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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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