Stories for week of August 24, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 29

 Quebec government plans restrictions on street prayer
 Mexican bishop ‘concelebrates’ with female Anglican cleric
 Ukraine takes legal step to restrict Moscow-affiliated Orthodox group
 Evangelization springs from personal relationship with Christ, Pope says
 Jerusalem Christians: ‘A genocide is taking place in Gaza’
 USCCB publishes brief document on nuclear weapons, environmental health
 Sweeping reorganization of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
 Cardinal Parolin reiterates papal Gaza appeals, says Vatican in contact with Trump administration
 Religions should promote peace, not violence, Vatican cardinal says at Muslim interreligious summit
 Pope pays tribute to St. Augustine
 Doctor describes dire situation at Gaza’s only Christian hospital
 Vatican cardinal, newspaper react to Minneapolis church shooting

Released Thursday, Aug. 28

 Only Christ can change the world, Pope tells French political leaders
 Myanmar bishop: churches destroyed by bombs, but faith is strong
 UN report seeks worldwide ban on surrogacy
 Pope, US bishops lament Minneapolis church shooting
 Priests, religious are committed to remaining in Gaza, pastor says
 Pope splits up massive archdiocese in Dominican Republic
 Vatican cardinal mourns passing of Peter Cruchley, British Protestant minister
 Vietnamese Catholics from California meet with Pope
 Holy Land bishops lament destruction of Gaza’s schools
 Ecumenical Patriarch: Only another ecumenical council can modify the calculation of the date of Easter
 Brazilian bishops’ conference publishes manifesto ahead of UN climate change conference

Released Wednesday, Aug. 27

 Pope, at audience, reflects on arrest of Jesus in Garden of Gethsemane
 New papal appeal for peace in Gaza
 Mass shooting during Mass at Catholic school in Minneapolis
 School employee may not display ‘anti-trans’ books in presence of students, federal court rules
 Knife-wielding man vandalizes 2 French churches, disrupts Mass
 Myanmar’s government announces plans to demolish cathedral, Buddhist sites
 USCCB calls for racial equity, justice in Hurricane Katrina anniversary statement
 Italian prelates plead for government action to help repopulate rural areas
 Syria’s new government is not persecuting Christians, prelate says
 Caritas strongly condemns Israel’s ‘machinery of annihilation’ in Gaza
 Cardinal Parolin reflects on liturgy and hope
 Pope, in message to Italian liturgists, hopes faithful will ‘rediscover churches as places of worship’
 Vatican newspaper editor raps Israeli decision to invite social media influencers into Gaza
 Pope Leo welcomes return of refugees to Chagos, condemns forced exile

Released Tuesday, Aug. 26

 Cardinal Parolin sees ‘unanimity’ in condemning violence in Gaza
 Patriarchs fear ‘death sentence’ for Gaza residents
 Theme revealed for papal World Day of Peace message
 Pope to inaugurate Laudato Si’ Village
 Italian foreign minister, Leo XIV discuss commitment to peace, defense of Christian minorities
 Ecumenical Patriarch calls for united Christian voice for peace
 Papal message to Waldensians, Methodists calls for journey toward full communion
 Pontiff recalls 400th anniversary of Lithuanian missionary’s arrival in India
 Put Jesus, the only Savior, at the center of your life, Pope Leo tells French altar servers
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘We all want peace, but true peace is always just’
 Pope Leo assures Zelensky of prayer for people of Ukraine
 ‘Immense river of people’ flees Islamist insurgency in Mozambique, Vatican newspaper reports

Released Monday, Aug. 25

 US Catholic population shifting to south and west
 Detention center must allow for pastoral care, Nebraska bishop says
 Cameroon prelate: priests are ready to die for the Gospel
 Who is Jimmy Lai?
 USCCB, CHA express ‘strong support’ for palliative care bill
 Vatican spokesman reflects on Algerian martyrs’ witness
 Commission finds ‘alarming rise of violence’ against religious minorities in Pakistan
 Amazon region’s bishops lament clericalism, fear of synodality
 Longtime lay official of Roman Curia writes memoir
 Leo XIV marks day of fasting, prayer for peace
 Learn from St. Augustine’s City of God, Pontiff tells Catholic lawmakers
 Cultivate the spirit of the Holy Family, Pope tells women religious
 Papal prayer for peace in Mozambique, Ukraine
 Pope Leo: Jesus challenges the presumption of those who think they are saved

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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