Stories for week of August 31, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 5

 Polish president meets with Pontiff
 Duchess of Kent, Catholic convert, dead at 92
 Syrian Catholic cleric robbed at gunpoint
 Pontiff, IAEA head discuss nuclear non-proliferation
 Texas attorney general encourages students to read Bible, pray the Lord’s Prayer
 Statue beheaded in Germany’s oldest cathedral
 Church in Iceland is ‘most dynamic in Europe,’ bishop says
 Catholic university leaders in Indonesia criticize government corruption
 USCCB: Observe September 9 as National Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities
 Pontifical academy president sees ‘great thirst’ to understand the Blessed Virgin Mary
 Cardinal Grech renews Synod’s call for greater participation of women in Church leadership
 Leading German bishop, Pope Leo discuss ‘many topics’
 Holy Land custos expresses deep concern for Gaza’s Christians, other residents
 Vatican newspaper laments international ‘education emergency’

Released Thursday, Sep. 4

 Israeli President Herzog meets with Pope
 Papal condolences after Lisbon streetcar disaster
 King Charles visits Birmingham Oratory, room of St. John Henry Newman
 Man arrested after threatening California abbey
 Jubilee pilgrims reach 24-million mark
 USCCB, ACLU file Supreme Court briefs on behalf of NJ crisis pregnancy centers
 Holy See ‘deeply concerned’ about young people and armed conflicts
 Vatican City State, other nations issue Frassati, Acutis stamps
 ‘Help us to discover Your presence in all creation,’ Pope prays in video
 Jesus Bikers meet with Pope, who autographs motorcycle for charity
 L’Osservatore Romano sees ‘shipwreck of civilization’ in ‘fear of foreigners, fueled by populism’
 Vatican newspaper laments world’s indifference to Myanmar regime’s atrocities
 Leo XIV pays tribute to predecessor, Pope St. Gregory the Great
 Pope Leo: Ask Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati, Carlo Acutis to pray for students
 Pope rues humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, issues appeal

Released Wednesday, Sep. 3

 Bolivian court sentences two Jesuit provincials for cover-ups
 Pope reflects on last words of Jesus
 Wisconsin diocesan worship director arrested in sting operation
 Idaho Courage chaplain arrested for sexual battery
 Judge accepts Syracuse diocese’s $176M bankruptcy plan
 Federal court strikes down Minnesota’s faith-statement ban for dual-enrollment courses
 Historic Franciscan church vandalized in Italy
 Course for 192 new bishops begins in Rome
 USCCB committee calls for permanent reauthorization of Religious Worker Visa Program
 Pontiff mourns Sudanese landslide victims
 Vatican spokesman denounces proposal to relocate Gaza’s population
 Pope encourages Augustinian confrères to listen, be humble, and seek unity

Released Tuesday, Sep. 2

 Montreal archbishop opposes ban on public prayer
 New Orleans parishes face financial squeeze during archdiocesan bankruptcy
 Canadian study finds mental-health complaints rise after abortions
 Has Vatican resolved crisis in Syro-Malabar Church
 Vatican newspaper republishes ‘prophetic’ text by Teilhard
 Priest brutally murdered in Sierra Leone
 Caring for creation is a moral, spiritual responsibility, leading Philippine prelate says
 Prominent African cardinal helps lead global ecumenical Season of Creation prayer service
 Scale of Taliban’s oppression is ‘almost unimaginable,’ Nobel laureate tells Vatican spokesman
 Leo XIV recalls 650th anniversary of Ukraine’s leading Latin-rite archdiocese
 Assist, welcome, and promote the poor, Pope tells Milan charity workers
 Pontiff to celebrate 6 public Masses in October
 Papal prayer, solidarity for Afghanistan earthquake victims
 Pope Leo: Let us not ruin creation, God’s gift

Released Monday, Sep. 1

 Norway’s bishops urge respect for life as elections near
 Father James Martin meets with Pontiff
 Cardinals Burke, Sarah back campaign for First Saturday devotions
 Filipino priest wins ‘Asian Nobel Prize’ for opposition to Duterte
 Kidnapped Irish missionary released in Haiti
 Greek Orthodox Patriarch denies report of Gaza evacuation order
 Pakistani churches, homes inundated by floods; 1.5 million displaced
 Promote workers’ dignity amid AI’s rise, USCCB committee chairman writes in Labor Day statement
 Listen with the ears of your heart: papal video message to US Augustinians
 Leo XIV: Prayer for care of creation is ‘more important and urgent than ever’
 Pontiff mourns victims of African migrant shipwreck
 Plead with God to stop ‘pandemic of arms’: papal prayer for child victims in Minnesota, elsewhere
 Pope laments recent Russian attacks in Ukraine, renews plea for peace
 Pray that the Church will always be a school of humility, Pope Leo tells pilgrims
 Background: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
 September papal prayer intention: for our relationship with all of creation

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Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Roman Martyrology states Mary was "of the lineage of Abraham, born of the tribe of Judah and of the progeny of King David, from whom the Son of God was born, made man by the work of the Holy Spirit, to free humanity…

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