Stories for week of August 30, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Sep. 5

 Nearly 30% of Pakistan’s Catholics expected at national Marian pilgrimage
 Celebrate your Catholic origins and follow Newman’s example, Pope tells Oriel College designation
 Holy See renews call for ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
 278 million children denied right to education because of war, other factors, Vatican newspaper laments

Released Friday, Sep. 4

 Kuwait cabinet minister affirms commitment to freedom of belief, worship
 Man accused of murdering Kansas priest found not competent to stand trial
 Cardinal Cupich, nuns sue Illinois to stop law forcing them to help patients kill themselves
 EU bishops argue against erasure of names from baptismal records
 Vatican newspaper mourns Centro Aletti’s Michelina Tenace
 Venice Patriarch rues approval of assisted suicide
 USCCB publishes Order of Enthronement of the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
 US bishops’ Labor Day statement highlights challenges of AI
 Assist the victims of nuclear weapons testing, Vatican diplomat urges
 Vatican newspaper highlights World Nomad Games

Released Thursday, Sep. 3

 Pontiff, Colombia’s president discuss earthquake
 Cultivate your relationship with Christ and entrust yourselves to Mary, Pope tells seminarians
 Focus on the essentials and do not be afraid, Pope tells Arab bishops
 Haitian prelate appeals to President Trump to allow Haitians to remain in US
 Cardinal Woelki ‘deeply shaken’ by situation of Christians in West Bank
 Ogdensburg diocese seeks to end bankruptcy with $83M abuse fund
 Another German bishop resigns; cites ‘toll of office’
 Hong Kong court upholds Cardinal Zen’s conviction
 International Theological Commission publishes document on the Trinity and ecology
 Iran’s crackdown on Christians intensifies
 Pope Leo pays tribute to St. Gregory the Great

Released Wednesday, Sep. 2

 Cardinal Ouellet wins defamation suit against accuser
 The Church must listen to the world and serve it, Pope says in audience on Vatican II
 Christ is the only source of eternal life, Cardinal Baggio says at Season of Creation prayer service
 Cardinal Czerny marks Amazon apostolate’s anniversary, calls for examination of conscience
 Nigerian bishops decry Islamist attack on mosque
 New nuncio begins mission in Germany
 Jerusalem’s Christian schools close after Israel denies permits to Palestinian staff
 Vatican newspaper editor raps ‘deniers of climate change’
 Texas bishop establishes 1st parish named after Ghanaian ISIS martyr
 Forgive us for turning water into a commodity, Pope prays
 Carmelite sisters building a monastery to ‘last a thousand years’ in Pennsylvania
 Contemplate creation and encounter the Creator, Pope preaches at world prayer day Mass

Released Tuesday, Sep. 1

 Ecumenical Patriarch warns against ‘geocide’
 Bishop consecrated in China
 Pope meets with commission that supervises hospital founded by Padre Pio
 Inaugural meeting of German Synodal Conference postponed indefinitely
 German prelates meet with Pope for an hour
 Man arrested following disruption of Mass in New Mexico
 Archbishop Gallagher reflects on visit to Russia, meeting with foreign minister
 USCCB offers prayer, calls for international assistance following Nepal floods
 Background: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
 Pope’s prayer intention for September: for the care of water

Released Monday, Aug. 31

 Cardinal Radcliffe reflects on synodality, pain of Catholics attached to traditional Latin Mass
 Bishops of Sudan, South Sudan offer blueprint for peace
 Amid ICE activity, Connecticut bishop tells immigrants the Church stands with them
 Iraqi PM wants Christians to return
 Italy launches Way of St. Francis pilgrimage trail network
 Sow the seeds of Christ’s infinite charity, Pope preaches at Mass, procession
 Pope calls for prayer for peace, creation
 Pope laments Haiti massacre, calls for prayer, aid for Nepal
 Imitate St. Peter’s sincerity and docility, Pope tells pilgrims

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Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin

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On December 24, 2024, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, into the General Roman Calendar, celebrated each year as an Optional Memorial on September 5. The Holy See released the proper liturgical texts in Latin. Some of those texts were previously approved in English…

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