Stories for week of September 06, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Tuesday, Sep. 8

 USCCB publishes brief text on AI
 Lay pastoral coordinator murdered in Philippines
 Vatican diplomat: Women should play a much greater role in peace processes
 Patriarch, Notre Dame launch Jerusalem peace research initiative
 Indonesia’s bishops rue corruption
 Ukrainian Catholic leader reflects on AI, risk of dehumanization
 ‘Mary is the dawn of a different day,’ Pope preaches at Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Released Monday, Sep. 7

 Maine’s Supreme Court, in divorce case, restricts mother’s religious influence on child’s upbringing
 Liechtenstein’s parliament backs abortion
 German Catholic, Protestant leaders deplore AfD victory
 Ghana’s bishops call for restraint following chief justice’s remarks
 Vatican newspaper reviews Cardinal Sarah’s new book on Gregorian chant
 Avoid ‘extremes’ in liturgical inculturation, Vatican official tells new bishops
 Bose monastery hosts conference on St. Pachomius
 USCCB publishes Stella Maris chaplain list
 Leading Canadian, Mexican, US bishops hold fraternal meeting
 L’Osservatore Romano highlights Cambodian ‘villages of hope’
 Pope Leo XIV to Vatican families: ‘Families give life and love’
 Vatican official: Marriage is a vocation to be proclaimed to young people

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Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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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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