Stories for week of September 13, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Tuesday, Sep. 15

 Pope provides for expansion of Vatican Archive and Library
 Chinese priest sees Sino-Vatican agreement as ‘realistic response’
 Russia is not a defender of Christian values, Ukrainian Catholic leader says
 USCCB publishes map of home-mission dioceses
 Pope visits Vatican Library, says reading books can feed the desire for God

Released Monday, Sep. 14

 English bishops welcome defeat of assisted-suicide legislation
 French Masonic leader calls for abolition of independent schools
 Coadjutor named for accused cardinal
 Leading Nigerian prelate calls on priests to be politically non-partisan, charitable on social media
 Vatican dicastery highlights Church’s charitable works in Cambodia
 Cameroon archbishop drafting catechism on peace following abductions of priests
 Vatican newspaper highlights humanitarian emergency in Yemen
 Pope Leo remembers 9/11, calls for renewed prayer for peace
 ‘Gift and forgiveness are the foundation of our existence,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope recalls 250th anniversary of Slovak diocese
 Pope encourages Benedictine women religious to be ‘ever more rooted in Christ’
 Be like Nehemiah and seek the common good, Pope counsels Fratelli Tutti encounter participants

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Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady has its roots in Sacred Scripture and in Christian piety, which always associates the Blessed Mother with her suffering Son. Today's feast was introduced by the Servites in order to intensify devotion to Our Lady's…

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