Stories for week of September 27, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 2

 Court rules ex-teacher in same-sex marriage may sue Pennsylvania diocese
 Let us focus on Christ and return to the faith of the Church Fathers, Pope tells Lutheran delegation
 Vatican diplomat rues AI integration into nuclear weapons amid rising rhetoric
 Cardinal Zuppi, Vatican peace envoy, visits Ukrainian POWs in Russia
 Cardinal Parolin: Develop ‘culture of care’ for people affected by rising sea levels
 Vatican newspaper continues series on Kenya’s street children

Released Thursday, Oct. 1

 Anthropic cofounder made case to Vatican that AI could be conscious
 Massachusetts AG finds more than 270 clerics abused nearly 1,000 children in 3 dioceses
 Synod’s canonical commission calls for diocesan synods, provincial councils every 10 years, ‘complete revision’ of Code of Canon Law
 Accompany and do not neglect couples that cannot receive Communion, Pope tells Czech bishop
 Do not lose heart amid declining vocations, Pope tells contemplative Dominican nuns
 Pope renews appeal for Rosary for peace in October
 3 Italian priests killed by Nazis beatified in Bologna
 Pope appeals for dialogue, humanitarian aid for strife-torn Ethiopia
 Pontiff pays tribute to martyrs of Pratulin
 Pope Leo: ‘Let us not hide our faith!’
 Pope takes stock of journey to France, emphasizes rebirth
 Pope’s prayer intention for October: for mental health ministry

Released Wednesday, Sep. 30

 Cardinal Zuppi in Moscow on humanitarian mission
 Zambian prelate charged with unlawfully obtaining vehicle
 Man sentenced to 70 months for DC cathedral explosives plot
 Founder of Institute of the Incarnate Word found guilty of abuse
 Australian court releases video of Bishop Saunders grooming a young male
 Theme of Respect Life Month: ‘Mary, Mother of Life”
 Vatican diplomat decries racism, racial discrimination
 Cardinal Parolin condemns attacks on Palestinian Christians, reaffirms support for 2-state solution
 ‘Paying attention in the age of clickbait’ is theme of next World Communications Day
 Leading Canadian bishop transferred to larger diocese

Released Tuesday, Sep. 29

 Papua New Guinea bishop declares Year of Reverence
 5 stabbed in attack on Polish Benedictine abbey; 1 priest dies
 With 66 seminarians in formation, Archdiocese of Baltimore sees vocations surge
 Cardinal McElroy rips ICE deporations
 French abuse survivors speak of Pope’s empathy, frankness
 Archbishop Randazzo: ‘The Church does not renew herself by abandoning her roots’
 Pope, at press conference, defends willingness to speak out in defense of life in France
 Break the chains of resentment and seek the peace of the heavenly city, Pope preaches in Metz
 Pope calls on European leaders to learn from St. Benedict, Venerable Robert Schuman
 Pope Leo warns against using God’s name to justify violence, oppression
 USCCB publishes update on Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador

Released Monday, Sep. 28

 Massachusetts bishop suspends 2 Stigmatine priests
 El Paso bishop asks: Are we listening to the children at the border?
 Blessed Sheen’s baptismal church to be part of 1st parish named for him
 Child euthanasia begins in the Netherlands
 Cardinal Parolin, at UN, underscores dignity of human person, importance of peace
 Seek the Immaculate Virgin’s support and intercession, Pope says during procession at Lourdes
 Pope meets with 7 abuse victims
 Pope Leo laments ‘false compassion’ of assisted suicide, tells the sick they are not a burden
 Pope calls for recitation of Rosary in October for peace
 We must repent today, not tomorrow, Pope preaches at Lourdes
 Pope, in address to French bishops, emphasizes Marian devotion, bold witness to Christ

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Each person on earth has a guardian angel who watches over him and helps him to attain his salvation. It has been a common theological opinion that this angelical guardianship begins at the moment of birth; prior to this, the child would…

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