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Post #4501378
Catholic Sisters Take the Lead in Telling Their Own Stories Read all 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-08/catholic-sisters-take-the-lead-in-telling-their-own-stories.html #Catholic #Vatican #Christian
Post #4501364
British bishop calls new PM to bat for jailed Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai Bishop James Curry, auxiliary of Westminster and Lead Bishop for Freedom of Religion or Belief at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has written to PM Andy Burnham. 🔗 https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2026/08/british-bishop-calls-new-pm-to-bat-for-jailed-catholic-hong-kong-activist-jimmy-lai/ #Catholic #Crux #Bishop #Christian
Post #4501334
Fighting rages from Ukraine to the Middle East As the summer progresses, conflicts which have raged from Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran continue without pause. Read all 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2026-08/fighting-rages-from-ukraine-to-the-middle-east.html #Catholic #Vatican #Christian
Post #4501251
Liturgical Living and August Saints 7am CT Hour – Mark talks August saints and how to live liturgically with the church calendar with the family. Mark, Sarah and Gaby talk Sts, Monica, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and more. Kendra Tierney Norton explains liturgical living and how to live it without being overwhelmed. https://catholicallyear.com/ 🔗 https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/liturgical-living-and-august-saints/ #Catholic #RelevantRadio #Family #Saint #Church
Post #4498401
The Little Way of the Middle Ages Thomas J. Kronholz Julian of Norwich and St. Thérèse arrived at the same conclusions on spiritual childhood because their lives were both grounded in the same gospel and person of Christ. 🔗 https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/the-little-way-of-the-middle-ages/ #Catholic #WordOnFire #Saint #Gospel
Post #4496803
Angola: Diocese of Viana prepares for annual pilgrimage to Mama Muxima Shrine A working group comprising officials of the Diocese of Viana and Angola’s Provincial Government of Icolo and Bengo have confirmed readiness to host this year's annual Marian pilgrimage scheduled for early September. The Shrine of Our Lady of Muxima (Mama Muxima) is located in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Viana. Read all... 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2026-08/angola-diocese-of-viana-prepares-for-an...
Post #4495194
The Church mobilizes after Colombia’s deadliest quake in decades At least 132 people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed across western Colombia on Monday after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation — the strongest to hit the country this century, according to Colombia’s Geological Service. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams continue to search through rubble in Read More… The Church mobilizes after Colombia’s d...... 🔗 https://aleteia.org/2026/08...
Post #4493685
Death toll climbs in powerful Colombia earthquake A deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on the morning of August 10. With a magnitude of 7.4, it was the strongest quake felt in the country in 20 years, and it struck just weeks after two similarly powerful but unrelated quakes devastated neighboring Venezuela. The temblor occurred at one of the areas of greatest tectonic Read More… Death toll climbs in powerful Colombia earthquake... 🔗 https://aleteia.org/2026/08/11/death-toll-climbs-in-p...
Post #4493675
Colombian Bishops appeal for solidarity after devastating earthquake The powerful earthquake struck the west of the country and was felt across much of Colombia. The death toll so far stands at more than 130 confirmed fatalities, with nearly 600 people injured. Pereira is the city with the highest number of casualties, while in Manizales buildings, hospitals, schools and places of worship have been damaged. Six airports have been closed for safety inspections. S...... 🔗 https://www.vaticannews...
Post #4487829
From Leo XIII to Leo XIV: 135 years of Catholic social teaching On May 15, 1891, Pope Leo XIII published a letter addressed to the Catholic bishops of the world, but its subject was the condition of the working class in an industrializing Europe where factory workers labored in brutal conditions, owned nothing, and had no legal recourse. Rerum Novarum — “Of New Things” — defended the Read More… From Leo XIII to Leo XIV: 135 years of Catholic social teaching... 🔗 https://aleteia.org/2026/08/10/...
Post #4486220
Mediterranean youth gather for peace meeting in southern Italy Young people from across the Mediterranean are meeting in southern Italy from 10 to 14 August for the eleventh edition of the 'Carta di Leuca', an international initiative promoting dialogue and fraternity. Read all 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-08/young-people-of-mediterranean-gather-in-leuca-to-build-peace.html #Catholic #Vatican #Peace #Christian
Post #4486183
Apostolic Administrator reflects on 'humanitarian disaster' in Ceuta The apostolic administrator of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta reflects on the recent crisis there, and invites all parishes to hold a prayer vigil so that it might bring about a “new cultural beginning.” Read all 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-08/apostolic-administrator-ramon-valdivia-ceuta-prayer-vigil.html #Catholic #Vatican #Prayer #Christian
Post #4481863
Is it okay for me to work at a store that sells Plan B? Maria called into The Patrick Madrid Show with an ethical predicament about her new job and her role in what she thinks is an immoral transaction. She asked Patrick for his advice and for suggestions on how to proceed. Maria had recently got a job at a grocery store in a small college town that […] 🔗 https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/is-it-okay-for-me-to-work-at-a-store-that-sells-plan-b/ #Catholic #RelevantRadio #Christian
Post #4479040
Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime In the late 1980s, while I was finishing my PhD at Claremont Graduate School, President Ronald Reagan appointed my thesis advisor, Dr. William Barclay Allen, to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A year [...] 🔗 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/08/08/fauci-and-his-client/ #Catholic #CWR #Love #Christian
Post #4479026
On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion [...] 🔗 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/08/09/on-abortion-pills-wastewater-and-public-trust/ #Catholic #CWR #ProLife #Christian
Post #4477775
O Spem Miram (O Wonderful Hope) V. O Wonderful hope which you gave to those who wept for you at the hour of your death, promising after your departure to be helpful to your brethren. R. 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/o-spem-miram-o-wonderful-hope/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Hope #Christian
Post #4477756
San Angelo Diocese expands Traditional Latin Mass offerings The Diocese of San Angelo will expand its Traditional Latin Mass offerings from August 30 with a monthly Mass at a church in Midland, Texas, the diocese announced on Thursday, 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/san-angelo-diocese-expands-traditional-latin-mass-offerings/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Mass #Church #Tradition
Post #4477724
How to be a Dhimmi When the Church is seen to be more concerned with strangers of an alien (and unfriendly) faith than with the needs of her own people, she colludes in her own disappearance. 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/how-to-be-a-dhimmi/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Church #Faith
Post #4477691
Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints moment The Camp of the Saints helps us see that the root of the immigration crisis is not a material question but a spiritual sickness, as exemplified during last week’s African 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/ceutas-camp-of-the-saints-moment/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Saint #Christian
Post #4477672
Kansas diocese opens new seminary more than 20 years in the making The Diocese of Wichita announced August 6 that Bishop Carl A. Kemme will formally establish St. Philip Neri Seminary, named for the 16th-century priest and founder of the Congregation of 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/kansas-diocese-opens-new-seminary-more-than-20-years-in-the-making-2/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Bishop #Saint
Post #4477660
Cardinal Sarah makes the case for letting ‘Traditionis Custodes’ wither and die Cardinal Robert Sarah believes Traditionis Custodes should ideally be abrogated, but he sees its gradual disappearance as the more realistic path if formal abrogation does not happen. 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/10/cardinal-sarah-makes-the-case-for-letting-traditionis-custodes-wither-and-die/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Tradition #Christian
Post #4475805
Another change (and not a minor one): Leo XIV completely replaces Pope Francis’s Vatican law Leo XIV Rewrites the Vatican’s Constitutional Logic, Returning Papal Sovereignty to Its Legal Foundations 🔗 https://zenit.org/2026/08/08/another-change-and-not-a-minor-one-leo-xiv-completely-replaces-pope-franciss-vatican-law/ #Catholic #Zenit #PopeFrancis #Vatican
Post #4469001
Pope: Even in our darkest moments, Jesus does not abandon us In his weekly Angelus address, Pope Leo tells the crowds of pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square that “the presence of Jesus changes everything”. Read all 🔗 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-08/pope-let-angelus-darkest-moments-jesus-does-not-abandon.html #Catholic #Vatican #PopeLeo #Christian
Post #4468979
Fragility and faith: Leo XIV’s Sunday Angelus Pope Leo XIV delivered his Angelus address on Sunday, August 9 — the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time — from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking a sun-baked Saint Peter’s Square, where the faithful had gathered despite the Roman summer heat. His reflection centered on the Gospel passage of Jesus walking on the waters Read More… Fragility and faith: Leo XIV’s Sunday Angelus... 🔗 https://aleteia.org/2026/08/09/fragility-and-faith-leo-xivs-sund...
Post #4462301
Pope Leo XIV Returns to Rome, Calls Catholics to Rediscover the Church’s Prayer Pope Leo XIV has returned to Rome after spending several weeks at Castel Gandolfo, resuming his weekly public audiences with a renewed focus on the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the sacred liturgy. During this week’s edition of Relevant in Rome, Ashley Noronha and Mark Swartzberg discussed the Pope’s latest catechesis, his upcoming visit to […]... 🔗 https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/pope-leo-xiv-returns-to-r...
Post #4462289
Saint of the day: Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Edith Stein was born into the Jewish faith in October of 1891. Her father died when she was two years old, and she gave up Judaism in her teens. Edith was incredibly smart, and studied philosophy under Edmund Husserl. She served as a nurse in Austria during World […] The post Saint of the day: Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross first appeared on Angelus News.... 🔗 https://angelusnews.com/faith/saint-of-the-day/edith-stein-ter...
Post #4459398
The Hillbilly Thomists hit the road with new album ‘Strange Land’ The music group’s latest project was released as a surprise drop just a couple of days into their summer tour. [...] 🔗 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/08/08/the-hillbilly-thomists-hit-the-road-with-new-album-strange-land/ #Catholic #CWR #Christian
Post #4459381
Sunday, August 9, 2026 Bishop Robert Barron Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus rescues Peter and says, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 🔗 https://www.wordonfire.org/reflections/a-ordinary2026-wk19-sunday/ #Catholic #WordOnFire #Bishop #Gospel #Faith
Post #4459353
Cathedrals Old and New Should cathedrals, symbols-in-stone of authority and permanence, be stable and never-changing? In fact, they are often in a state of flux. And sometimes, change improves them. 🔗 https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/08/09/cathedrals-old-and-new/ #Catholic #CatholicThing #Christian
Post #4451127
Anthony Fauci and his beloved client, the bureaucratic regime In the late 1980s, while I was finishing my PhD at Claremont Graduate School, President Ronald Reagan appointed my thesis advisor, Dr. William Barclay Allen, to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A year [...] 🔗 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/08/08/fauci-and-his-client/ #Catholic #CWR #Love #Christian