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Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: ‘The church needs you’
“For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world,” the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters …
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Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki Joins Doctors, Nursing Home in Suit Against Illinois Suicide Law
Gavel. The suit argues that Illinois’ ‘End-of-Life Options’ law requires doctors to participate in helping patients kill themselves even if they conscientiously object to doing so.
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Pope Leo XIV: Women and men in religious life ‘are called to become experts in synodality’
Pope Leo XIV highlighted religious women’s and men’s work making “the mission and mystery of the Church visible in our world.” “All Christians are called to be builders of Christʼs …
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Colombia‑Born U.S. Bishop Urges Prayers After Powerful Earthquake
Kena BetancurSculptures are surrounded by debris at a partially collapsed church at Palermo neighborhood after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on Aug. 10, 2026 in Tamesis, Colombia. Bishop John J. …
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Pakistani Christians rally for equal rights
Thousands of Christians in Pakistan marked National Minorities Day on Aug. 11 with protest rallies in three major Pakistani cities, calling for constitutional equality and religious freedom and urging the …
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Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki joins doctors, nursing home in suit against Illinois suicide law
The bishop of Springfield, Illinois, is joining a Lutheran nursing home and a group of doctors to sue the state over its assisted suicide law, with the coalition arguing that …
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Pope Leo XIV: Attendance at Sunday Mass Cannot Be Replaced by Virtual Participation
Daniel IbáñezPope Leo XIV delivers his weekly address during the general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 12, 2026. The pontiff’s Aug. 12 general audience focused on the importance …
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AFRICA/SUDAN – War enters a new phase as front shifts towards Kordofan and Blue Nile
Khartoum – The war in Sudan continues amid drone strikes and tensions with Ethiopia and South Sudan, increasingly taking the shape of a fragmented, technologically driven conflict.As the Sudan Armed …
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AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Christian leaders: “The 2026 elections must not fuel insecurity and violence”
Juba – “Care must be taken to ensure that the general elections scheduled for December 2026 do not fuel insecurity and violence.” This is the warning contained in the Limuru …
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Papua New Guinea, the miracle of ecclesial unity in the Country of 800 languages
by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Port Moresby – As the Diocese of Bougainville marks a historic 125 years of the arrival of the first Catholic missionaries, the three-week jubilee celebrations will culminate …