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Court shields women religious from NY assisted suicide law
The groups sued the state July 17, arguing the law would require them to facilitate such deaths for their patients in violation of their faith.
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ASIA/INDIA – Jesuit Prakash: “Young people are awakening the country’s democratic conscience”
Ahmedabad – The large-scale student protests that have swept across India in recent weeks—organized by the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party , the “People’s Cockroach Party”—are far more than a …
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Pope Leo Chooses ‘Evangelization in the City’ for His Prayer Intention for August
Vatican PoolPope Leo XIV greets faithful during the Sunday Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo on July 19. ‘This month, let us pray for the courage to recognize him [Jesus] there …
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Catholic advocate warns of safety risks as New York assisted suicide law looms
Ahead of New York’s assisted suicide law taking effect, Jamie Towey, president of Aging with Dignity, said the initial legislation “was easily the most dangerous bill ever written on assisted …
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APSA announces growth in net assets to $3.1 billion; profit decreases (Vatican News)
The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) announced an €89 million ($102.6M) growth in net assets in 2025, to €2.686 billion ($3.10B). APSA also reported a profit …
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Austrian parishes toll bells for 5 minutes to draw attention to hunger ( Caritas Österreich)
Parishes in Austria tolled their bells for five minutes at 3:00 yesterday to draw attention to the 673 million people worldwide who suffer from hunger. “This ringing is intended to …
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Mexican bishops decry human trafficking (Red Católica de Noticias )
The presidents of two commissions of the Mexican Episcopal Conference issued a statement against human trafficking on July 30, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Bishops Eugenio Andrés Lira …
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Scottish bishop excommunicates rector of Redemptorists after illicit ordination
An illicit ordination in Scotland leads to excommunication, nuns flee monastery in Spain wildfires, priest asks for prayers as Gaza, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup. A …
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Scottish bishop excommunicates rector of Redemptorists after illicit ordination
Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, has pronounced Father Michael Mary Sim, rector of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, to be excommunicated from the Catholic …
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Spanish diocese pledges to assist civil authorities as 60,000 migrants enter city (CWN)
60,000 migrants from Morocco entered Ceuta, a Spanish city of 84,000, in a 24-hour period, leading the local diocese to express “deep concern” and offer its assistance to civil authorities.