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Polish nuns killed by Soviet army as World War II ended showed courage
Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by Soviet soldiers in the final months of World War II.
Vatican publishes schedule for papal trip to Hungary, Slovakia
Pope Francis’ September trip to Hungary and Slovakia features a jam-packed schedule that shows he has no intention of slowing down despite his recent recovery from colon surgery.
Award-winning veteran Catholic journalist Gerald ‘Jerry’ Costello dies
Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was a reporter, columnist, book author and founding editor of three newspapers, died July 19 a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
USCCB general secretary resigns; reports allege ‘possible improper behavior’
Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, has resigned from the post after the USCCB “became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr. Burrill,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, USCCB president.
Maryland parish, Catholic schools rooting for their own Olympic swimmers
Ledecky’s and Bacon’s paths have intertwined for several years while they attended Little Flower School, swam for the high school team at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and have been parishioners at Church of the Little Flower, all in Bethesda, Maryland.
German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs
German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions of the country.
Dioceses respond to pope’s document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
Bishops throughout the United States have begun responding to Pope Francis’ document that restores limits on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass.
First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit
Testimony from survivors of religious repression punctuated the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington.
CRS gradually restores services in Haiti amid series of crises
A series of debilitating crises in recent weeks — from a surge in COVID-19 cases to the assassination of a president — has left Haiti reeling again in uncertainty and forced Catholic Relief Services to curtail its outreach efforts.
Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council, overturning or severely restricting permissions St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had given to celebrate the so-called Tridentine-rite Mass.