French bishops ask that priest who served time for rape of a minor not be promoted — By: Catholic News Agency

The side of Toulouse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) in Toulouse in the South of France. / Credit: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). The French bishops’ conference has issued a statement addressed to the archbishop of Toulouse, Guy de…

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Baltimore to receive statue by Timothy Schmalz depicting Christ mourning a murder victim — By: Catholic News Agency

Christ mourns a murder victim in the statue “Thou Shalt Not Kill” by Timothy Schmalz. / Credit: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2025 / 14:54 pm (CNA). As advocates in Baltimore work to end violent crime in the area, officials with the Archdiocese of Baltimore are bringing to the…

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Vatican allows New Zealand ban on Scottish congregation after alleged illicit exorcisms — By: Catholic News Agency

A panorama of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. / Credit: Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of Christchurch after the local bishop ordered the ban amid allegations of unauthorized…

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Book on the thought of Pope Francis to be distributed in Buenos Aires province schools — By: Catholic News Agency

Cover of the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis.” / Credit: General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 12, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA). The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis”…

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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounces the ‘collapse of humanity’ in Haitian society — By: Catholic News Agency

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince condemned the kidnapping of nine people from an orphanage on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday, Aug. 3. / Credit: Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounced the “collapse of humanity” in Haitian society, “where the unthinkable has become…

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Syracuse’s bishop takes on extra job of parish priest for 3 churches — By: Catholic News Agency

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, New York. / Credit: Mahmoud Masad/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:02 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, announced on Aug. 9 that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia has taken on the additional job of parish priest at three churches in Baldwinsville, New York.  The diocese…

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Westminster archbishop issues statement condemning Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Vincent Nichols (pictured celebrating a Mass in 2021) condemned in an Aug. 8, 2025, statement Israel’s plans to take over Gaza City. / Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA). Archbishop of Westminster in England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a statement condemning Israel’s plans to take…

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