ShutterupeirieAerial birds eye view of the M7 motorway in Ireland. Ireland’s roads are expected to be busier than usual between July 31 and Aug. 2, the country’s August bank holiday. Read More: National Catholic Register
An aerial view of the M7 motorway and N18 national road junction on the outskirts of Limerick, Ireland. / Diarmuid Greene via Shutterstock. Ennis, Ireland, Jul 30, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). More than 70 people have died so far in 2021 on Ireland’s roads. Read More: EWTN
Vatican Media.Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican July 25, 2021. “I would like to thank you for your gesture of Christian charity, which really touched me,” Pope Francis said. Read More: National Catholic Register
Remains of the statues vandalized at Our Lady of Mercy parish in New York City, July 17, 2021. The vandalism is “heartbreaking, but sadly it is becoming more and more common these days,” the pastor said in a statement. Read More: National Catholic Register
Bishops in the United States have continued to release guidances on the use of the traditional Latin Mass in the weeks since Pope Francis’ motu proprio. Some dioceses have communicated internally with their priests on Traditiones Custodes, but have not yet issued public statements. Read More: National Catholic Register
By Susanna Spencer Eric MokThe Bread of Life we receive at Mass sustains us. User’s Guide to Sunday, Aug. 1 Read More: National Catholic Register
Lev RadinCardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to media after the NYPD mass honoring members died of COVID-19 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Notably missing from the legislation was the Hyde Amendment, first passed by Congress in 1976. The policy, normally enacted as part of federal spending bills, prohibits federal funding of elective abortions in Medicaid. Read More: […]
By Carrie Gress Fruitfulness is a major theme in Scripture — think of the Parable of the Sower of Good Seed (Mark 4:1-20), or the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9). COMMENTARY: It is no accident that fruitfulness is now missing on the spiritual level. With some exceptions, it has been all but […]
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish Catholic bishops’ conference. / episkopat.pl. Warsaw, Poland, Jul 30, 2021 / 07:40 am (CNA). Flames engulfed St. Simon’s, Partick, in Glasgow on July 28. Read More: EWTN
Diocese of ProvidenceBishop Thomas Tobin of Providence For Catholics who prefer the ordinary form of the Mass, Bishop Tobin said they must consider if they treat Mass “with a total respect and reverence that the Mass deserves and demands.” Read More: National Catholic Register