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• Jerusalem Christians: 'A genocide is taking place in Gaza' (Society of Jesus)
  A Jersualem Voice for Justice, an organization of Christians in Jerusalem, strongly condemned Israeli actions in Gaza. The organization’s most prominent members are Patriarch Michel Sabbah (the retired Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem) and Archbishop Attallah Hanna (the current Greek Orthodox archbishop). “A genocide is taking place in Gaza and risks spreading to other parts of […]
• Religions should promote peace, not violence, Vatican cardinal says at Muslim interreligious summit (CWN)
  Cardinal George Koovakad, the prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, took part in the Second International Summit of Religious Leaders, an August 28 gathering in Malaysia organized by the nation’s prime minister and the Muslim World League.
• USCCB publishes brief document on nuclear weapons, environmental health (USCCB)
  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a two-page text, “The Perilous and Lasting Impacts of Nuclear Weapons on Environmental Health.” The document, released on August 26 and described as a backgrounder, has four sections: “Effects of Nuclear Weapons in the United States,” “Policy Efforts to Restore Right Relationships,” “Nuclear Power,” and “Church […]
• Sweeping reorganization of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Vatican Press Office)
  Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, India, the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church since 2024, enacted a sweeping reorganization of the Eastern Catholic church. The Major Archbishop erected four new ecclesiastical provinces and assigned an eparchy (diocese) to a preexisting province, all with the consent of the church’s Synod of Bishops, and following consultation […]