Catholic News

• French president pays tribute to Father Jacques Hamel, condemns Islamic terrorism (EWTN News)
  French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the Servant of God Jacques Hamel (1930-2016). “Ten years ago today, he was cowardly murdered by two Islamist terrorists—targeted because he embodied the rejection of hatred, as well as fraternity and hope,” President Macron said on July 26. “His memory places a duty upon us. It compels us […]
• Asia's bishops pledge to witness to the Gospel by building bridges (AsiaNews)
  At the conclusion of the plenary assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences—the twelfth such gathering since 1970—representatives of the continent’s bishops pledged to witness to the Gospel by building bridges. “A broad consensus emerged that, now more than ever, the Church in Asia is called to be a bridge and a bridge-builder through […]
• Vatican newspaper devotes 4 articles to Christopher Nolan's Odyssey (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))
  L’Osservatore Romano devoted four articles in its July 27 edition to Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey. The articles included one written by the newspaper’s director, Andrea Monda; another by Gaetano Vallini, the paper’s second-ranking staff member; a third by Italian journalist Sergio Valzania; and a fourth by Vatican News journalist Amedeo Lomonaco, who compiled references […]
• Minnesota diocese ends Sunday Mass in 7 out of 65 parishes (Fargo Forum)
  Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, announced that Sunday Mass will no longer be celebrated in seven of the diocese’s 65 parishes. Citing declining population, Bishop Cozzens said that “some of these small parishes have no young people in religious formation, or at least very few. Some have trouble finding volunteers and rely on only […]