By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 26, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• Sts. Anne and Joachim
• Young Mother Sentenced
• Uganda Bishop on Media Influence
• Portugal Church Regulations
• Chaldean Bishops on Same-Sex Unions
• Senate Advances Child Safety Bills
• New Auxiliary Bishop Appointed
• FBI Director Denies Targeting
• Ethiopia Landslides
• Cameroon Catholic Women Anniversary
• Feast of Saint Charbel

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 25, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. James
• Kamala Harris on Catholic Issues
• Carmelite Nuns Leave Convent
• Trinity Shrine Spiritual Experience
• New Zealand Abuse Report
• Indian Christians Pressure Government
• Priest Condemns Bullfighting
• Argentina Primatial See Move
• J.D. Vance as Post-Liberal Catholic
• African Leadership Book
• Pope Paul VI's Visit to Turkey
• Lebanese Patriarch Celebrates
• Abuse Study in Trier

By Pål Johannes Nes

Welcome to "News from the Church," your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. Edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and broadcasted by EWTN Norway, this is the Morning News for July 24, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day.

Sources:

• St. Charbel Makhlouf
• Knights of Columbus Covers Rupnik Art
• Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
• Cardinal Lacroix Returns to Ministry
• Vatican Secretary of State Meets Zelensky
• African Debt Forgiveness
• Newly Ordained Priest in Cape Verde
• Namibian Divorce Bill
• Pope Francis Honors Vietnamese Leader
• Secret Service Failures
• Patriarch of Lisbon on WYD 2023

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 23, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Bridget of Sweden
• Vatican Secretary of State in Ukraine
• Nicaraguan Ordinations
• Pakistan Amendment on Marriage Age
• Canadian Young Adults
• National Eucharistic Congress
• New Hampshire Law
• Marcial Maciel
• Bishop Munera Ochoa
• South Sudan Diocese
• Australian Church Support
• Optimizing Theological Studies

By Pål Johannes Nes

Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. Edited by Pål Johannes Nes, you are reading EWTN Norway's Morning News for July 22, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day.

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Sources:

• St. Mary Magdalene
• Scientist Converts to Catholicism
• Joe Biden Not Seeking Reelection
• National Eucharistic Congress
• Bishop of the Abandoned Tabernacle
• Pope Francis on Adoration
• Luxembourg and Belgium Trip
• Women Religious in Burkina Faso
• Cardinal Duka on China
• Nigerian Bishop Bridges Faiths
• Feast of St. Charbel

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 21, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Lawrence of Brindisi
• Faith of Venezuela's Presidential Candidates
• Eucharistic Congress
• Gaza Schooling
• Single Catholics Conference
• Angola Religious Issues
• St. Elias the Prophet
• Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 20, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Margaret of Antioch
• Abbé Pierre Accusations
• Texas AG Appeals
• Scott Hahn at Eucharistic Congress
• Title IX Rules
• Pope Francis on Olympics
• Education for African Girls
• African Church Missionary Challenge
• Pope's Trip to Luxembourg and Belgium
• Chaldean Synod in Baghdad
• Dicastery for Communication

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 20, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Arsenius
• Sacred Heart Jubilee
• Puebla Abortion Law
• Feminists and Christians Alliance
• Archdiocese of Paderborn
• Theologian Karl-Heinz Menke
• Elon Musk
• World Day of Grandparents
• Bishop Ciro Quispe
• Cardinal Baltazar Porras
• Pope Francis
• Holy Valley Trail Lebanon

By Pål Johannes Nes

Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 18, 2024.

Sources:

• St. Camillus de Lellis
• Trump's VP Pick
• Young Athlete's Faith
• Syro-Malabar Liturgical Feud
• Crusader Treasure in Holy Sepulcher
• Pope Francis' Tips
• Spanish Catholic Campaign
• Nigeria Christian Persecution
• Church in Iraq
• Rosary Prayer Murder

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. This is the Morning News for July 17, 2024, edited by Pål Johannes Nes.. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Leo IV
• Our Lady of the Rock Shrine
• Faith Amid Bombs
• Archbishop Gänswein on Baltic Appointment
• Guadalajara Archbishop on Latin Mass Ban
• Cardinal Ruini Discharged
• Argentina Online Gambling
• Archbishop Kaigama's Message
• Christian Roots in Bahrain
• Maronite Cultural Center
• Take down his art or not: Who is alleged serial abuser Father Marko Rupnik?
• Top Catholic app reportedly removed from app store in China

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 16, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Sources:

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Pope Francis on Women and Ministries
• First Women Hired for Sanpietrini Crew
• Polish Abortion Assistance Bill Defeated
• Trump Announces Vice Presidential Pick
• Euro 2024 and Luis Enrique's Faith
• Youngest Bishop in India
• Nigerian Youth Challenges
• Benedictine Abbey in Eibingen
• Cardinal Hollerich on Church's Future
• Catholic Leaders React to Trump Assassination Attempt

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 15, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Trump supporters are seen covered with blood in the stands in aftermath of assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. | Credit: Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images

Sources:

• St. Bonaventure
• Devout Christian Dad Killed in Trump Rally Incident
• Vatican Condemns Violence Following Trump Attack
• Catholic Priest Prayed for Trump's Safety
• Euro 2024 Final: Spain vs. England
• Cardinal Ameyu's Directives
• Pope Francis' Prayer Request
• Benedict XVI Forum Conclusion

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 14, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Sources:

• St. Kateri Tekakwitha
• Trump Injured at Rally
• Catholics React to Shooting at Trump Rally
• Assassination Attempt Against Trump
• Uganda Archbishop's Installation
• Release of Kidnapped Priest and Catechist

By Pål Johannes Nes 

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 13, 2024. Let's begin." 

Sources:

• 100 Years After July 13 Fatima Apparition
• St. Henry II: Patron of the Benedictine Oblates
• Confraternity of the Lord of Miracles
• Catholic Bishops in Nigeria on Samoa Agreement
• Digital Reconciliation in South Sudan
• Syriac Orthodox Faithful
• Increase in Suicides in Ukrainian Conflict Zones
• Theology of the Body

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 13, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Sources:

• St. Henry II
• Filipino Bishops on Civil Divorce
• NATO Summit Analysis
• Youngest Bishop in Spain
• Brazilian Carmelites in France
• Catholics in Africa on Samoa Agreement
• CRS Hurricane Relief
• Williams Family
• Praying for Football Team

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 12, 2024. Let's begin."

Sources:

• Communism Imminent in Mexico
• Pope Francis Meets Russian Orthodox Church
• DR Congo Catholic Archdiocese Mismanagement
• Prayers in Aramaic
• Saint Charbel Feast Celebrations
• Eva Vlaardingerbroek Converts to Catholicism
• German Church Aid Projects
• Cologne Seminary Rector Criticizes Labels

 By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 12, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. John Gualbert
• Sigrid Undset's First Vocation in Lillehammer
• 50th Anniversary of Neocatechumenal Way
• Arkansas Abortion Amendment Disqualified
• Pope Francis in Trieste
• Resilience of Tigray Residents
• Zambia’s Former President Praises Caritas

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 11, 2024. Let's begin."

Sources:

• Firefighters Quell Blaze at French Cathedral
• Vatican Reveals Details on 'Lady of All Nations'
• Italy’s Aid for Women
• Declining Marriage Rates
• Knights of Columbus and Rupnik Art
• Pope Francis at Miracle of the Snow
• Kenya’s President Dissolves Cabinet
• Summer Courses in Erbil Archdiocese
• Benedict XVI Forum
• Influence of Saints vs. Synodal Processes

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 11, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day

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Sources:

• St. Benedict
• Radio Maria in Nicaragua Shut Down
• Bishops' Committee and Cuba
• Bishop Zaidan on Gaza
• Catholic Archbishop in Angola
• Catholic Charity on U.S. Bill for Nigeria
• The Blessings of St. Gerard Majella

By Pål Johannes Nes

Welcome to “News from the Church,” your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. This is the Evening News for July 10, 2024. Let’s begin.

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Sources:

• Pope Francis on AI and Human Life
• Twin Brothers Ordained in Aleppo, Syria
• Vietnamese Christians Missing
• Preparing for the Next Pandemic
• Spanish Soccer Coach's Religious Gesture
• Kenya’s Catholics and Same-Sex Blessings
• Listening to Women to Strengthen Marriages
• Pope Francis Supports Mission to Mexico
• Former Cologne Cathedral Master Builder

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 10, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Delegates to the Synod on Synodality meet in the final days of the synod, Oct. 25, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

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Sources:

• Martyrs of Damascus
• Members of the Synod on Synodality Study Groups
• Vatican Doctrine Office Studying Women Deacons
• Pope Francis Praises National Eucharistic Revival
• State Laws and Parental Control
• Diocese of Saltillo on 'Possessed' Doll
• False Accusation Against Ex-Clarisas Nuns

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 9, 2024. Let's begin."

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Smoke billows into the air behind a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, after a missile attack on July 8, 2024. | Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Sources:

• New Instrumentum Laboris for Synod on Synodality
• Synodality in the Diocese of Trier
• Archbishop Gossl on Synodality
• Nairobi Archdiocesan Education Day
• Latin Youth Gathering in Alexandria
• FDA Abortion Deregulation Concerns
• Ukrainian Greek Archbishop Condemns Attack
• GOP 2024 Platform Changes

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 9, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco celebrates the ‘Mass of the Americas’ using the extraordinary form of the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2019. (photo: EWTN/YouTube Screen Capture)

Sources:

• 120 Martyrs of China
• Catholic Charities responds to Hurricane Beryl
• Latin Patriarchate condemns reported raid by Israeli forces on Gaza Catholic school
• German pro-lifers condemn censorship zones
• German pharmacist acquitted for refusing to sell abortifacients
• South Sudanese bishop reflects on 'mission accomplished'
• Objective beauty of the traditional Latin Mass
• Pope Francis names young bishop to lead Agana, Guam Archdiocese

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 8, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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The Archdiocese of Kisumu has formed a group called “St. Monica Widows” for women who have lost their husbands “because the other option is they are inherited” by a male relative of the deceased husband, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba said. | Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot

Sources:

• Sts. Aquila and Priscilla
• Pope Francis defends democracy in politics
• Pope Francis highlights dignity of migrants and prisoners
• St. Monica Widows: A Catholic Apostolate to reduce polygamy in Kenya
• Nairobi Archdiocese to gather youths on Saba Saba Sunday
• Archbishop Scicluna on being a coadjutor bishop

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 7, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Documents from the Pontificate of Pius XII released by the Vatican Apostolic Archive. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Sources:

• St. Pope Benedict XI
• Cardinal celebrates 36 years as a bishop, thanks Opus Dei founder, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI
• Spouse's OnlyFans account factors into marriage nullification case
• Holy See encourages Catholics in Philippines to listen to their pastors regarding divorce bill
• Vatican prohibits traditional Latin Mass during youth pilgrimage in Spain
• Pope Francis appoints new prefect of Vatican Archives
• Cardinal Müller condemns controversial statue of Virgin Mary giving birth in Linz Cathedral, Austria
• Catholic pro-lifers in UK laud wisdom of Africa after Malawian court rejects same-sex marriages
• Catholic bishop in South Sudan on proposed extension of transitional government
• Debate over women receiving the Eucharist during menstrual period

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 5, 2024. Let's begin."

Sources:

• Vatican excommunicates Viganò for schism
• Vatican releases schedule for Pope Francis' two-week trip to Asia and Oceania
• Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra testifies as a witness in a civil trial in London
• Remains of Emperor Caligula's estate found near the Vatican
• Pakistani Christian man sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy
• Catholic bishop in Angola urges protection of Mayombe forest
• Threats to Christian presence in the Holy Land
• Christians in Lebanon facing challenges amid Israeli invasion
• 50,000 altar servers headed to Rome for meeting this month

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 5, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Sources:

• St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
• Catholic Church in China mourns passing of father whose three sons became priests
• Rosario de Ferraz explains why they pray despite government prohibitions
• Settimane Sociali: Benedict XVI urges Catholics in politics to engage without inferiority complex
• Pro-life advocates oppose planned ban on counseling outside abortion centers

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 4, 2024. Let's begin."

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Danny Miran shows the T-shirt with a photo of his son Omri, one of the Israelis kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, and who is still being held hostage in Gaza. On the T-shirt, the Hebrew inscription reads: “Bring them home now!”, the motto of the campaign to bring back the hostages. A few days after Oct. 7, Danny Miran, 79, left his home in northern Israel and joined the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Tel Aviv. His life’s purpose has become bringing his son back home. | Credit: Marinella Bandini

Sources:

• Cardinal Rueda: With trust placed in Jesus, you can face the most adverse situations
• WWII heroine and nurse on pathway to becoming first Malaysian saint
• Novena for peace in the Near East announced for Christians, innocents in region
• Father of Israeli hostage who met with Pope is on a mission to bring them all home
• Vatican telescope VATT undergoes automation and robotization
• The reason for Pope Francis' trip to Trieste
• Christian hospitals in East Germany demand political reforms
• Restoration of the altar at the Church of St. Elijah in Aleppo
• Has Joe Read Roe? - National Catholic Register

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 4, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• St. Elizabeth of Portugal
• British lords, celebrities call on Vatican to preserve treasure of Latin Mass
• Israeli embassy criticizes Holy Land Catholic leaders for statement on just war
• Former Poor Clare nuns of Belorado: Catholic Church in Burgos responds to accusations
• Neocatechumenal Way celebrates 50 years in the United States
• Pope Francis names new archbishop in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico
• Pope Francis erects new diocese in South Sudan, transfers Catholic Bishop of Rumbek as pioneer local ordinary
• Maronite Patriarch inaugurates newly restored sacred art library in Lebanon
• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and University of Passau launch digital bachelor's degree program in theology

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By Jonah McKeown

Israel’s embassy to the Holy See has criticized a recent statement by Catholic leaders in the Holy Land, which suggested that Israel’s ongoing campaign in Gaza is not a “just war.”

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An Israeli army convoy leaves the Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on July 3, 2024 in southern Israel. | Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images 

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 3, 2024. Let's begin."

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Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed at the shrine in Lourdes, France. | Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Sources:

• Lourdes bishop wants to tear down Rupnik mosaics, but not yet
• Vatican to publish Instrumentum Laboris for October’s Synod on Synodality meeting
• Pope Francis receives a group of migrants
• Church leaders in Nigeria condemn senseless act of violence as scores die in suicide attacks
• Catholic priests in Guinea-Bissau urge government to show commitment in fight against drug trafficking
• Chaldean youth gather in Michigan
• Cardinal Marx: The European Christian project is not over
• Cardinal Müller: High-ranking Curia officials fighting against traditional liturgy
• Only One Name - National Catholic Register

By Jude Atemanke

The Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC) has voiced deep concern over the ongoing conflict in Sudan, highlighting the extensive destruction and immense suffering it has caused. During their June 27–29 meeting in the Archdiocese of Juba, South Sudan, SCBC members emphasized their inability to distance themselves from the turmoil that has engulfed Sudan since April 2023.

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The president of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Mulla, reads a message from SCBC members on June 29, 2024. | Credit: Catholic Radio Network (CRN)

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 3, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Sources:

• St. Thomas the Apostle
• Bishops elect new president of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia
• Brazil women's basketball coach resigns due to faith
• Rosario de Ferraz: Spanish government imposes more fines, totaling 5,400 euros
• Vice President of Cameroon Bishops' Conference and two others out of danger after car accident
• New president of Congolese Bishops' Conference says task is a great responsibility, new challenge
• ZdK General Secretary: Church must strengthen role as defender of democracy

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 2, 2024. Let's begin."

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Sources:

• Cardinal Gerhard Müller promoted to the rank of Cardinal Priest
• Opus Dei deliberates strategy for Central Europe as part of synodal process
• Over 1,000 process with Eucharist through downtown Nashville to historic churches
• Pope Francis' prayer intention for July 2024
• Priest presents thesis on psychological state of Belorado nuns
• Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Janusz Urbanczyk as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
• Magd Alromy's artwork reflects deep spirituality and devotion
• Pope Benedict XVI's enduring legacy

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 2, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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Sources:

• St. Otto, Bishop
• Pope Francis accepts resignation of Bishop Reinaldo Nann of Peru
• New guidelines for Vatican employees: No visible tattoos or piercings
• Kenyan youths 'mean business,' want to cleanse temple of democracy: Nuncio on anti-tax protests
• Cardinal Becciu's actions key question in ex-auditor's wrongful termination appeal
• Superior General requests former Poor Clare nuns in Belorado not to wear habit
• Image of the Virgin of Luján stolen from basilica in Argentina
• Russian forces release two Ukrainian Catholic priests captured in 2022

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis has introduced new regulations for employees of the Fabric of St. Peter, the entity responsible for the upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. These rules stipulate that staff must profess the Catholic faith, dress appropriately, and avoid visible tattoos or piercings.

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By Pål Johannes Nes

 "Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for July 1, 2024. Let's begin."

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Sources:

• 400,000 Germans quit Catholic Church as talks between Vatican, Synodal Way continue
• Pope Francis to canonize Martyrs of Damascus, three others on Oct. 20
• Cardinal Dominique Mamberti to announce 'Habemus Papam' at conclave
• Catholic dating initiative at National Eucharistic Congress
• Sudanese conflict tears apart society, say Catholic bishops

By AC Wimmer

Just one day after the news that hundreds of thousands of Catholics left the Church in Germany in 2023, the Vatican met with representatives of the German Synodal Way to discuss the controversial plans for a permanent synodal council.

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass of canonization for 14 people, including the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus,” on Sunday, Oct. 20, the Vatican announced Monday.

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Pope Francis announced he will celebrate a Mass of canonization for 14 people, including the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus,” on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, the Vatican announced after the College of Cardinals voted to approve the canonizations of 15 people in a consistory on the morning of July 1, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media 

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for July 1, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

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A family venerates the relic of St. Jude at Christ Cathedral in the Diocese of Orange, California, at the end of April. (photo: Bradley Zint / Diocese of Orange)

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• St. Junípero Serra
• Pope Francis: God does not discriminate against anyone because He loves everyone
• Fasting and prayer event in Douma
• Lebanese churches announce prayer campaign for peace
• Controversial Pride Mass at Stonewall Inn
• St. Jude relic tour in California

Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News for June 30, 2024. Let's begin.

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Fr. Santo Gaba. Credit: Catholic Radio Network (CRN)

• Pope Francis asks Sacred Heart of Jesus to convert hearts who want war
• Indonesian island set to become an international Catholic pilgrim destination
• Ohio hospital system offers clarification on medically necessary abortions
• Day of the African Child in South Sudan: Catholic official says Church must see that children are safe
• First presidential debate 2024: Biden, Trump

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Morning News for June 30, 2024. Let's begin with the Saint of the Day."

Sources:

• The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic priest stuck in Sudan war appeals for prayers as evacuation plans hit a snag
• Parishioners praying at ruins of Catholic church destroyed by terrorists in Mozambique
• Donations to the Pope's charitable fund increase for charitable works in 2023
• Christian leaders gather in Lebanon to promote unity
• Cardinal Sean O'Malley turns 80, continues advocacy for the protection of minors

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ACI Africa

By Pål Johannes Nes

"Welcome to News from the Church, your source for Catholic news and updates from around the world. The news is edited by Pål Johannes Nes, and you're listening to EWTN Norway. This is the Evening News. In today's episode, we'll cover the latest incidents in the Holy Land, messages from Pope Francis, a historical tradition at the Vatican, and significant events in Kenya and the Middle East. Let's begin."

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A 1775 painting of the fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, painted by Jakob Philipp Hackert. | Credit: Public Domain

Sources:

• Churches in Holy Land denounce coordinated attack against Christians by Israeli authorities
• Open the doors of the Church, Pope Francis implores on Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul
• Vatican fireworks: A 500-year-old tradition for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul
• Catholic bishops in Kenya meet president as youths spearhead campaign to stop politicians from church fundraisers
• Egypt church reopening after renovations

Good morning, and welcome to the Church News on EWTN Norway. Here are today’s top stories.

Sources for Today's News:

1. Catholic News Agency - Biden Administration Criticized for Omitting Nigeria from Religious Persecution Watchlist
2. Catholic News Agency - EWTN’s ChurchPOP Continues Expansion with New Hungarian Edition
3. National Catholic Register - Cardinal O’Malley Speaks Clearly on Father Rupnik Art
4. ACI Prensa - Vatican: Cardinals of Dicasteries Meet with German Bishops
5. EWTN Norway - Archbishop Viganò Defies Vatican Summons, Denounces Pope Francis

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-morning-news-29-06-2024/

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who has been in hiding for years, announced on social media on June 20 that he had been summoned to Rome to answer formal charges of schism. On Friday, he declared that he will not participate in the Vatican summons, reiterating his claims that Pope Francis is not the legitimate pope of the Catholic Church.

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https://ewtn.no/archbishop-vigano-defies-vatican-summons-denounces-pope-francis/

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano at the Rome March for Life, May 20, 2017. (photo: Edward Pentin / National Catholic Register )

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis will bless vestments known as "pallia" during Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, June 29. Each blessed pallium — bands made of white wool adorned with six black silk crosses — will be placed on the shoulders of the 42 new metropolitan archbishops appointed during the last year, including two Americans.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-to-bless-pallia-at-mass-on-sts-peter-and-pauls-feast-day

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Archbishops wear the pallium they received from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, June 29, 2014. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

By Pål Johannes Nes

Good evening, and welcome to the Church News on EWTN Norway. Here are today’s top stories.

Sources for Today's News:

1. Catholic News Agency - Controversy Swirls Around Canadian Catholic Schools Celebrating Pride Month
2. Catholic News Agency - At First Presidential Debate, Biden and Trump Spar on Abortion and Immigration
3. ACI Prensa - Spanish Government Imposes New Fine and Restrictions on Rosario de Ferraz
4. ACI Africa - Catholic Charity Launches Aid Campaign to Support Sudan War Victims Facing Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-evening-news-28-06-2024/

By Pål Johannes Nes

Good morning, and welcome to the Church News on EWTN Norway. Here are today’s top stories.

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Catholic News Agency - Montana Judge Strikes Down Law Defining Sex as Male and Female

EWTN Norway - Pope Francis to Priests: Let the Chapel Be the Most Visited Room in Your Homes

EWTN Norway - Court Fines Belgian Cardinal and Archbishop for Denying Woman Admission to Diaconate

Catholic News Agency - Pope on Prayer for Creation Day: Caring for the Environment is an Act of Love

ACI Africa - Kenya's President Withdraws Finance Bill 2024 After Youth-Led Protests and Outcry Against Police Brutality

Catholic News Agency - Diocese of Mainz to Cut 25% of Expenditures Gradually

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

During an audience with Pope Francis on June 27, the priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) received heartfelt counsel from the Holy Father: they should frequently visit their chapels for quiet prayer in humble silence.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-to-priests-let-the-chapel-be-the-most-visited-room-in-your-homes/

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Pave Frans med prestene i Jesu hellige hjerte denne 27. juni | Kreditt: Vatican Media

By Jonah McKeown

A Belgian civil court has fined two Catholic prelates after they denied a woman entry into a diaconate formation program. According to the Belgian newspaper De Morgen, Veer Dusauchoit requested to register for training as a deacon in June 2023 and again in October 2023 from the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.

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https://ewtn.no/court-fines-belgian-cardinal-and-archbishop-for-denying-woman-admission-to-diaconate/

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Belgian prelates Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels (left) and former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels Cardinal Jozef De Kesel were fined by a Belgian court after they denied a woman entry into a diaconate formation program. | Credit: HATIM KAGHAT/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images

By Pål Johannes Nes

This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.

Full text story:
https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-evening-news-27-06-2024/

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Archbishop Carlo Vigano. (photo: Edward Pentin. / National Cathoilic Register

Sources for Today's News:

1. EWTN Norway - Vatican Rules Apparitions of Virgin Mary Near Rome Not Supernatural
2. National Catholic Register - What is Schism and Excommunication in the Catholic Church?
3. EWTN Norway - Kenya's Religious Leaders Support Gen Z-Led Peaceful Protests Against Finance Bill 2024
4. EWTN Norway - Paraguayan Bishops Speak Out at OAS General Assembly Amid Threats to Life and Family
5. ACI Africa - Outgoing Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana Reflects on His Service
6. ACI Prensa - Pope Francis Proposes St. Juan Diego as Inspiration for Latin America

As the 54th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) takes place in Paraguay through June 28, the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference (CEP) and other leaders in the country are emphasizing the importance of defending the fundamental values of life and family. This year’s assembly theme is “Integration and Security for the Sustainable Development of the Region.”

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https://ewtn.no/paraguayan-bishops-speak-out-at-oas-general-assembly-amid-threats-to-life-and-family/

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The Presidential Palace in Asuncion, Paraguay on July 10, 2015. | Credit: Alan Holdren/CNA

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) announced Thursday that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano Romano, a town about 30 miles northwest of Rome, are not supernatural. This decision supports the local bishop's ban on Masses and pilgrimages to the site.

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Bishop Salvi has determined that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano Romano are not supernatural. | Credit: Shutterstock

By ACI Africa Staff

Religious leaders in Kenya have expressed their support for the ongoing Generation Z (Gen Z)-led protests against the controversial proposed Finance Bill 2024, calling for the withdrawal of the Bill which they say  has “punitive tax measures.”

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https://ewtn.no/we-support-them-fully-kenyas-religious-leaders-on-gen-z-led-peaceful-protests-against-finance-bill-2024/

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Bishop Willybard Lagho of Malindi Catholic Diocese reading a statement of the Interreligious Council of Kenya (IRCK) on Kenya's Controversial Finance Bill. Credit: IRCK Facebook page

By Pål Johannes Nes

This is a summary of the morning news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-morning-news-27-06-2024/

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U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Shutterstock

Sources for Today's News:

1. Catholic News Agency - Oceania Speaks Conference in Rome Highlights Pacific Islands' Climate Peril
2. EWTN Norway - Opus Dei Founder St. Josemaria Escriva: You Can Be a Saint Doing Your Ordinary Job
3. EWTN Norway - Pope Francis Unveils Plan for Vatican to Go Solar
4. Catholic News Agency - Biden Administration Pressured Healthcare Association to Back Sex Changes for Minors
5. Vatican News - Pope Greets Ukrainian Wives and Mothers After Audience, Appeals for Peace

 By ACI Prensa

Today the Catholic Church honors St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902–1975), Spanish priest, founder of Opus Dei, and author of “The Way” (1934), a book that continues to be of great spiritual benefit for millions of Catholics.

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Central to the charism of Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer was his insistence that all Christians are called to aim for holiness in their ordinary lives, especially through their everyday work. | Credit: Opus Dei / Flickr

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis has announced measures to transition Vatican City to using solar energy as its main source of electricity, as outlined in his latest motu proprio titled Fratello Sole, or “Brother Sun.”

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Pilgrims shield themselves from the sun at Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

By Pål Johannes Nes

This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.

Good evening, and welcome to the Church News on EWTN Norway. Here are today’s top stories.

Sources for Today's News:

1. EWTN Norway - Pope Francis: Drug Cartels are 'Traffickers of Death and Murderers'
2. EWTN Norway - Kenya's Catholic Bishops Condemn Police Brutality and Killings Amid Anti-Tax Protests
3. National Catholic Register - Archbishop Viganò: 5 Things to Consider
4. National Catholic Register - War and Adoration: Why Eucharistic Devotion is Surging in Cameroon
5. Catholic News Agency - Expert Says Supreme Court Should 'Do the Right Thing' on Child Transgender Procedures
6. Vatican News - Cardinal Krajewski Delivers Pope's Gift of Ambulance to Ukraine

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis called drug traffickers criminals, murderers, and “traffickers of death” during his general audience on Wednesday.

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Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Recently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo María Viganò is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism. 

Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? An explanation follows.

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By Courtney Mares

The Vatican has announced the opening of a war trauma rehabilitation center this month in Ukraine named after St. John Paul II.

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 https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-donates-ambulance-opens-war-trauma-center-in-ukraine/

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Pope Francis blesses the ambulance that he donated in June 2024 to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region. | Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity

By Agnes Aineah

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)  have strongly condemned the killing of a section of protesters, who took to the streets in major Kenyan cities and townships to oppose the country’s controversial proposed Finance Bill 2024.

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Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)

By Pål Johannes Nes

This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.

Sources for Today's News:

1. EWTN Norway - Pope Francis Meets with Leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass Group
2. EWTN Norway - Former Anglican Priest Ordained a Catholic Bishop
3. EWTN Norway - Pope Francis Meets with Russian Ambassador to the Vatican
4. EWTN Norway - EU Bishop Elections Show Citizens Concerned About Ukraine War
5. Vatican News - Patriarch Pizzaballa Discusses Holy Land Challenges in Interview
6. National Catholic Register - Chinese Communist Party Erasing Religion with Village Renaming Effort

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-morning-news-26-06-2024/

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The renaming occurs within the context of the greater persecution of all religious expression within China. (photo: Maxx Studio / Shutterstock)

By Hannah Brockhaus

Citizens of the European Union want EU politicians to be more actively engaged in international issues such as the Ukraine war, an Italian bishop said after the EU elections earlier this month. 

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https://ewtn.no/eu-bishop-elections-show-citizens-concerned-about-ukraine-war/

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At his Angelus address June 9, 2024, Pope Francis asked people to pray for the people who are suffering in Myanmar and in Ukraine, giving a special shoutout to some Ukrainians who were in the crowd waving flags. | Credit: Vatican Media

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis on June 22 met with Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See, in their first meeting since Soltanovsky presented his diplomatic letters to the pontiff last September. 

Soltanovsky, a 69-year-old career diplomat, was appointed to his current role in May 2023. No details of the pair’s most recent meeting have yet been released. 

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-meets-with-russian-ambassador-to-the-vatican/

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Pope Francis meets with Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican Ivan Soltanovsky on Sept. 18, 2023, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

By Tyler Arnold

Pope Francis on Monday met with three leaders of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) — an institute whose priests celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass and live according to the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-meets-with-leaders-of-institute-of-christ-the-king-a-latin-mass-group/

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Monsignor Gilles Wach (center), prior general of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, is received in private audience by Pope Francis on June 24, 2024. He is accompanied by Monsignor Rudolf Michael Schmitz, vicar general of the institute, and Canon Louis Valadier, provincial of France. | Credit: Courtesy of Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

By Peter Pinedo

In a first, a former Anglican priest has been consecrated as a bishop in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Located in Great Britain, the ordinariate was created to give Anglicans a pathway to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.

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Father David Waller will become the first bishop ordinary of the Walsingham Ordinariate. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

By Pål Johannes Nes

This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.

Links in todays program:

Catholic News Agency - Trump Condemns Biden DOJ for Targeting of Catholics and Pro-Life Activists

Catholic News Agency - Catholic Charities of Trenton Apologizes for Sponsoring 'Moving Beyond the Gender Binary' Book Reading

National Catholic Register - Pope Francis: Comedy and Humor Can Uplift as Well as Degrade

National Catholic Register - Vatican and Father Rupnik’s Art

National Catholic Register - The Prophetic Saint Who Foretold What the End of the World Will Be Like

The Pillar - Why Does Buenos Aires Have So Many Roads Named After Dates?

The Pillar - Syro-Malabar Bishops Break Ranks

ACI Africa - Nigerian Cardinal Encourages Church Leaders to Speak Out Against Injustice

Stay tuned for more updates and insights from the Church as we continue to share important news and stories from around the world. 

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John Cardinal Onaiyekan

By: ACI MENA Team

About a month and a week before his beatification Mass, the first signs of the new small church (chapel) named after the soon-to-be Blessed Estefan Douaihy have appeared. Construction work in the town of Ardeh, in the Zgharta district of Northern Lebanon, is progressing significantly.

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https://ewtn.no/the-first-church-named-after-blessed-estefan/

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The New Blessed Estefan Douaihy and the Construction of the Small Church Bearing His Name in Ardeh-Zgharta, Lebanon | Source: Patriarch Estefan Douaihy Cultural Association

• Special South African Catholic Bishop on Transparency Conference in Rome
• Christians in Egypt Embark on Construction of Churches as Persecution Ebbs
• Pope Francis Meets with Opus Dei Prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz
• Catholic Authorities in Spain Excommunicate, Expel Renegade Nuns
• Texas Investigates Children's Hospital Over Alleged Secret Sex Changes on Minors
• Irish Bishops Decry Assisted Suicide Proposal as ‘A Failure of Hope’

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-morning-news-25-06-2024/

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Christ Church Cathedral (Holy Trinity) in Dublin, Ireland. | Credit: Bas van den Heuvel/Shutterstock

By Silas Isenjia

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad, a participant in the June 16-22 workshop on Transparency and Accountability in the Catholic Church in Rome, has described the convention as “special”.

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https://ewtn.no/special-south-african-catholic-bishop-on-transparency-conference-in-rome/

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Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad

By ACI Africa Staff

Church projects that had been halted in Egypt when the Northern African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are being resumed as Christians in the country begin to enjoy some measure of freedom.

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https://ewtn.no/christians-in-egypt-embark-on-construction-of-churches-as-persecution-ebbs/

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By Nicolás de Cárdenas, Walter Sánchez Silva

The press office of the Holy See reported that Pope Francis received Monsignor Fernando de Ocáriz, the “moderator general” of Opus Dei, on Monday. He was accompanied by Monsignor Mariano Fazio, auxiliary vicar of the prelature. The term “moderator general” has been used interchangeably with the traditional name of prelate since the last motu proprio of Pope Francis regarding Opus Dei, as explained to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, by Clara Fontan of the communications office of Opus Dei in Rome.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-meets-with-opus-dei-prelate-monsignor-fernando-ocariz/

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Pope Francis meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, at the Vatican on June 24, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The Catholic Church in Spain has decreed the excommunication and expulsion from consecrated life of the Poor Clare nuns of Belorado for committing the crime of schism.

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https://ewtn.no/catholic-authorities-in-spain-excommunicate-expel-renegade-nuns/

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he decision was announced by Mario Iceta, archbishop of Burgos. | Credit: Archdiocese of Burgos, Spain

By Peter Pinedo

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into allegations that illegal sex-change procedures are being performed on minors at Texas Children’s Hospital. 

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https://ewtn.no/texas-investigates-childrens-hospital-over-alleged-secret-sex-changes-on-minors/

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Texas Children's Hospital. | Credit: Zereshk|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0

 By Jonah McKeown

The Catholic bishops of Ireland on Monday issued a statement laying out the Church’s teaching on end-of-life issues and advocating for palliative care amid a push by Irish politicians to introduce legislation to legalize assisted suicide. 

“We believe that every person who is seriously ill, together with all those who are concerned with his or her care, however difficult the circumstances, is held in the unconditional love of God,” the bishops noted.

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https://ewtn.no/irish-bishops-decry-assisted-suicide-proposal-as-a-failure-of-hope/

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Christ Church Cathedral (Holy Trinity) in Dublin, Ireland. | Credit: Bas van den Heuvel/Shutterstock

• Who Was St. John the Baptist? 11 Things to Know and Share
• Pope Francis Appoints Gänswein to Diplomatic Role in Baltic States
• Summer Christmas: Why Does the Church Celebrate the Birthday of St. John the Baptist?
• Pope Francis: Jesus in the Eucharist Strengthens Us in Times of Trial

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https://ewtn.no/news-in-the-church-today-24-06-2024/

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Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus on June 23, 2024, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media

What do we know about the mysterious John the Baptist? Here are 11 things to know and share...

John the Baptist is a mysterious figure in the New Testament.

He was famous in his own day, even before he became the herald of Christ.

We even know about him from outside the New Testament.

The Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist is June 24, and the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist is Aug. 29, so it’s an excellent time to catch up on him.

Here are 11 things to know and share ...

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https://ewtn.no/who-was-st-john-the-baptist-11-things-to-know-and-share/

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Diego Velázquez (attr.), “Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness,” between 1618 and 1625 (photo: Register Files / Public Domain)

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the former private secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI, to a diplomatic role in the Baltic states.

The Vatican announced Monday that Gänswein will serve as the apostolic nuncio, or papal ambassador, to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.

The appointment comes after months of speculation and rumor across Rome and the Church in Germany as to Gänswein’s future after the death of Benedict XVI.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-appoints-ganswein-to-diplomatic-role-in-baltic-states/

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Archbishop Georg Gänswein was the personal secretary of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. | Bohumil Petrík

By Hannah Brockhaus

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.

In fact, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist on June 24 is a solemnity, meaning it is the highest form of Catholic feast day. And because it falls exactly six months before the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord, it is sometimes known as “summer Christmas.”

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https://ewtn.no/summer-christmas-why-does-the-church-celebrate-the-birthday-of-st-john-the-baptist/

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Statue of St. John the Baptist with golden cross, Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic. | Credit: Oldrich Barak/Shutterstock

By Courtney Mares

Jesus does not spare us from difficulties but strengthens us with the Eucharist to have the courage to face them, Pope Francis said in his reflection on Sunday’s Gospel.

Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on June 23, Pope Francis asked the crowd gathered below in St. Peter’s Square to reflect on how they usually deal with times of trial.

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https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-jesus-in-the-eucharist-strengthens-us-in-times-of-trial/

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Pope Francis delivers a message to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus on June 23, 2024, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

‘I want them to see the sacrificial Lamb of God who willingly laid down his life for us.’

By Joseph Pronechen

Among the many ways the Eucharist is being highlighted and honored during the current Eucharistic Revival is through a major sacred art exhibit called “Do This in Memory of Me.” The juried show now being hosted at the Knights of Columbus’ Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center in New Haven, Connecticut, has 109 pieces of original sacred art from living artists chosen from more than 660 entries.

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https://ewtn.no/eucharistic-art-exhibit-highlights-mystery-of-jesus-real-presence/

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‘Agnus Dei,’ by Neal Hughes (Photo: Courtesy of St. Edmund's Retreat and Neal Hughes)

By Daniel Payne

Amid ongoing efforts to expand euthanasia in Canada under the name of “medical aid in dying” (MAID), one Ottawa man says he has been offered euthanasia “multiple times” as he struggles with lifelong disabilities and chronic pain from a disease called cerebellar ataxia. 

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https://ewtn.no/canadian-man-offered-euthanasia-multiple-times-i-dont-want-to-give-up-my-life/

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Roger Foley enjoys taste-testing three different kinds of hummus, his favourite food, on the day of a video shoot with Amanda Achtman of the Dying to Meet You project in Canada. The two spoke about Foley's difficulty accessing quality care for his needs and being offered Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) "several times." | Courtesy of Amanda Achtman

Vatican Published Papal Primacy Document

The Vatican published a 130-page study on papal primacy containing suggestions from Orthodox and Protestant Christian communities for how the role of the bishop of Rome might look in a future “reunited Church.”  The study document, titled “The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in Ecumenical Dialogue and Responses to the Encyclical Ut Unum Sint,” is the first Vatican text since the Second Vatican Council to outline the entire ecumenical debate on papal primacy.  

Vatican Library to Award NFTs to Donors
The Vatican library announced that it will expand its use of Web3 technologies by awarding nontransferable nonfungible tokens – so-called NFTs – to supporters of the manuscript collections. For the time being, the project, considered “experimental,” only applies to Italian donors to the Vatican Apostolic Library. The future of the project, the Vatican said, may also include the ability to visit the library through immersive extended reality (XR) experiences, like augmented or virtual reality.

New Metropolitan See in Zambia
Pope Francis has erected the Archdiocese of Ndola in Zambia and appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri as its first archbishop.  The southern African nation has had two metropolitan sees — the Archdiocese of Lusaka, headquartered in the country’s capital city, and the Archdiocese of Kasama in northern Zambia. The newly erected metropolitan has a population of 3.2 million, of which 1.9 million are Catholic, representing 59.6% of the total population of the archdiocese, according to the Holy See Press report.

Pope Met Armenian Church Leader
For the first time in 10 years, Pope Francis met with Aram I, the leader of the Armenian Church of Cilicia with jurisdiction over some 800,000 Armenian Christians in Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Iran, and Greece. The meeting took place behind closed doors in the Holy Father’s personal office and the Vatican has not offered any further details. The Armenian Church has over 5 million members worldwide.

Theologians Conclude Evaluation of Synod Reports
A group of 20 theologians concluded an evaluation of 107 synod reports from national bishops’ conferences and Eastern Catholic Churches following nearly two weeks of meetings in Rome.  The theologians, who met from June 4 through June 14, were asked to provide an analysis of the reports, which will help synod officials draft the Synod on Synodality’s “Instrumentum Laboris 2” — the document that will guide the work of the second session of the synod in October.

By Daniel Payne

Pope Francis on Thursday advanced the cause for sainthood for two martyred Catholic priests who were killed “in hatred of the faith” in Albania in the first decades of the 20th century. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints made the announcement of the priests’ martyrdom and subsequent beatification in a press release on Thursday. When the pope declares that a person was martyred for the faith, that individual is beatified, and the title “Blessed” is granted.

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Father Luigi Paliq (left) and Father Gjon Gazulli were declared martyrs by Pope Francis on June 20, 2024. | Credit: Screen capture from aciprensa.com of photo courtesy of The Order of Friars Minor, Episcopal Conference of Albania

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Diocese of Rome on Friday officially closed the diocesan phase of the investigation into the life and virtues of Chiara Corbella Petrillo, a joyful 28-year-old wife and mother who died from cancer in 2012 in Rome.

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Photo credit: An attendee holds a photo of Chiara Corbella Petrillo at the closing of the diocesan phase of the investigation into her life and virtues in Rome on Friday, June 21, 2024. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

By Peter Pinedo

“I live because of the Eucharist,” Mother Angelica once said.

The foundress of EWTN and member of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Mother Angelica made no secret of her love and devotion to the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

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Hundreds of faithful filled the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, site of Mother Angelica's tomb, beyond capacity as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage St. Juan Diego Route passed through on June 20, 2024. | Credit: EWTN

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Claudia Caneva, an Italian professor at Roma Tre University, recently gave a presentation on “Music and Satanism” during the course “Exorcism and Deliverance Prayer” held in Rome and sponsored by the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and the Italian Socioreligious Research and Information Group.

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By Walter Sánchez Silva

The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) reported that, in 2024, 105 new priests will be ordained, 17 more priests than in 2023, when 88 new priests were ordained in the European country.

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Pope Francis has named Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang to lead the Archdiocese of Hangzhou in China, transferring him from the Diocese of Zhoucun, the Vatican announced Saturday.

The June 12 nomination took place “within the framework of dialogue concerning the implementation of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China,” the Vatican’s June 22 press release said.

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Bishop Yao Shun of Jining and Bishop Yang Yongqiang of Zhouchun (right) of the People's Republic of China at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican in October 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis participated in a live Q-and-A video call with university students on Thursday in which a bisexual student from the Philippines asked the pope to stop using “offensive language” and an Australian student expressed concern that teachers in Catholic schools are espousing gender theory.

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Photo: Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on Thursday claimed that the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has initiated proceedings against him over the alleged crime of schism.

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EWTN Norge · Pope Francis tells Communion and Liberation leader: ‘Do not look at your navel’

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis in an audience last week with the president of Communion and Liberation (CL) reportedly told the leader not to “look at your navel” but to share their movement with the whole Church.

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By Julieta Villar

In two separate recent incidents, participants at Mass in Argentina started chanting the political slogan “the country is not for sale,” an expression of opposition to the policies of President Javier Milei. Videos showing the chanting have circulated on social media, leading several bishops to speak out about the situation.

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Dappled Things, a literary and artistic magazine that describes itself as “wholeheartedly Catholic,” announced the winners of its “Sacred Heart Art Competition” on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

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Photo:  ‘The Sacred Heart,’ by Matthew Conner (Photo: Courtesy of Dappled Things and Matthew Conner)

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Amid an exodus from Catholicism and ongoing struggles over the controversial German Synodal Way, both Pope Francis and the German president addressed participants at a national Catholic event underway in Germany this week.

Speaking at the opening of the “Katholikentag” in the central German town of Erfurt on Wednesday, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier decried the Church’s diminishing role and standing in German society.

The German president called for a self-critical debate about countering indifference to religion and growing alienation from institutions: “Are the churches failing to inspire us? Is their message too quiet, too neutral, too nondescript?”

Steinmeier, a Protestant, noted that “committed Catholics [are] among the most sturdy pillars of our democratic society rooted in freedom.” Therefore, it was all the more regrettable “that the churches are seeing people’s support and trust fall away on such a scale.”

“The shift is certainly dramatic,” the German president said, pointing to “the horrendous reality of massive abuse and the long history of cover-ups” in the Church as one cause of the decline.

In the face of this development, Steinmeier challenged Christians to ask themselves if “those who are really searching receive convincing answers, do they receive spiritual guidance, are they received with empathy in our groups, congregations, and initiatives?”

Pope Francis calls for ‘genuine reorientation’
In his message to the “Katholikentag,” Pope Francis emphasized the event’s motto: “The future belongs to the man of peace,” a reference to Psalm 37.

The Holy Father called for a “genuine reorientation” toward God and highlighted the interconnectedness of various societal crises.

“The many moral, social, economic, and political crises we are experiencing are all interconnected. Care for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, the protection of life and the family, the defense of the dignity of all human life as well as outer and inner peace all belong together,” the pope stated.

Synodal Way organizers take the stage
The Katholikentag (“Catholics Day”) is a biannual event organized by a local diocese together with the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), the lay organization supported by the German bishops’ conference.

Before the backdrop of the German exodus from Catholicism and lack of support for the German Synodal Way, concerns over dwindling public interest, relevance, and participant numbers were raised.

As reported by CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr of Erfurt said before the event that the Katholikentag was an opportunity to showcase the Church.

According to organizers, some 6,000 people heard Steinmeier’s address on Wednesday. Overall, organizers hope to attract around 20,000 participants.

On Thursday, the German Synodal Way co-presidents addressed Erfurt participants. While Bishop George Bätzing assured the audience the controversial process was not guiding the Church in Germany toward a new schism, his co-president, Irme Stetter-Karp of the ZdK, called for “gender equality” as well as “a separation of power and authority and a different style of working together” in the Catholic Church.

This week’s topics include peace and reconciliation, climate and social justice, democracy and right-wing extremism, and polarization in the Church.

On Thursday, a podium discussion titled in the official program “The Body of Christ Is Queer — What Now?” saw one German theologian praising “increased visibility for queer people” thanks to campaigns such as “Out in Church,” though the theologian also demanded further “reforms.”

A speaker from the German Lesbian and Gay Association called on bishops to show “active repentance” for long-standing discrimination against “queer people,” for example, by supporting the addition of the term “sexual identity” to the German Basic Law.

Previously, the German event made headlines for different reasons. In 2022, a Muslim politician and at least one Protestant politician received Communion at Masses celebrated at the event.

The event in Erfurt concludes on June 2. Another “Catholics Day” is expected to take place in Würzburg in 2026.