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USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition
- Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time July 23, 2026Reading 1 Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 This word of the LORD came to me:Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear!I remember the devotion of your youth,how you loved me as a bride,Following me in the desert,in a land unsown.Sacred to the LORD was Israel,the first fruits of his harvest;Should any presume to partake […]USCCB
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News from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- U.S. Bishops’ Solidarity Fund Answers Holy Father’s Call to Unity with the Church in Africa July 21, 2026WASHINGTON – Following Pope Leo XIV’s historic, 10-day apostolic journey to Africa in April and his call for peace, reconciliation and interreligious dialogue, Catholics in the United States have an opportunity to support those efforts through the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa.The fund was created nearly two decades ago by the U.S. Conference of […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Archives: From marshy to manicured: Gardens' gruesome past grows into green haven July 20, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Today's lush and immaculately manicured Vatican Gardens were once just a sprawl of mosquito-infested swamps, clay hillsides and hardy grape vines.The wild, unpopulated landscape on the fringes of early Rome slowly shifted as it changed to accommodate historical events over the course of 2,000 years: the martyrdom and burial of St. […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- “Acts That Diminish or Disregard the Dignity of Any Person or Group of People Should Never Be Normalized in Our Society,” Say Bishop Garcia and Bishop Cahill July 20, 2026WASHINGTON - In light of several recent immigration enforcement encounters resulting in the loss of life, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation, and Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chairman of the Committee on Migration, issued the following pastoral reflection: “As Catholics, […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Archives: Paul VI accused Archbishop Lefebvre of acting like an 'antipope' July 16, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Confronting a rebel archbishop's accusations and acts of defiance was the heaviest cross St. Paul VI had to bear in his pontificate, said a 2018 book based on never-before published notes and documents.After years of correspondence and efforts at convincing Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- US cardinal: Exorcist role should be 'private' after priest's removal tied to UFO controversy July 8, 2026ROME (CNS) -- Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington said his decision to remove a high-profile priest as an archdiocesan exorcist was driven by the public way he exercised his ministry, not by his specific beliefs about UFOs.Following comments on social media linking UFOs to demonic activity, Msgr. Stephen Rossetti was removed in early June […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
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