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Daily Readings
USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition
- Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time August 7, 2026Reading 1 Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 See, upon the mountains there advancesthe bearer of good news, announcing peace!Celebrate your feasts, O Judah,fulfill your vows!For nevermore shall you be invadedby the scoundrel; he is completely destroyed.The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob,the pride of Israel,Though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined the tendrils.Woe to the bloody […]USCCB
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News from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Pope encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours August 5, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives, saying the church's public prayer is an antidote to a world shaped by technology, consumerism and an efficiency-driven mindset."Every week and every […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Bishop Garcia Underscores the Significance of the Voting Rights Act and Encourages Recommitment to the Work Which Remains August 5, 2026WASHINGTON - The Voting Rights Act was signed into law on August 6, 1965. The landmark legislation helped advance equal access to the ballot and strengthened participation in our democracy. In recognition of the six decades since it was enacted, and its continued significance today, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Archives: Vatican scholar unearthed a Jesuit's role in informing the Holy See about Nazi crimes August 4, 2026ROME (CNS) -- Back in 2023, a Vatican archivist discovered a letter to Pope Pius XII's personal secretary from a Jesuit priest in Germany, who was active in the resistance against the Nazis, reporting that thousands of Poles and Jews were being incinerated daily in a Polish concentration camp.It was "a unique case" with "tremendous […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Bishop Zaidan Calls for Prayer and Expresses Hope for Success of Peace Agreement in Gaza August 3, 2026WASHINGTON - “I call for intense prayers for the success of these negotiations,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, on the news of an agreement between the U.S.-led Gaza Board of Peace and Hamas.Bishop Zaidan’s statement follows:“I am heartened by news of […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- 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
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