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Vatican News
Bishop of Datong ordained in China
August 31, 2026 - 5:29amAppointed Bishop of Datong (Shanxi, China) by Pope Leo XIV on August 10, following the approval of his candidacy under the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China, Paolo Liu Honggang receives episcopal consecration.
Nuncio to Romania: Pope John Paul I is an example of reconciliation
August 31, 2026 - 4:59amOn August 30, the Apostolic Nuncio to Romania and the Republic of Moldova celebrated Mass at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in Bucharest and the Vatican Foundation “John Paul I” donated an icon and a relic of Blessed Albino Luciani to this church known as the “Italian Church.”
Bishop celebrates centenary of first Catholic Mass in Svalbard, Norway
August 31, 2026 - 3:19amBishop Erik Varden of Trondheim and Apostolic Administrator of Tromsø celebrated a solemn Mass in Longyearbyen on Sunday, 30 August, to mark 100 years since the first Catholic Mass was celebrated in Svalbard, Norway. In his homily, Bishop Varden reflects on vulnerability and loneliness, calling Christians to rediscover a sound sense of reality and to bring Christ’s reconciliation, healing and friendship to those who are isolated and afraid.
Stop the massacres and mass kidnappings, Nigerian bishops appeal as bandits attack Mosques
August 31, 2026 - 3:01am“The latest barbaric abduction of more than 60 worshippers from a Mosque in Borgu, Niger State, and the horrific massacre of 47 innocent citizens, with another 17 people seriously injured in Ukum, Benue State, represent a further deterioration of the security situation.” The bleak assessment was made by Archbishop Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, the Archbishop of Kaduna and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN).
Pope Leo urges release of Haiti hostages, aid for Nepal after deadly floods
August 30, 2026 - 5:49amFollowing the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer from Castel Gandolfo on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV condemned the recent massacre in Haiti, made an urgent appeal for the release of hostages, and renewed his call for concrete assistance to Nepal following devastating floods and mudslides that have killed hundreds and left thousands missing.
Parish Flocknote
Weekly Update
August 28, 2026 - 6:18pmSchedule for August 29-30 Saturday August 29 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass - 11:00 am Wedding 1:30 pm Wedding 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and Benediction 3:30 pm...Weekly Update
August 14, 2026 - 2:02pmSchedule for August 15-16 Saturday August 15 - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass - 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer...Solemnity of the Assumption
August 13, 2026 - 2:00pmSaturday, August 15 - Solemnity of the Assumption Not a Holy Day of Obligation this year (2026) 8:00 am Mass - Solemnity of the Assumption 3:30 pm Confessons 5:00 pm Mass - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Almighty ever-living...Weekly Update
August 8, 2026 - 11:36amSchedule for August 8-9 Saturday August 8 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass - 8:30 am Women of the Cathedral - Boland Hall 11:00 am Wedding 1:30 pm Wedding 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding...Weekly Update
July 19, 2026 - 8:14am16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass - 9:00 am - 9:50 am Confessions 10:00 am Mass - 11:00 am - 11:50 am Confessions 12:00 Noon Mass - 1:00 pm Cathedral Tour...
National Catholic Register
China Pressured a US Catholic Group to Censor Its Keynote Speaker. They Complied.
August 31, 2026 - 7:04am
Andrew Hancock
Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and director of its Center on Religion and Chinese Society, is the author of ‘Religion in China: Survival and Revival Under Communist Rule.’
Emails obtained by the Register show that the US-China Catholic Association canceled a prominent professor’s keynote address after Chinese government officials requested his removal from the conference program.
Hope for Broken Marriages: One Couple’s Story
August 31, 2026 - 5:04am
Harold Figueras and Mariela Villanueva.
Starting out their marriage without God at the center, the couple became estranged and the husband left, but things began to change when their daughter asked her mom, “Teach me to pray.”
Spanish Regional Government Spotlights Sainthood Cause of Queen Isabella
August 31, 2026 - 5:00am
Archbishop Luis Argüello and Alberto Díaz Pico.
A regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference.
‘Give Me Your Heart, O Mary’
August 30, 2026 - 8:54am
The Immaculate Heart
A Marian prayer prayed by Sts. Louis de Montfort and John Paul II
Pope Leo XIV Appeals for Release of Haiti Hostages, Prays for Flood Victims in Nepal And Tibet
August 30, 2026 - 8:24am
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in Piazza della Libertà at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, for the recitation of the Angelus on August 30, 2026.
The pontiff said believers should speak honestly to God in moments of confusion while humbly accepting his ways.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.





