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Vatican News
Pope Leo grants Eastern Synods the faculty to remove Patriarchs
August 29, 2026 - 6:53amWith an Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio on 29 August, Pope Leo XIV provides the Synods of Bishops of Eastern Catholic Churches the faculty to remove their respective Patriarchs in order “to restore the wounded communion, even by removing him from office for grave cause”, in the event their “bond” is “irreparably compromised.” In such an event, the Roman Pontiff must grant assent to the Synod’s judgment.
In wake of devastating floods, Pope sends aid to Nepal
August 29, 2026 - 4:28amThrough the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Pope Leo XIV has sent financial support to Caritas Nepal as relief operations continue and the death toll in the affected regions rises hourly, with over 630 known to have died and approximately 3,000 still missing.
Pope Leo XIV to make history with Marian procession on Lake Albano
August 29, 2026 - 4:28amPope Leo XIV will celebrate tonight the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake in Castel Gandolfo at the church consecrated by Pope Saint Paul VI and will become the first Pope to travel by boat along part of the lake, accompanied by around ten other vessels.
'As St. Augustine teaches, may the Church be a community open for all'
August 29, 2026 - 4:03amCardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, presiding over Mass in Rome on 28 August for the liturgical memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, reflects on the spiritual journey of the “Doctor of Grace,” who “deeply loved the Church” and never tired of serving it.
Lord's Day Reflection: 'Not conformed but transformed’
August 29, 2026 - 2:00amAs the Church celebrates the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Edmund Power reflects on the theme: “Not conformed but transformed.”
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
Student Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling Blocking Public Aid for Religious Studies
August 28, 2026 - 5:07pm
U.S. Supreme Court
A student challenges a 2004 Supreme Court decision, the Diocese of Scranton reopens its seminary, and Benedictine College names a speaker for its library dedication in this week’s education roundup.
California Bishops Push for Social-Media Regulation as Meta Pays Billions After Youth-Safety Lawsuit
August 28, 2026 - 4:41pm
The California Capitol in Sacramento
A California bill would ban ‘addictive features’ on social media for youth under the age of 16.
Faith Leaders, Justice Department Meet to Push for Stronger Protections for Houses of Worship
August 28, 2026 - 4:38pm
Faith leaders meet with Karen Schneier Dresbach, executive vice president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, and Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, at a meeting Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The gathering focused on strengthening efforts to protect America’s houses of worship, safeguard religious freedom, and confront religious hatred.
‘No American should ever fear violence for simply practicing their faith,’ Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights for the Department of Justice, said.
US Bishops Urge Global Aid After Deadly Nepal Floods
August 28, 2026 - 4:35pm
Rescuers use an excavator to transport a flood survivor following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Aug. 26, 2026. Aid workers said entire settlements had been “wiped out.”
The bishops urged the international community to ‘work together, as one family’ to provide humanitarian aid.
Pope Leo XIV Gives Assent to Election of New Archbishop of Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus
August 28, 2026 - 4:33pm
Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun, left, joins other bishops and priests during the processional of the priest ordination Mass on May 30, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota. Behind him are, second from left, retired Bishop Richard Pates and Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney.
Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun has become archbishop of the Maronite Diocese of Damascus, succeeding Archbishop Samir Nassar.
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.





