3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (207+ words) Civil officials in Dubai permitted the full reopening of parishes, three months after the imposition of restrictions amid the U. S. -Iran war. "I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the authorities, who have carefully watched over our safety during a…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (156+ words) " Continue to this story on @Bishop Barron CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said he was "alarmed by the success of certain politicians in our country who identify as extreme socialists or communists." "This is not a…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (234+ words) Five cardinals, including Cardinals Raymond Burke and Gerhard M'ller, offered their reflections on the recent extraordinary consistory of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Burke said that the cardinals were "certainly grateful" for the consistory: "we're getting to know each other…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (139+ words) " Continue to this story on USA Today CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, decried the detention of a Nigerian religious sister as she walked to Sunday Mass. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained and released Sister…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (185+ words) Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, consecrated the nation's largest Catholic church on June 28. Saint Paul's Catholic Church in Bergen opened in the 1870s. The church was not consecrated at the time "because the ceremony required a bishop assisted by 14 priests'more…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (183+ words) The tabernacle at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Geneva, Switzerland, was stolen and destroyed on June 29. "The tabernacle contained consecrated hosts and liturgical vessels, the former of which were later found discarded in a nearby construction dumpster," according…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (189+ words) " Continue to this story on New Ways Ministry CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O. P. , preached the homily at a recent "Mass of Thanksgiving for 50 Years of Friendship, Partnership, and Commitment in the Pursuit of Justice" of two men, Julian Filochowski…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (209+ words) Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, joined Ukrainian and Polish cardinals in lamenting mounting tensions between Poland and Ukraine. Calling for a "disarmament of language on both sides," the prelates said that "it is…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (158+ words) Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, one of the two pro-prefects of the Dicastery for Evangelization, presided today at the beatification of Father Tr'ng B'u Di'p (1897-1946), a priest martyred by Japanese soldiers. An estimated 70, 000 people attended the Mass, which took place in…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1027+ words) Other Commemorations: Sts. Processus & Martinian, Martyrs (RM); St. Swithin, Bishop (RM); St. Bernardino Realino, Priest (RM) July 02, 2026 (Readings on USCCB website) Mass Propers for Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Entrance Antiphon, Ps 47(46): 2: All peoples, clap your hands....