A Message from the Editor
In this issue, we try to address some the challenges faced by women. We also provide insights into women’s leadership through our interviews with women globally.
Some religions including the Catholic religion are hesitant in include women with pastoral responsibilities. Father Hans Zollner believes that women must be included in formation of priests. This may be in the long-term future. However, there is a growing interest in appointing women deacons. For more information on this challenge, please read The debate on women deacons in the Catholic Church: A short documentary by America Magazine.
When I read Eileen Quinn-Knight’s review of It’s Your Camino: One Couple’s 500 Mile Pilgrimage Across Spain by Kenneth Strange, I bought a copy. The subtext of this book is about faith - faith strong enough to make a pilgrimage through Spain. Kenneth’s and his wife’s pilgrimage along El Camino Real inspires the reader to ‘keep moving’ with the Lord. I strongly suggest that you buy a copy.
I have always assumed that United States had the largest incidence of sexual abuse of children per capita. However, it now appears that Ireland does. Here is one of the latest reports - 2,395 allegations of sexual abuse at religious schools inquiry finds.
When religions are unable to significantly reduce sexual violence against children, you and your friends should write to your government to mandate 40 years of mandatory prison confinement for child sexual abuse.
It is very sad when the Catholic Church and other faiths fall to reduce sexual violence against children. All those who fail to act in every way possible on this challenge may be committing a sin of omission. Churches have paid out billions of dollars for claims of child sexual abuse – money that could have be used for providing food, housing, and education to the poor and homeless as Christ has asked us to do.
Matthew 7:16 New Century Version states You will know these people by what they do. Before Trump, neo-Nazis pushed false claims about Haitians as part of hate campaign. The Neo-Nazis and Nazis have much in common with Trump. For example, here is how Hitler rose to power.
I was very concerned to learn that the GOP has a surprising new target: the Catholic Church. I wonder how many Republicans are aware of this. This is another parallel to persecution of the| Catholic Church by the Nazis.
There are schools that provide degrees in mammal behavior such as Unity University. I assume that they may not be able to train lonely dolphins.
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A Quote to Remember
"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens."
by Michelle Obama
Prayers
A Prayer for the Protection of Women Globally
“Woman”
We know, Lord, the common image of a showingly-shaped woman draped over a car, but there is also the less well known and trained woman who is lying on the ground, using tools needed to mend it.
We also know, Joseph, about the exploitation of various kinds of enslaved women, hidden from sight but no less human, trapped in a variety of ways, but helped by helpers and those who have escaped.
We know too, Mary, the need to clothe the shapely-unclothed, to help the woman standing close to the kerb and the girls led, lonely, to indescribable brutality all of which should make men ashamed.
Lord, you paused after the first burstingly-beautiful flowering of the intimately pulsing universe, alive with life and multiplying, and you reflected on the mysteriousness of being Three, creating a dignified, dual-unity, called man and woman, open to the gift of a child-third?
How amazing, Joseph, guardian of the redeemer, that your love of
Mary was enriched by a grace of being prepared to risk scandal and to accept a woman translucent to the mystery of God, revealing in her modesty the immense dignity that God’s gift endowed her with.
How, Mary, were you able to dwell in the almost totally hidden life,
letting the Church discover through the centuries the foundational
humility that can only be called God-like, in view of how hidden a wealth of holiness, scarcely believable, was to be mirrored in you?
And so, Lord, you took the word “woman” and made this word resound from the beginning, as you spoke to us through speaking to your mother: “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come” (Jn. 2: 4); and then again, towards the end of your poured out love, suffering and crucifixion, you gave us to your inextricably suffering mother, saying: “Woman, here is your son” (Jn. 19: 26).
Oh Lord, you addressed the woman at the well, revealing the open-wide arms of the love you promised to give in the form of living water, with these words: “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming …. and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (Jn. 4: 21-24).
How wonderfully you have drawn back to the beginning, the gift of woman, drawing afresh on the magnificent nature in which you have chosen to express the inexpressibly hidden face of your mystery, even saying you long to gather your children like a ‘hen gathers her chicks’, disclosing a mothering love in the mystery of God (Mt. 23: 37).
Oh Lord my God, your words transformed a woman you healed from a flow of blood; indeed, from a woman who reached out with a flow of blood, and you recognized her as your “Daughter, [saying that] your faith has healed you. Go in peace” (Luke 8: 47), expressing the same wisdom as when you said that whoever does the will of God is my mother, and brother and sister (cf. Mk. 3: 35).
What is more, Oh Lord, you entrusted the discovery of your resurrection to a woman, whom you had recovered, renewed and filled with love, sending her as the apostle to the apostles to announce the new news, not just to them but to all who are to follow and to experience, as she did, the mystery of being taken out of sin’s disfigurements into the beaconing light-life of the resurrection!
So, Lord, what will help us to rediscover the cherishing of women, whether in the newly bright spring, the autumn’s array of light-lit colours, not forgetting the wintered suffering and the summer’s fullness, all of which comes in every shade of blemished beauty, colour, and shape, all of which express the wondrous reality of sharing the expression of the mystery of God, perhaps more fully
for expressing the mystery of being-in-relationship more clearly?
In answer, Oh Blessed Trinity, you have said how you have expressed your own, blazing love for the mystery of woman in the act both through and beyond words of a reality scarcely imaginable: that you chose a woman, Mary, from the first instant of her being, to be the mother of the only begotten Son of the Father, Jesus Christ, conceived through the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 1) and constantly rediscovered under ever new and old titles as the Mother of the living and of the Church.
by Francis Etheredge, Catholic married layman, father of 11, 3 of whom are in heaven, and an author:
A Prayer for Pregnant Women
Good and Gracious God,
I hear and feel the sounds of a new beginning. Help me Lord to know, love and care for this child from the moment I learned the child is here. It is with great joy I welcome the child into my womb. Like Mother Mary in the Magnificat I am filled with the presence of the Lord, for myself my child and my husband. We have begun a new covenant with you Oh my God. We are preparing for the child by letting the child know how we wanted and cared for the thought of the child. May the child's life be filled with the joy of knowing/loving/and serving you. Help us to let the child know about you as much as we can and that the child's Godparents would assist in getting to know you, Oh Lord. We pray, Lord, for those who do not have good decisions to make, they are economically poor or feel unable to make the decision they want. Assist them in their decision so they too can live in your presence.
We ask you this in the name of the Father, His son and the Holy Spirit.
by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D Profiles in Catholicism
A Prayer for the Victims of the School Victims in Georgia
Wow many times, Lord, how many times? Another school terrorized by a lone gunman, a fellow student. Four died. Others injured. Many traumatized by the nightmare. Since when did going to school become a high-risk occupation? Heavenly Father, we know that you grieve with the families of the victims, just as you grieved with Martha and Mary at the death of their brother. Lord, help us find what is eating away at the base of our soul. What is it that leads us to believe that using a weapon of war will bring us peace? Amen
by Father Joseph Chamblain, O.S.M. Profiles in Catholicism
Prayer to end child abuse
What has happened to the world Lord Jesus that so many abuse the children? Many look away and hide the crimes, they do not cry out for justice. You said the children are the most important in the Kingdom, To accept a child, you said, is to accept you.
Bring the children to me you told the disciples that they be blessed and protected.
You said let the abusers be brought to account and do penance as if a mill stone were tied around their necks and they be thrown into the deep sea, you said Lord in Matthew (Ch.18: 6-7)
Lord, inspire us and strengthen our faith by your words and actions, that goodness, love of neighbor and action for justice will over come evil. Inspire us to save and heal the children through justice, peace so they can live a new happier life. Amen
by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Prayer for Immigrants Who Died Trying to Reach the United States
In your mercy, Lord, receive the souls of those who undertook perilous journeys
to escape hunger or crushing oppression or threats of violence
May they who did not know peace and security in this life
now find in you and with all the angels and saints
a place of peace and happiness,
as the share in the fullness of life with you, their creator and redeemer. Amen
by Father Louis Cameli Profiles in Catholicism
Women Challenges and Leadership Interviews
General Interviews
Women Challenges and Leadership New and Noteworthy
Vatican’s top-ranking woman: ‘This job makes me pray more’ by Pablo Kay Angelus News
Longtime attorney, marcher, elected to lead the March for Life by John Lavenburg Crux Link to Other ProLife Challenges
Hildegard of Bingen by Dr. John Alonzo Dick Another Voice Link to Saints
M.L.B.’S First Woman Coach A ‘Go-Getter’ In Grad School At Jesuit College by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America Link to Sports
Vatican’s top-ranking woman: ‘This job makes me pray more’ by Pablo Kay Angelus News
Why Women’s Ordination Doesn’t Get Traction
by Charlotte Allen Commonweal
Missionaries Teach Women in Developing Lands Work Skills to Better Their Lives by Carol Zimmermann The Tablet
‘There is a bullet in my brain’: the searing art of Hollywood nun Sister Mary Corita
by Katy Hessel The Guardian
Marjorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert allegedly got into screaming match in women's restroom by LGBTQNation Link to Donald Trump’s Cultish Cronies and to United States Politics- Part Two
'National embarrassment': GOP lawmaker faces furious backlash after comparing women's reproductive systems to cattle by Sky Palma Raw Story
Three Women File Lawsuit Claiming the SBC and a Houston Megachurch ‘Enabled A Predator’ by Liz Lykins The Roys Report Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
What the modern woman needs to know about wealth & poverty by Allison Barrick Radiant Magazine\Link to Poverty
Meet Julia Oseka: The 22-year-old U.S. voting delegate at the Synod on Synodality by Francesca Pollio Fenton Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors by Peter Smith The Associated Press
Geena Davis Details Bill Murray’s Alleged Set Abuse, Says He Screamed at Her in Clown Costume: ‘What the F— Are You Doing? Move!’ by Zack Sharf Variety Link to Movie Stars
The Divine Feminine. Hindu Americans honor the power of women as the fall Navaratri festival gets underway, with implications for religion, culture, and politics by Maggies Phillips Tablet
Women are advancing in the workplace, but women of color still lag behind by Adia Harvey Wingfield Brookings Link to Racial Challenges and Leadership
Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center by Father Pahlo Migone Patheos Link to Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants Challenges
'We women are pushed out of work because of childcare. It's hurtful' by BBC
M.L.B.’S First Woman Coach A ‘Go-Getter’ In Grad School At Jesuit College by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/America
A systematic review of post-release programs for women exiting prison with substance-use disorders: assessing current programs and weighing the evidence by Layla Edwards, Sacha Kendall Jamieson, Julia Bowman, et al Health & Justice volume 10, Article number: 1 (2022) Link to Addiction and to Prison Challenges
Panel: Black women bear the brunt of mass incarceration by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter Link to Racial Challenges and Leadership
Celebrating the Rightful Power and Dignity of Women by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Argentine nuns accuse archbishop, others of gender violence by Almudena Calatrava The Associated Press
Three Claretian Sisters on a mission: Stories from Bolivia’s Amazon by Sr. Lucia Galiccio Vatican News
Mexican Church leaders blame State for violence against women by Inés San Martin Crux
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice by Ñusta Carranza Ko The Conversation
Gisèle Pélicot tells mass rape trial that she ‘never gave consent’ by Angelique Chrisafis The Guardian Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Germany’s Synodal Way leader says exclusion of women from ordination drives women from Church by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
German Catholics asks for women deacons, chosen bishops. The third Synodal Assembly to bring about reforms to the Catholic Church ended by Catholic News Service/UCA News
Women of Honour report: ‘Discernible pattern of rape, sexual assault’ among ‘criminal behaviours’ in Defence Forces by Conor Lally The Irish Times Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Women must be included in formation of priests, says Father Zollner by Sarah MacDonald Catholic News Service
It enslaves women! Spain’s PM vows to outlaw prostitution It enslaves women by CathNews New Zealand Link to Prostitution
St. Teresa of Avila’s body exhumed for first time since 1914, found to be still incorrupt by Catholic Vote
‘One-third of women live in fear of violence’. Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a Catholic organization in Spain laments the fact that 30 percent of women across the globe live in fear of violence. by Devin Watkins Vatican News
Assessing incarcerated women’s physical and mental health status and needs in a Swiss prison: a cross-sectional study by Aurélie Augsburger, Céline Neri, Patrick Bodenmann, et al Health & Justice volume 10, Article number: 8 (2022)
Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops by AC Wimmer Catholic News Agency Link to LGBTQ Challenges and Leadership
First woman appointed Secretary of Vatican Biblical Commission by Debora Donnini Vatican News
Pope's reasoning on women's ordination "has its value... and its limits", says theologian by Jean-François Chiron La Croix International
Pope supports global target to eradicate female genital mutilation by CathNews New Zealand Link to Genital Mutilation
Pope: St Teresa of Ávila shows importance of women in Church and society by Vatican News
Nun who advises the Pope says he wants female deacons by Elise Ann Allen Crux
They called for female leadership at the Vatican. They were arrested by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Pope names three women to Dicastery for Bishops by CathNews
Vatican cardinal: Subordination of women to men is ‘fruit of sin’ by Inés San Martín Crux
UK’s first female pulpit rabbi confident of change in Orthodox world by Jenni Frazer Jewish News Link to Jewish Leadership and Challenges
Female military staff denied justice by inadequate system - MPs by Jonathan Beale BBC
Myanmar nun among BBC's 100 Women of 2021 by Independent Catholic News
Rapes drive Christian women from African Republic to Cameroon by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux Link to Sexual Relations with and Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
Enslaved as a young girl, this saint is an outstanding model of hope by Maryella Hierholzer Our Sunday Visitor
‘Mama Hekima’ project empowering women in DR Congo by Charles de Pechpeyrou Vatican News
Malaysia freezes accounts of Islamic group in child abuse probe by Kuala Lumpur UCA News
Indonesian nun lightens load on poor single mothers .Franciscan Sister Maria Katharina teaches women the skills to support themselves and their children by Konradus Epa UCA News Link to The Franciscans
‘Women are in charge. They are leading’: Iran protests continue despite crackdowns by Emma Graham-Harrison and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii The Guardian
End plight of women migrant workers in Hong Kong by UCA News Link to Hong Kong Issues and Challenges
Appealing to Orthodox Jews, Israeli media remove women from view by Michele Chabin Religion News Service
Comboni Sister wins 2021 International Women of Courage Award by Independent Catholic News
With Iraqi Christians, Pope extols women brutalized by ISIS by Inés San Martín Crux
Oblates of Mary Immaculate celebrate 40 years of missionary presence in Zambia
by George Malumo Vatican News
The Month in Review
General Articles and Commentaries
Alaska man charged with threatening to assassinate 6 Supreme Court justices by Melissa Quinn CBS News
Anti-Jewish hate crimes reported in NY last year accounted for almost half of all hate crimes by Hannauh Sartsohn The Jerusalem Post Link to Hate and Hate Crimes
California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art by Jackie Hajdenberg Jewish Telegraphic Agency Link to The Holocaust
This Jewish teen is bringing sustainable gardening to NYC prisons by Lisa Keys Jewish Telegraphic Agency Link to Youth Challenges and Leadership and to Jewish Leadership and Challenges, and to Prison Challenges
Rewriting the Holocaust: Where the Far Right Meets the Far Left by Kathleen Hayes The Jewish Journal
The Dark, Neo-Nazi Origins of Trump’s Migrant Pet-Eating Conspiracy by Hafiz Rashid The New Republic Link to Neo-Nazis United States, United States Politics- Part Two, and to General United States Immigration Challenges
Before Trump, neo-Nazis pushed false claims about Haitians as part of hate campaign by Brandy Zadrozny NBC News
In parroting a lie about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Trump excites extremists by Odette Yousef NPR Link to Neo-Nazis and to Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
How a neo-Nazi helped kickstart the right-wing anti-Haitian migrant panic by Katherine Huggins Daily. Dot
The GOP has a surprising new target: the Catholic Church by Kevin Clarke U.S.Catholic Link to United States Politics- Part Two and to Fear, Hate, Prejudice, and Discrimination against Others
AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared by Dan Merika, Garnace Burke, and Ali Swenson The Associated Press Link to Artificial Intelligence, Chatbox, Chatbot, and Robotics
Moving testimony from journalist, father on promoting inclusivity for disabled children in Catholic schools by Catholic Vote Link to Disabilities and to Down Syndrome
At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting, sources say by John Miller, Nick Valencia, Shawn Nottingham, Dakin Andone and Isabel Rosales CNN Link to Murdered Children and Teens, Mass Murders and Murder
The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and is facing several charges, authorities say by Holly Yan, Isabel Rosales, Mark Morales and Ryan Young CNN
Nationwide, More Children Live in the State of Homelessness than in Most American States by National Alliance to End Homelessness Link to Homeless and Children Issues and Challenges
Catholic advocates work to abolish death penalty at federal level by Daniel Paynes Catholic News Agency Link to Death Penalty
Abortion remains the ‘pre-eminent priority’ for US bishops by Grace Porto CatholicVote Link to Abortion
Cardinal Wilton Gregory clears Black deacon accused of child sex abuse in Maryland by Nate Tinner-Williams Black Catholic Messenger Link to False Accusations
AI decodes image from Shroud of Turin to reveal Christ’s face by Kate Scanlon Our Sunday Visitor/Angelus Link to Artificial Intelligence, Chatbox, Chatbot, and Robotics
Sex Cults in Seminaries: To Obey or Break Away? by Gene Thomas Gomulka Complicit Clergy Link to LGBTQ Challenges and Leadership and to Cults
Is Forgiveness Necessary for Psychological Health? by Erin Kast, SJ The Jesuit Post Link to Forgiveness
The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists by ProPublica Link to Domestic Terrorism/Insurrection/Sedition
New study challenges ‘Brain-Death’ narrative by Charles Camos National Catholic Register Link to Brain Death
Pay attention to what Trump lies about most by Religion News Service Link to Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
‘Season of Creation’ – everything and everyone is connected! by Tony Magliano
US confirms first human bird flu case with no known animal exposure by Kayla Epstein BBC Link to Avian Influenza
New Hampshire resident dies from rare mosquito-borne diseases by Anna Betts The Guardian Link to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
President of Morning Star Resigns, Then Admits Sexual Misconduct by Rebecca Hopkins The Royce Report
Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by Thomas Schlachter CNN Link to Sports and to Parkinson’s Disease
Arizona immigration proposal ‘harmful,’ state bishops say by John Lavenburg Crux Link to Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants
First Jan 6 rioter to enter Capitol building sentenced to prison by Mike Wendling BBC Link to Domestic Terrorism/Insurrection/Sedition
Judge sentences former Jewish Press editor to 4 months for his role Jan. 6 Capitol breach by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Southern California Pastor Out on $500,000 Bond Following Arrest for Child Sex Abuse Charges by Dale Chamberlain Church Leaders Link to Protestant Sexual Violence Against Minors
Dana Perino Leaves 'The Five' and SparksMajor Lawsuit Against Network: Her Response on Air by Snopes Link to Media
Tennessee Pastor Takes His Life Hours After Being Accused of Molesting a Child by Sheila Stogsdill The Roys Report Link to Suicide
Police Arrest Michigan Pastor For Allegedly Hiding Camera In Church Bathroom by Mark Tanos The Stream/Daily Caller Foundation
Former youth pastor sentenced on child pornography charge by US Attorney's Office Western District of NY Link to Pornography Challenges
Six decades later, victim of notorious predatory priest gets some justice — and peace by Kenneth Armstrong Village Report Link to Catholic Sexual Violence Against Minors
Influential Philadelphia Megachurch Pastor Sentenced Up to 12 Years for Sexually Assaulting Children Link to Protestant Sexual Violence Against Minors
Canada government sued to allow euthanasia for mental illness by CathNews New Zealand Link to Euthanasia
Canada man charged with terror over far-right videos by Tom Housden BBC News Link to Terrorism
Quebec Catholic monks face class actions over decades of alleged sexual abuse by France 24
The Meeting House, once one of Canada’s largest churches, shuts down after scandal by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Philippines ‘Son of God’ priest pleads not guilty to child abuse, trafficking charges by Reuters Link to Human Trafficking/Sex Trafficking
Philippines: Dominicans launch climate change and human rights handbook by LiCAS News/Vatican News Link to The Dominicans and to Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders by The Associated Press/Religion News Service Link to Human Trafficking/Sex Trafficking
Pope Francis, free speech and social media by Father Shay Cullen Preda Foundation Link to Social Media
Philippine telecom CEOs could be prosecuted for allowing child abuse, 2 by Shay Cullen Preda Foundation Link to Child and Teen Sexual Abuse General Reports
Solar panels suspected in Brazil church collapse that killed 2, injured 29 by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux
Bishop’s agent for land disputes kidnapped, beaten in Brazil by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux
Drug cartels wield ‘total power’ on border with Mexico by David Agren Our Sunday Visitor Link to Drug Cartels
Searching for the Lost but Not Forgotten in the Borderlands by Jaret Ornelas, SJ The Jesuit Post
UN denounces new human rights violations in Nicaragua by L'Osservatore Romano/Vatican News Link to Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Scandal-plagued Peruvian group pushes back against Vatican inquiry by Elise Ann Allen Crux
Venezuela arrests six foreigners over alleged attempt to kill president by Euronews Link to Attempted Assassinations
New XEC Covid Variant Spreads To 27 Countries, Here's What We Know So Far Link to COVID-19
Denmark and Sweden police operate across borders to tackle gang crime spree by Euronews
French priest braves burning church to save Blessed Sacrament by Grace Porto Catholic Vote
Co-leader of Germany's far-right AfD party fined for using Nazi slogan by Daniel Bellamy The Associated Press/ Euronews
Pope Francis faces criticism for allegedly ignoring sexual abuse claims against French priest by Vivian Song The Telegraph
Nazi symbols and child pornography found in German police chats by David Mouriquand with The Associated Press/Euronews Link to Pornography Challenges
2,395 allegations of sexual abuse at religious schools – inquiry finds by Ailbhe Conneely RTÉ - Raidió Teilifís Éireann Link to Ireland Issues and Challenges
‘Culture of denial’ about child sexual abuse addressed in sermon by Archbishop of Dublin by Patsy McGarry The Irish Times
Schools abuse redress: Concern in Government over costs running into billions by Pat Leahy and Jack Power The Irish Times
The Synod on Synodality, Round Two by Massimo Faggioli Commonweal
AI decodes image from Shroud of Turin to reveal Christ’s face by CathNews New Zealand
Pope Francis faces criticism for allegedly ignoring sexual abuse claims against French priest by Vivian Song The Telegraph
Pope’s Global Alliance for helping children launched by Vatican News Link to Children Leadership Issues, Needs, and Challenges
Pope prays for storm victims in central and eastern Europe by Christopher Wells Vatican News
Church and state cross swords in Italy over immigration, autonomy by Crux
Celibacy debate heightens as popular priest resigns for love by CathNews New Zealand Link to Sex, Sexuality, and Celibacy
Polish church defends religious teaching against new government curbs by Jonathan Luxmoore Our Sunday Visitor
Five convicts escape from Portuguese high-security penitentiary in 'well-planned' prison break by Elizabeth Scalia Catholic Review
Sweden’s ‘largest environmental crime’: 11 people on trial accused of illegally dumping waste by Euronews Link to Environment and Climate Challenges
Pope: Young people do not need us. They need God! by Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican News Link to Youth Challenges and Leadership
The Intersection of Mental Health and Homelessness by Samantha Li Justice and Peace Office Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia Link to Mental Health/Illness
Senior Jesuit at prestigious Sydney school jailed for historical child sex abuse by Clare Sibthorpe The Sydney Morning Herald Link to The Jesuits
Jehovah's Witnesses must pay $48k in court costs for failed bid to be excluded from abuse inquiry by Radio New Zealand Link to Jehovah Witnesses Sexual Abuse of Minors
In New Zealand, Antisemitism in the Classroom—and Beyond by Nomi Kaltmann Tablet Link to Antisemitism
Paediatric surgeon wants physical abuse looked into by NOPS by CathNews New Zealand Link to Child Abuse
Educators say special needs, developmental disabilities on rise, blame screen time, pandemic by CathNews New Zealand
Human rights ignored: prisoners kept in solitary for 900 days by CathNews New Zealand Link to Prison Challenges
Catholic Church in Hong Kong introduces major initiatives to combat child abuse by Herald Malaysia Link to Hong Kong Issues and Challenges
Muslim Assn says pamphlet spreads ‘malicious misinformation’ by CathNews New Zealand Link to Muslim Leadership and Challenges
A Dolphin Keeps Biting People in Japan. Researchers Think It’s Just Lonely by Rudy Molinek Smithsonian Magazine
Indonesia arrests terrorist suspects planning attack on Pope Francis by Crux
Rape-accused Pakistani priest arrested for intimidating bishop by Kamran Choudhry UCA News
The hospital struggling to save its starving babies by Yogita Limaye BBC Link to Food Shortage, Famine, and Starvation
Pope discusses prayer and vocation with Jesuits in Singapore by Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican News
Thailand day care massacre an act of 'unspeakable violence,' pope says by Junno Arocho Esteves National Catholic Reporter
Pope discusses prayer and vocation with Jesuits in Singapore by Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican News Link to Religious Vocations
The global response to the Mpox outbreak in Africa will show if lessons from COVID-19 have been learned by Dr Ebere Okereke Chatham House Link to Monkeypox
Burkina Faso diocese holds day of prayer after nearly 200 people killed in Jihadist attack by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux
Congo bishops blast government over carnage during mass prison break by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux
Nigeria: Youth are ‘returning to Paganism" by Agnes Aineah Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
The school hostage massacre that exposed Putin's weakness by Sarah Rainsford BBC News
UN General Assembly supports resolution calling for end to Israeli occupation by Emma De Ruiter The Associated Press/Euronews
Ukraine urges Belarus to withdraw forces away from border and avoid 'tragic mistakes' by Euronews Link to War
Protesters march in Tel Aviv with makeshift coffins to demand release of Gaza hostages by Euronews
Morrissey asks Pope to condemn ‘abomination’ of bullfighting by Daniel Payne Catholic News Agency Link to Animal Challenges
Book Reviews, Excerpts, Commentaries, and Announcements
La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot, Cardinal Richelieu’s Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France by Bronwen McShea Excerpt
Wake Up With Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years by Sister Jean Dolores with Seth Davis Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
The Philosophers Daughters by Petra Vardy and Thora Vardy Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Love in the Eternal City by Rebecca W. Martin Announcement by Our Sunday Visitor
It’s Your Camino: One Couple’s 500 Mile Pilgrimage Across Spain by Kenneth Strange Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Missionary Priest: A Spiritual Memoir by Father Tom Ryan Announcement by Thriftbooks
Blessing by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Commentary by Terri Schlichenmeyer The Washington Blade
Out of the Vortex by David Jones Reviewed by Jared Marcel Pollen Commonweal
Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Century and the Future of Jewish Life by Joshua Leifer Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service Link to Jewish Leadership and Challenges
Newly Not Eternal by George David Clark Commentary by Jane Greer The Catholic World Report Link to Spirituality and Poetry
Horatio Hillbilly by J .D. Vance Reviewed by Peter Quinn Commonweal Link to United States Politics- Part Two
Una luce nella notte di Roma (“A Light in the Night of Rome”) by Father Jesús Sánchez Adalid Announcement by Crux
Film Reviews and Commentaries
The Order Reviewed by Nicholas Barber BBC News Link to Neo-Nazis
Between the Temple Commentary by Michael Woolf Religion News Service
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Commentary by Sean Fitzpatrick The Catholic World Report
Average Joe: The Unwavering True Story Announcement by Joe Kennedy Our Sunday Visitor
Music Reviews and Commentaries
Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage Commentary by Mariam Fam The Associated Press
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