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Pope Leo XIV Pleads With SSPX to Halt Episcopal Consecrations

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San Francisco archdiocese agrees to $395M abuse settlement (CBS SF Bay Area)

The Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, agreed to a $395-million settlement with over 500 plaintiffs who allege they were sexually abused as minors by clergy of the archdiocese.

Between 2020 and 2022, the State of California lifted the statute of limitations for abuse suits. The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in 2023.

“We believe this proposal provides a path toward fair compensation for survivors who have borne the weight of this abuse for a lifetime,” said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. “We have a moral obligation to bring some level of healing and reconciliation to those who deserve our unwavering respect, attention and prayers.”

USCCB issues action alert: 'Call on the US Senate to protect our Haitian neighbors' (CWN)

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) asked the faithful to “call on the US Senate to protect our Haitian neighbors” from deportation.

Pope Leo pleads with SSPX not to proceed with episcopal consecrations (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV pleaded with the Society of Saint Pius X not to proceed with its planned consecration of four bishops without a pontifical mandate.

Michigan AG releases report on abuse in Diocese of Saginaw (Religion Clause)

Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan released a report on sexual abuse and misconduct allegations against priests and deacons of the Diocese of Saginaw.

“During the 75-year period in the report, more than 680 priests served in our diocese. The report details the reported abuse by 37 priests and one deacon,” the diocese stated in its response. “30 are known or presumed to be dead. For the 8 who are living or presumed to be living, none are in active ministry ... The vast majority of reported abuse cases in our diocese are very old, with most occurring in the 1970s and 1980s.”

Cambodia's leading prelate named 'Upholder of the Buddha's Dispensation' (Fides)

Buddhist authorities in Cambodia bestowed the title of “Elder Great Lay Supporter and Upholder of the Buddha’s Dispensation” upon the nation’s leading Catholic prelate and named a primary school for future Buddhist monks after him.

Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P., the vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh, also received from the nation’s king the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia.

Bishop Schmitthaeusler described the award from King Norodom Sihamoni as “a sign of the shared mission between Buddhists and Catholics, which is bearing tangible fruit in the service of Cambodian society.” The prelate added that “the Catholic Church and Buddhism walk hand in hand for the common good of our people and our country,”

Located in Southeast Asia, Cambodia, a nation of 17.2 million (map), is 87% Buddhist and 3% Christian, with 6% adhering to ethnic or Chinese folk religions. Buddhism is the state religion.

Attackers again shoot at German parish (OIDAC Europe)

A month after an attack on a German parish during Sunday Mass, an attacker—or attackers—again shot at the parish’s windows.

The damage to Holy Spirit Church in Hanau, a city of 98,000, is estimated at 6,000 euros ($6,833).

God's grace shines in our lives, as it did in the lives of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

God’s grace shines in the lives of Christians today, as it did in the lives of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV said during his June 29 Angelus address (video) on their feast day.

'The priority now is to rebuild lives,' says archbishop in Venezuela (Aid to the Church in Need)

Archbishop Raúl Biord of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, spoke of the devastation wrought by the earthquakes there.

In La Guaira, “the seminarians were in the building when the earth shook,” Archbishop Biord recounted. “There were some lightly wounded, but nobody was killed, and both the seminarians and their formators were able to leave. We can say that it was a miracle.”

“However, the building is inaccessible, it cannot be used, and it was heavily damaged,” he added. “They lost everything, even their clothes and shoes.”

St. Margaret Mary’s Relics Visit US as Nation Honors the Sacred Heart

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