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Ann Widdecombe, British Politician and Catholic Convert Who Vigorously Defended Church Teaching, Dies at 78
Posted on 07/10/2026 11:49 AM (The Daily Register)
Virginia bishop instructs faithful to avoid SSPX activities (Diocese of Arlington)
Posted on 07/10/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“I encourage any persons locally who have been attached to the SSPX and who desire the spiritual nourishment of the Church and the Extraordinary Form of the Mass to become active in any one of the eight locations in our diocese where this is currently possible,” Bishop Michael Burbidge said in his July 8 statement.
“To my brother priests in the SSPX, please know of my prayers for you and my heartfelt desire for your return to full communion with the Church,” Bishop Burbidge added. “I invite all the faithful to join me in prayer for the end of all division and schism and for the unity of the Church, so that she may better fulfill the divine commission to make disciples of all nations.”
Bishop Paprocki assesses revisions to Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (Pillar)
Posted on 07/10/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, said that “in the Charter revision process, the feedback we were getting was not to make any major revisions, that what we have has been working well—and so that’s the approach the revision process took.” He said that positive revisions include a glossary that defines terms and references to the presumption of innocence and mandatory Church reporting of allegations.
Defending the continued exclusion of the sexual abuse of adults from the document, the prelate said that “one reason is the potential ramifications—currently under the charter and the Essential Norms, we have a policy of zero tolerance and that is not necessarily the case with adult misconduct ... Bringing them into the Essential Norms would be the whole process of having to take that to the Holy See, and just delaying this whole thing, in order to deal with these other issues under the Charter.”
Latin American, Caribbean dioceses advocate against mining abuses (Fides)
Posted on 07/10/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Our only concern is to safeguard the life of every human being,” said Bishop Rafael Valdivieso of Chitré, Panama. “Anything that endangers human health and life represents a serious risk.”
US sanctions are harming the Church in Cuba, Jesuit argues (RNS)
Posted on 07/10/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Father Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., wrote that “while there is growing awareness of the severe humanitarian crisis in Cuba, in large measure brought on by the U.S. fuel blockade, few are paying attention to the damage that decades of sanctions are inflicting on the Catholic Church’s ability to serve the Cuban people,”
“The sisters who bake the hosts for Holy Communion for most of the parishes in Cuba can no longer provide them because they cannot use their ovens due to lack of gas and electricity,” Father von Arx continued. “Churches have appealed abroad for assistance simply to celebrate the Eucharist.”
“The Church has become one of the few institutions capable of accompanying vulnerable families, providing humanitarian assistance and creating space for dialogue,” he added, as he argued that “policies that further weaken the Church’s ability to carry out that mission ultimately harm the very people the United States says it wants to support.”
Paulist priest celebrates Stonewall Pride Mass (National Catholic Reporter)
Posted on 07/10/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“To all those who have suffered because of our Church, please hear this: first, I’m sorry,” Father Chris Lawton, C.S.P., preached. “I am sorry for the times that the Church has not recognized the presence of God in you, and for the times it has implicitly encouraged others to do the same.”
“I want to apologize to our transgender siblings, who continue to face unique injustice in this Church, and at this time in the life of our country as well,” Father Lawton added.
Archbishop Gänswein renews call for repeal of restrictions on traditional Latin Mass (Il Giornale)
Posted on 07/10/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Archbishop Gänswein, now apostolic nuncio to three Baltic nations, said in an interview that Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict’s 2007 document permitting wider celebration of the extraordinary form, bore fruit “especially for young people, and this can be seen first of all in the increasing numbers of the Paris-Chartres pilgrimage every year.”
“These young people are nourished by the beauty of the liturgy; they are not at all opposed to the Second Vatican Council,” he continued. “It is not true that those who have a traditional liturgical sensibility and participate in the Tridentine Masses are anti-conciliar.”
In 2021, Pope Francis repealed the provisions of Summorum Pontificum when he issued Traditionis Custodes, his 2021 document restricting the extraordinary form of the Mass.
Canonization cause for Mother Angelica's spiritual mentor, Rhoda Wise, reaches next step (EWTN News)
Posted on 07/10/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The late Bishop George Murry, S.J., began the cause’s diocesan phase in 2017.
Caritas Venezuela distributes 7,000 tons of food, water to earthquake victims (Vatican News)
Posted on 07/10/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The agency also report that it has received 14,700 tons of humanitarian aid.
Vatican diplomat: GDP fails to capture climate-related risks to island nations (Holy See Mission)
Posted on 07/10/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Addressing a UN discussion on SIDS, Msgr. Marco Formica, interim chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, said on July 9 that small island nations’ “exposure to climate-related disasters, environmental degradation, and external economic shocks repeatedly unmask deep structure vulnerabilities that GDP-metrics fail to capture.”