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Catholic Relief Agencies Mobilize Across Asia as Storms Trigger Widespread Humanitarian Need

Residents wade through floodwaters after heavy monsoon rains in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on July 12, 2026. Flash floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in Bangladesh in the past week, officials said on July 12, with tens of thousands displaced from their homes.

Caritas Bangladesh and Jinde Charities in China are providing aid after devastating flooding.

Mount Cristo Rey Bill Seeks to Block Federal Land Seizure

A giant limestone statue of Jesus Christ stands atop Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on the U.S./Mexico border.

Two border bishops have expressed support for legislation that would block the government from taking diocesan land by eminent domain for border fence construction.

Pope Leo XIV Urges Peace and Nuclear Disarmament in New Book Foreword

Cover of the Italian edition of ‘Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,’ which includes a foreword by Pope Leo XIV and was published on July 21, 2026.

The Pope invoked Bob Dylan and others in the book ‘Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,’ which was published in Italian on July 21.

‘The Odyssey’: What the Classic Reminds Us About Our True Home

In Lovis Corinth’s 1913 painting “Odysseus in the Battle With the Suitors,” Odysseus confronts the suitors — aristocrats who had occupied his palace and competed for the hand of his faithful wife, Penelope, believing him dead.

Providence College professor Raymond Hain says the most important thing ‘The Odyssey’ shows us is ‘the importance of home, of the challenges and gifts bestowed on us by the permanent and stable things in life.’

Earthquake in Peru: Statue of Mary Untouched as Church Roof Caves In

St. James the Apostle Church in the Chongos Bajo district of Peru, before the earthquake.

The walls of the colonial era church are still standing, but the roof collapsed into the nave. The parish priest estimated restoring the church will cost $2 million.

Spain’s Hit Film ‘Sundays’ Takes Religious Vocation Mainstream

L to R: Nagore Aranburu, who portrays Mother Isabel, and Blanca Soroa, who portrays Ainara, are shown in a scene from ‘Sundays.’

In the award-winning Spanish film, an unbeliever’s camera provokes audiences to take seriously the possibility that God still calls.