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Pope Leo Appeals for Peace and Justice Amid ‘Alarming’ Ceuta Crisis

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Aug. 2.

The Holy Father also prayed for victims of war, recalled the Pardon of Assisi and urged Catholics to witness to the Eucharist by blessing meals and sharing with those in need.

Catholic Advocate Warns of Safety Risks as New York Prepares to Legalize Assisted Suicide

Jamie Towey, the president of Aging With Dignity, speaks with Catherine Hadro on ‘EWTN News in Depth,’ July 31. Advocates say the U.S. is facing troubling assisted suicide trends that put medically vulnerable patients increasingly at risk.

‘Suicide is not a real medical treatment. It is not a solution to suffering,’ Jamie Towey, president of Aging with Dignity, said in an interview with ‘EWTN News In Depth.’

Scottish Bishop Excommunicates Rector of Redemptorists After Illicit Ordination

Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland
Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, Scotland, shown in an undated photo, said that Father Michael Mary Sim, rector of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, has incurred excommunication for his participation in an illicit ordination.

Also in this week’s Catholic world news roundup: Wildfires in Spain spur nuns to flee their monastery, a priest asks for prayers for Gaza, and more.

Jesuit Martyrs and the Tudor Terror

Iakov Kalinin
The Tower of London

COMMENTARY: The stories of John Gerard, Robert Southwell, and other Jesuit missionaries reveal the courage of Catholics who endured England’s fiercest religious persecution.

Bring Your Loaves and Fishes to Jesus

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), ‘The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes’

The Lord still bids us to get busy and join him in feeding the multitudes.