“According to the email, a pregnant woman having a miscarriage was found late last month caught in the [razor] wire [in the Rio Grande], doubled over in pain.” Just sit with that.

The Church of the Gesù in Palermo, Italy, in flames amidst the ongoing fires in Sicily. The nearly 400-year-old Catholic edifice is the major shrine of St. Benedict the Moor—the oldest patron saint of African Americans. (His relics were reportedly rescued from the inferno.)

Cue the outrage.

Sinead O'Connor was "canceled" in 1992 for calling out abuse in the Catholic Church, long before the "Spotlight" investigation. May she rest in peace. nytimes.com/2023/07/26/art…

“It never occurred to anyone that maybe she had a point.” nytimes.com/2023/07/27/nyr…

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Important context here ahead of Pope Francis' #WYD2023 trip to Lisbon by @ncronline colleagues @cwwhiteNCR and Brian Fraga 🇺🇸 🇵🇹 🇻🇦 ncronline.org/news/portugal-…

“When we entangle religious schools to the government … we endanger religious freedom for all of us.” apnews.com/article/cathol…

In an unprecedented act, 100 medical journals are releasing the same editorial about the need to reduce the risk of nuclear war and eliminate nuclear weapons! Health professionals have a special responsibility to prevent what they cannot treat. @ippnw bmj.com/content/382/bm…

Well, THIS is quite the plot twist. nytimes.com/2023/08/01/nyr…

If you ever hear someone say that nobody wants to watch women's sport, show them this.

Outrageous.

“I think the biggest worry was when we have bodies in that ocean that still had not been discovered, and for us to see them snorkeling when we still haven't retrieved all our dead — that was hard," one local said. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

Approximately 300 priests in the Russian Orthodox Church have signed a public letter calling for peace in Ukraine. Repercussions for those who speak out have included being temporarily relieved of their duties, reassigned or even defrocked.

The #Jesuits of Canada and the United States continue to express solidarity with the Jesuits in #Nicaragua after the government revoked the Society’s legal status in Nicaragua. Read the translated statement from the Central American Province: ow.ly/JUoF50PE8f6

On the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the absence of substantive speeches by women at what is considered one of the most famous political rallies in U.S. history is now getting a due corrective, Yonat Shimron writes. religionnews.com/2023/08/24/an-…

The great ⁦@sallyjenkinswa1⁩ FTW: “Is this not what a machista naturally does when he savors a victory in which he has had no role — grab it and grab it now?” wapo.st/3Pc6hbQ

Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit apnews.com/article/new-yo…

More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08…