Saints, shrines and service to others were among the positive news stories OSV News covered this week. Read a selection of this week’s coverage and content below, and on our website osvnews.com. You can also find even more stories on our social media, @OSVNews.
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In the City of Light, a Marian gem shines
Paris is known as the City of Light, and those lights are shining extra brightly these days as men and women from around the world compete in the 33rd Summer Olympics. Such an event presents a unique opportunity for pilgrim sites in the city, including one lesser-known but no less important Marian “chappelle” on the Rue de Bac.
Criticism of Last Supper parody at Olympics continues; US bishop says apology ‘was anything but’
Organizers of the Paris Olympic Games apologized during the Games’ daily news conference July 28 to those offended by a drag performance during the opening ceremony that the French bishops said “included scenes of mockery and derision of Christianity.”
Detroit procession for Blessed Solanus Casey on feast day celebrates his humility, virtues
Blessed Solanus Casey serves as a role model for offering disappointments up to God and bearing wrongs patiently, Bishop Robert J. McClory of Gary, Indiana, told the faithful gathered at St. Bonaventure Monastery to celebrate the porter’s feast day.
Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit
The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long sought as a pro-family and anti-poverty effort.
Warsaw Uprising, a heroic fight against brutal German terror, was full of saints, says author
The Warsaw Uprising that broke out 80 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, was the biggest organized resistance fight in occupied Europe against the deadly German regime during World War II. The uprising was also full of saints and the Catholic Church played a major role in the freedom fight, a Polish book author told OSV News.
Amid devastation of Israel-Hamas war, miracles happen, says Caritas Jerusalem
The staff of the international Catholic relief arm Caritas Jerusalem are expressing praise and gratitude for God’s seeming miraculous intervention on a Gaza church compound July 29.
Cardinal: Without church, there would be ‘no life, no hope and no future’ for many Africans
A leading African cardinal has described the Catholic Church in Africa as “a champion of human development,” saying that it’s precisely the church that makes up for state deficiencies in many places.
Retired FBI agent, clergy abuse survivor and social workers appointed to bishops’ National Review Board
A retired FBI agent will head up the U.S. bishops’ consultative safe environment body, while a clergy abuse survivor, a nursing professor and two clinical social workers are also among the board’s Aug. 1 appointments.
Abuse suits filed against St. Louis archdiocese; 1 names Omaha archbishop, then St. Louis priest
Five civil lawsuits filed against the Archdiocese of St. Louis July 24 allege multiple incidents of sexual abuse of minors and long-standing coverups, with a Nebraska archbishop — then a St. Louis archdiocesan priest — included among the accused.
Art center founded by Father Rupnik pushes back on removal of artwork
The artistic community founded by Father Marko Rupnik, the Slovenian priest accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing multiple women, dismissed calls from survivors to remove the artist’s work, saying such decisions are a symptom of “cancel culture.”
Ministry helps congress attendees ‘encounter the face of the poor’ in Indy
EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL: “You can never know the impact of one encounter,” said Blake Brouilette, Christ in the City’s managing director.
Diocesan Holy Doors will not be feature of Jubilee 2025, Vatican says
CNS ROME: While bishops around the world are asked to designate their cathedrals or other significant churches as special places of pilgrimage and prayer for the Holy Year 2025, the Vatican is not asking them to dedicate and open a “Holy Door” at those churches.
Celebrating Mary in the month of August
FAITH FORMATION: If asked to list Marian feast days in August, most Catholics would respond with only “the Assumption.” But there are other feast days of Mary throughout the month to not overlook.
“The Decameron“
TV REVIEW: Should you watch this new portrayal of a medieval classic on Netflix? Veteran movie reviewer John Mulderig shares his thoughts in this review.
