“I carefully follow the post-electoral situation in this country and appeal for dialogue, the rejection of violence and respect for justice and law. I entrust all Belarusians to the protection of Our Lady, Queen of Peace,” Pope Francis said.

For all intents and purposes, as a liturgical matter Italy’s coronavirus pandemic is over as of today. Beginning today, family members and friends are no longer required to observe social distancing when they come to church, and churches are once again able to have choirs at Mass and the assembly can sing.

El Papa Francisco dijo este mediodía, que en el Evangelio de hoy, la mujer cananea "nos enseña el coraje de llevar su historia de dolor ante Dios, ante Jesús; de tocar la ternura de Dios, la ternura de Jesús", porque "cada uno de nosotros tiene su propia historia y no siempre es una historia "de exportación", no siempre es una historia limpia".

Bibles for Free truck in Portland, parked near the center of the recent protests.

En una nota, la Pontificia Academia para la Vida critica la decisión de actualizar las "Directrices sobre la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo" en Italia, confinando el aborto al hogar. El apoyo a la vida naciente y a las familias -se dice- sigue siendo el lugar de prueba para una sociedad que sabe cómo construir su futuro con previsión.

El Papa Francisco en el rezo mariano del Ángelus dijo a los presentes, que hoy, en la Asunción de María al Cielo, celebramos una conquista infinitamente más grande. “La Virgen ha puesto sus pies en el paraíso: no ha ido solo en Espíritu, sino también con el cuerpo, toda ella”, dijo.

During the Angelus on the feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis said that the Virgin Mary shows us that our goal is not to gain the things here on earth, which are fleeting, but the homeland above, which is forever.

Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., is seen in this 2013 file photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Nate Whitchurch via Diocese of Albany)

Cindy Schiller takes Emmerson Greer's temperature before she can exit the family car at St. Matthew School in Franklin, Tenn., Aug. 6, 2020, as her brother, Chandler Young, waits his turn. (CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

A year ago, Gallup reported that trust in media was at an all-time low... Unfortunately, COVID-19 media coverage has only further eroded our confidence in established news sources. - Peter J. Leithart, First Things

The Bishop of Cefalù in Sicily entrusts a participation in the pastoral care of the parish of St Paul the Apostle to a team of lay people, under the direction of a priest moderator.

In this Jan. 12, 2007 file photo Archbishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz talks to reporters after an extraordinary meeting of Poland's Catholic Church, in Warsaw, Poland. Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Pope Francis continued Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, cleaning house in Poland following revelations about clergy sexual abuse and cover-up, replacing Glodz, the powerful archbishop of Gdansk, on his 75th birthday.(Credit: Czarek Sokolowski/AP.)

Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus, died age 87 in Chile, on Aug. 12, 2020. He died two years after being defrocked by Pope Francis. He faced several allegations of sexually abusing minors. (Credit: File photo.)

A setenta y nueve años de su muerte, recordamos a San Maximiliano María Kolbe y cuya inspiración de toda su vida fue la Inmaculada

El Papa Francisco en su audiencia general dice que al responder a la pandemia del coronavirus, los cristianos están llamados a combatir todas las violaciones de la dignidad humana como contrarias al Evangelio, y a trabajar por el bienestar de toda la familia humana y nuestra casa común.

Pope Francis at his General Audience says in responding to the Coronavirus pandemic Christians are called to combat all violations of human dignity as contrary to the Gospel, and to work for the wellbeing of the whole human family and our common home.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announce the normalization of relations, marking Israel’s first diplomatic ties with a Gulf Arab nation.

Father Aniedi Okure said “Given what the country has been going through lately, with the fallout from (the killing of) George Floyd ...it is something that’s pointing in the right direction. Carol Tobias said, “Sen. Harris supports a policy of abortion on demand at anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances.”

The 121-word message that Cardia says refers to the coronavirus was dated Sept. 28, 2019. Catholic News Service was unable to verify that the message was actually posted on that date.

One kind of ministry, by its nature but also church mandate, shuns the limelight and remains discreet: exorcism.