From Europe’s wildfires to Vatican news and religious freedom battles, here are this week’s top Catholic stories.
Europe battles devastating wildfires
More than 300,000 people have been evacuated across Europe this week as wildfires continue to spread through France and Spain. Hundreds of thousands of acres have been consumed by the fires.
In Spain, the blaze is the largest forest fire in the history of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, having burned around 190,000 acres – an area almost the size of New York City.
