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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.

One in six pregnancies now ends in abortion, Irish data reveals

Department of Health figures show that 10,600 abortions took place in Ireland in 2025, prompting renewed calls from pro-life campaigners for greater support for women with unplanned pregnancies
The Catholic Herald

Spanish cardinal denies accusations of sexual assault

Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero is temporarily stepping back from public ministry following accusations of “inappropriate behaviour towards adult women”
The Catholic Herald

ICKSP ordains new priests amid growth in traditional seminaries

The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest has marked a week of ordinations and investiture as traditional seminaries continue to report growing numbers of vocations
Corrie Douglas-Young

New German Bishop open to women priests

Bishop Christian Würtz, who supported controversial German Synodal Way proposals on homosexuality and women’s ministries, has been appointed Bishop of Eichstätt
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Varela: ‘The liturgy of Vatican II must be celebrated properly’

Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela has praised Summorum Pontificum and appealed for an end to liturgical abuses while urging understanding for those devoted to the traditional Roman rite
Corrie Douglas-Young

Bishop Nowakowski: ‘Our hearts are heavy but not broken’ after Kyiv attack

Following one of the largest aerial attacks on Kyiv since the war began, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski calls on Catholics to pray for those affected
Corrie Douglas-Young

Vatican to revisit Amoris Laetitia a decade after its publication

Pope Leo XIV has called bishops to a synodal-style meeting on the family to assess the legacy of Amoris Laetitia and future pastoral priorities
The Catholic Herald

Vigano backs SSPX after Vatican excommunications

Archbishop Viganò says recent Vatican excommunications reveal a growing rupture between the papacy and the Catholic Church
The Catholic Herald

China releases pastor as concerns remain for Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai remains in prison despite diplomatic efforts to see him released
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo says Europe can address migration crisis

Pope Leo XIV says that migration crisis needs compassion
The Catholic Herald

Excommunications “unjust and invalid”, says SSPX

SSPX superior general has defends consecrations, rejecting Vatican excommunication
The Catholic Herald

Safeguarding leaders respond to review of survivors’ experiences

Bishop Paul Mason and Sister Una Coogan said the Church would study a new Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency review carefully as it considers further improvements to survivor engagement and support
The Catholic Herald

Calls for the morning-after pill to be sold “in corner shops like paracetamol”

Doctors are calling for the morning-after pill to be sold in corner shops,
The Catholic Herald

‘Those who have nothing are giving everything’ says Venezuelan Bishop

More than 1,900 deaths have been recorded so far in Venezuela since the earthquakes hit
Nathalie Raffray

Thunderstorm interrupts SSPX episcopal consecrations

A severe thunderstorm interrupted the Society of Saint Pius X’s consecration of four bishops at Écône despite Pope Leo XIV’s appeal that the ceremony should not proceed
Thomas Colsy

Fr Stephen Wang named sixth Bishop of Arundel & Brighton

The London-born rector of the Venerable English College and former Westminster university chaplain will be consecrated and installed at Arundel Cathedral later this autumn
The Catholic Herald

Pope sends initial €100,000 to earthquake-hit Venezuela

Catholic parishes and Caritas networks are sheltering displaced families as rescuers search for survivors beneath the rubble
Thomas Colsy

Arlington diocese establishes chaplaincy for Traditional Latin Mass

The Diocese of Arlington says the arrangement will provide pastoral care for Catholics attached to the Extraordinary Form
Thomas Colsy

Court clears Philippine bishop over anti-mining barricades

Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong said defending watersheds and indigenous lands is “not a crime but a shared moral responsibility”
Thomas Colsy

Pope Leo: Peter and Paul show the Church’s unity in diversity

At the Angelus for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Pope said Christian witness should be marked by service, reconciliation and honest dialogue
The Catholic Herald

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