Catholic News | August 10

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for September 19, 2017

• Pope Francis sends letter to bishops in Japan
• Special anniversary will be celebrated in 2019 month dedicated to missions
• Four female Boston College students attacked at French train station
• Priest asking young people around the world to sign letter encouraging the pope to canonize Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati at Synod on Young People
• Pope Francis launching Global Migration Campaign September 27

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for September 8, 2017

• USCCB support Conscience Protection Act of 2017
• Pope Francis in Colombia
• Postage stamp issued honoring former president of Notre Dame, Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh
• Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and election of Pope Francis subject of new Netflix film

Kevin Nelson reports on Catholic news for September 1, 2017

• Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, has authorized a special collection in support of the relief efforts to areas devastated by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston,Texas area
• Two members of a Brazilian soccer team that survived a plane crash last year in Colombia met the Pope at the Vatican
• In a joint statement released August 31st, the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, the Conference of European Churches, and the European Christian Environmental Network are inviting all Christians to pray for the world and the environment during a month-long celebration of creation
• Pope Francis met August 31st at the Vatican with representatives of the Conference of European Rabbis, the Rabbinical Council of America, and the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel

• A recent U.N. Security Council statement has said that additional resources and funding are needed to prevent more than 20 million people in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and northeast Nigeria from the prospect of famine.
• A recent report by CBS news showed that Iceland is on its way to eliminate people with Down syndrome.
• After reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption, the pope asked Mary to obtain for everyone consolation and a future of serenity and harmony.
• Monday, August 21st is the big day for the total solar eclipse, which begins in Oregon at 10:18 Pacific Time and ends in South Carolina at 2:43pm Eastern Time.

• Bishop Oscar Cantu, the chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, called for diplomacy and political engagement to resolve the differences between the U.S. and North Korea and avoid military conflict.
• Catholic Relief Services has just released a film focusing on the need to do away with orphanages around the world.
• At the end of July, Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri signed Senate Bill 5, which some say could be the strongest pro-life legislation passed in many years.
• In honor of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Holy See, a unique theater show was brought to the Vatican.
• Father David Hammond, a Navy chaplain who holds the rank of lieutenant, offered a Mass and prayers Aug. 6 for victims, survivors, and families of a Marine aircraft crash off the coast of Australia that killed three.