CBC Radio-Canada reported that the church was “believed to be the largest wooden church left in New Brunswick.”

“This event has plunged us into deep sorrow,” said Bishop Michel Proulx, O. Praem., of Bathurst. “What an immeasurable loss! So many memories are tied to this beautiful wooden church: baptisms, weddings, funerals, and so many other significant events. Several generations of Christians celebrated their faith there, and it was the precious legacy of our ancestors.”

Jerusalem Magistrate Court Judge Ophir Tischler ruled that the assailant could not be held responsible for the assault.

“The Review Board has concluded there is no reason to believe Father Pfleger is guilty of this allegation,” said Cardinal Cupich. “After careful consideration I have accepted their conclusion and have reinstated Father Pfleger to ministry at St. Sabina, effective immediately.”

“She first sang in a small Pentecostal church, long before the world knew her name,” the diocese said in its statement. “She never hid her faith. It showed up in the hymns she recorded across six decades, in how openly she talked about God.”

“As Catholics, we entrust her to the mercy of Almighty God,” the statement continued. “We pray that Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life, will receive her into His eternal kingdom ... May God grant her eternal rest. May perpetual light shine upon her.”

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome and archpriest of the Lateran Basilica, halted a planned August 7 funeral Mass for a Freemason after the rector of the church where the Mass was scheduled learned of the deceased’s Masonic affiliation and asked Cardinal Reina how to proceed.

“The position of the Holy See is clear: the conflict [with Ukraine] cannot be resolved by military means,” Archbishop Gallagher said in Moscow. “It is urgent and necessary to end the hostilities and plan future relations so as not to remain prisoners of the wrongs of the pass.”

At the conclusion of his August 26 general audience, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Saints Monica and Augustine.

“We write because this video has troubled many of the faithful,” the bishops said in their letter, released yesterday. “For most, the discomfort was not merely at seeing a human skull handled and displayed; it brought to mind necromancy and occultism—the attempt to communicate with the dead, or to seek hidden supernatural power through ritual, outside the worship of God.”

The bishops added:

The crowning of St Agatha’s relic is an act of Christian veneration, not idolatry, and certainly not necromancy or occultism. To anyone asking what it means to crown the skull of St Agatha, the Catholic answer is this: the ceremony honors a woman who, by tradition, remained faithful to Christ rather than renounce her faith. The crown represents a martyr’s victory and heavenly reward; the relic recalls the person who lived that life; and the honor ultimately points to God, the source of her holiness.

The Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council’s Latin American Ministry for Accompaniment and Prevention of Addictions and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission also helped organize the meeting, which began on August 25 and concludes today.

Praedicate Evangelium, the 2022 apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, provides that members of the dicasteries meet (typically) every two years in plenary session to discuss “matters and questions of greater importance.” Other American members of the dicastery include Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington and Helen Alvare, a law school professor known for her pro-life commitment.