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Cardinal returns to prison camp where he spent 18 years
At the age of 97, Cardinal Ernest Simoni offered a public Mass at the former prison camp in Albania where he used to offer Mass in secret during his 18 years of sentenced forced labour. Source: OSV News.
Wildfires in Spain force monastery evacuation
Wildfires burning through central Spain forced a community of Augustinian sisters to evacuate their monastery as flames threatened the region. Source: Catholic Review.
Vandals deface statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine
Vandals desecrated two statues of Our Lady and set fire to the outdoor altar of St James Church at the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. Source: EWTN News.
Bordeaux cathedral holds Mass for parishes closed by wildfires
St André Cathedral in Bordeaux, France, held Mass on Sunday for parishes that closed down because of the wildfires approaching the outskirts of the city. Source: The Tablet.
Scottish monks perform illicit consecration
A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a bishop on Saturday in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act and a break from the Catholic Church. Source: EWTN News.
Church in France to honour memory of murdered priest
Ten years after the killing of Fr Jacques Hamel shocked France and the world, the Catholic Church in France is preparing to honour his memory with prayer and remembrance. Source: OSV News.
Swiss churches protest military service changes
Catholic Church leaders in Switzerland have protested the “arbitrary” abolition of traditional military service exemptions for clergy, in a move which could encourage similar changes in other European countries. Source: OSV News.
France’s bishops condemn decision to legalise euthanasia
France’s bishops have strongly criticised a “radical choice” made by French lawmakers to legalise euthanasia and assisted dying. Source: OSV News.
Bishop warns of vocations crisis in Ireland
An Irish bishop has warned that his diocese is facing a parish staffing “crisis” as the “evident reduction in vocations to diocesan priesthood” in Ireland makes itself felt. Source: The Tablet.