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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Colleen Dulle
A key document listing the names of 3,600 people who were allegedly sheltered by Catholic religious orders in Rome during the Nazis’ occupation of the city has been rediscovered, after having been considered lost.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
A Homily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
FaithThe Word
Victor Cancino, S.J.
September 10, 2023, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings highlight the role of the church’s public voice as it speaks to maintain internal cohesion. 
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
Pope Francis summarizes his trip to Mongolia and thanks Mongolian Catholics for their generous hospitality.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, an influential figure in Democratic politics who was also U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, died on Sept. 1.
Medics stand by the covered bodies of victimes of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Following the tragedy, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued a statement that decried those who “unscrupulously exploit the homeless and the poor.”
Arts & CultureMusic
James T. Keane
Jimmy Buffett was noted for his many silly pop songs in obituaries after his death on Sept. 1. But his music wasn't always just a matter of rum and flip-flops.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Ukrainian bishops did not hold back during a nearly two-hour private audience with the pope.
FaithScripture Reflections
Michael Simone, S.J.
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TIme, by Michael Simone, S.J.
FaithNews
Mark Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Howard University celebrated the blessing and dedication of its Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center on Aug. 28.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Pope Francis mentioned Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., at the close of his Mass in Ulaanbaatar on Sunday. Might this mean the great priest-paleontologist is finally being recognized by the Vatican for his genius?
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
The 30-year-old priest flew to Italy with an unnamed 18-year-old woman who is a recent graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, which Father Crow also attended.
FaithScripture Reflections
Molly Cahill
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Molly Cahill
Pope Francis thanks journalists at the end of his inflight press conference on the way back to Rome from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 4, 2023, after a four-day visit to the Asian country. To the left is Father George Koovakad, the organizer of papal trips. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
On the plane home from Mongolia, Pope Francis answered several questions about this October’s synod of bishops.
Pope Francis waves as people behind him raise a Chinese flag before the pope's Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 3, 2023. At the end of the Mass, the pope sent greetings to China and to Chinese Catholics. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has constantly looked to the peripheries both in the choice of countries to visit and men to make cardinals.. And he has consistently looked to the East where he detects the first signs of a new springtime for the Catholic Church
People hold pictures of Pope Francis with the national flags of the People's Republic of China and of the Vatican as they wait for Mongolian President Ukhnaagin Khurelsukh, and Pope Francis to meet, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in front of a gigantic statue of former Khagan of the Mongol Empire Genghis Khan in Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Among the hundreds of onlookers from several countries at the back of the square were many Catholics from mainland China, present in defiance of an order from the authorities in Beijing prohibiting not only the bishops of mainland China but also the country’s Catholics from traveling to Mongolia.
Pope Francis and Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, pose for a photo with the city's Catholics gathered outside Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Without daily prayer and respect for the structure and unity of the church, “our strength will fail, and our pastoral work will risk becoming an empty delivery of services, a roster of duties that end up inducing only weariness and frustration,” Pope Francis said in Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 2.
FaithScripture Reflections
Valerie Schultz
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
FaithInterviews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Dear, Alana” chronicles Ms. Chen’s involvement in her Boulder, Colo., Catholic community—and with therapy that seemed to use some ideas common in conversion therapy.
FaithScripture Reflections
Kevin Clarke
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke