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Jesuit Refugee Service UK calls Catholic finance leaders to aid refugees

Jesuit Refugee Service UK urges solidarity with migrants, a priest in India is arrest for minor sex abuse, a Maronite bishop is appointed in Mexico, and more in this week’s world news roundup.

Vatican cardinal visits UK to promote interfaith dialogue and peace

The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, is in the United Kingdom for the first time meeting with faith leaders.

‘Do it, do it, do it’: New York archbishop walks the Camino de Santiago

In his pilgrim’s Mass homily, Hicks recalled that “Our Lady of the Pillar wants only one thing from us. She wants us to know her Son and to find salvation through, in, and with her Son Jesus Christ.”

St. Carlo Acutis’ doctors recall his last days in the hospital

Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Following his beatification, his doctors and hospital chaplain recalled their memories of his final days.

UK government blocks Northern Ireland unionist march through Catholic neighborhood

“Nobody wants a return to the past,” Member of Parliament Chris Bryant said in ruling against the planned march down Garvaghy Road.

Priest in Ireland admits to over 100 child sex offenses as bishop seeks Vatican dismissal

An Irish priest pleads guilty to minor sex abuse, Glasgow shutters 24 churches and half its parishes, the UAE gets a new Vatican ambassador, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

Archbishop of Dijon, France, asks for prayers for priest who died by suicide

“Let us entrust him to the merciful love of the Lord,” the archbishop wrote in a letter to the faithful. “Let us pray for his parishioners, shocked by this unexpected news.”

Exorcists discuss cases, emphasize essential role of sacred music and the Virgin Mary in exorcisms

The exorcists discussed the importance of sacred music and the “essential” place of the Virgin Mary’s intercession in exorcisms.

Bishop Munilla shares 5 reasons to pray the rosary every day in October

The Spanish prelate points out that praying the rosary “helps us guard our hearts. It sustains faith, hope, and charity.”

Hundreds pray after Virgin Mary statue desecrated in French Island of Corsica

Corsican Catholics answered the destruction of a Marian statue with a public rosary and prayers for the accused men’s conversion.