Monday, August 24, 2026
German Millionaire Offers 500 Euros for Every Child Baptized
The Pope Arrives, Rupnik Departs: Lourdes Shrine Announces Permanent Mosaic Ceiling by Former Jesuit Accused of Abuse
Covadonga Asturias
Lourdes to Cover All of Rupnik’s Mosaics, Turning a Controversial Artwork into a Test of Healing
Catholic church vandalized in Israel’s capital amid ongoing attacks
ZENIT Staff
Israeli police arrested a local man in his twenties on August 16 on suspicion of vandalizing the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Jaffa, after several religious statues were found smashed and crosses broken
New platform to help clergy turn sermon archives into books
ZENIT Staff
Your Book Pro, a British book-writing and publishing platform, allows Christian leaders to upload sermon recordings, transcripts, notes and existing documents. It identifies the main messages, stories, quotations and recurring themes, then suggests the strongest concepts around which a book could be built.
Pontifical Delegate for the Institute of the Incarnate Word Appoints New Council (With a Majority of External Members) and Announces New Official Website
ZENIT Staff
At the center of the new arrangement is a general council whose members have been approved by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Satué, who has full governing authority over the institute, appointed five principal collaborators
What Should Good AI Legislation Look Like? Leo XIV Offers Guidance to Catholic Legislators
ZENIT Staff
Address to the Participants in the Meeting of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”
What does the Mexican Catholic Church say about MORENA’s reform, which aims to censor news reports in the media?
ZENIT Staff
Mexican Bishops Warn Against the State Becoming an “Arbiter of Truth” in Media Regulation
Canadian Army Bans Service Members from Invoking God: Here’s the Catholic Church’s Response
ZENIT Staff
Canada’s Military Chaplaincy Faces a New Test Over Prayer, Conscience and Religious Freedom
German Millionaire Offers 500 Euros for Every Child Baptized; German Diocese Responds with These Measures
ZENIT Staff
The Diocese of Augsburg has chosen to distance itself from the scheme, identifying a question that goes deeper than the amount of money involved
Questions about liturgy: When Candles Should Be Used
Fr. Edward McNamara
Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.
It Was a Masonic Temple; Now the Church Is “Baptizing” It and Converting It into a Catholic Space, Thanks to Saint Joseph
Rafael Manuel Tovar
The building was home to the local Masonic lodge for nearly a century; in November 2026, it will be handed over to the Catholic educational institution, which will open its doors to the entire Steubenville community.
Iraq’s Court of Cassation affirms woman’s right to be classified as Christian in state’s official database
ZENIT Staff
Country’s highest court for civil, criminal, and family matters affirms right of Iraqi Christian to freely choose her religion, sets persuasive precedent for scores of Christians in Iraq facing serious legal and personal consequences of state-assigned religion.
Nigerian Court Rules Religious Police Cannot Arrest Christian Woman for Converting from Islam
ZENIT Staff
A Nigerian court has ruled that Kano State’s Hisbah religious police cannot arrest Sarah*, a young woman who converted from Islam to Christianity. Christian family that helped her is still facing false criminal charges.
DO YOU LOVE THE WEASEL?
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A political weasel (or a politician using "weasel tactics") is a pejorative term for a figure who avoids taking direct responsibility, uses evasive or misleading language, and shifts positions purely for personal or strategic gain.
The term derives from two key associations:
"Weasel Words": Statements crafted with intentional ambiguity or vague qualifiers—such as "Many people are saying..." or "Mistakes were made..."—to give the impression of taking a stance without making a firm commitment or accepting blame.
Behavioral Metaphor: Borrowing from the animal's reputation for slipping through tight spaces, a "political weasel" cleverly wriggles out of tough questions, broken promises, or controversial voting records.
Common Traits & Tactics
Non-Apology Apologies: Using phrasing like "I'm sorry if anyone was offended" instead of acknowledging wrongdoing.
Passive Voice: Framing controversial actions passively ("Errors occurred") to detach human agency and accountability.
Flip-Flopping: Changing core policies or positions based on polling trends rather than conviction, often denying past statements.
Plausible Deniability: Structuring comments so they can be interpreted in multiple ways, allowing the speaker to walk back claims if backlash occurs.
Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism
Cardinal Brislin joins African clergy in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide
Religion News
Service: Drawing on Africa’s experience of apartheid, genocide and war,
Cardinal Stephen Brislin and nine other Catholic clergy say Israel’s
actions in Gaza constitute genocide — and argue silence is no longer an
option.
Christian
nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often
drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat
The Conversation:
Research shows that people who hold Christian nationalistic beliefs tend
to, on average, also show antipathy toward religious minorities and
racial and ethnic minorities, as well as have sexist and anti-democratic
attitudes.
Notre Dame professor with focus on AI is ‘guardedly optimistic’ about it
National Catholic
Reporter: Although AI can be extremely useful and a wonderful tool,
professor Meghan Sullivan wonders if it will be used to make cold,
calculating, amoral decisions that ignore the value and dignity of human
life.
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
The Associated Press:
A Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed
for settlements with Ivy League universities despite government
investigations that were rushed and incomplete or that failed to
establish legal violations by the schools, former Justice Department
lawyer alleged in a whistleblower disclosure.
A mosque in Ohio was attacked for the third time. Members doubt Trump’s FBI will call it a hate crime
The Guardian: The latest attack happened amid Islamophobic blowback against Arab and Muslim Americans running for office.
‘An unborn child is a child’
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St.
Charbel Trail is a pilgrimage and hiking trail that crosses some of
Lebanon’s most striking natural and spiritual landscapes, linking
monasteries, villages, and historic sites. |
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Dominican Friar Luis Enrique Ramírez explains fascinating facts about the first canonized saint from the Americas. |
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Ecuadoran
lawyer Pablo Proaño’s remarks followed the death due to a pregnancy
complication of Stefano, the son of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa
and his wife, Lavinia Valbonesi. |
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During
his Angelus on Aug. 23, the pontiff expressed closeness to the
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. |
Sunday, August 23, 2026
covenantchurchsd 08.23.2026
We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo
What is the Evangelical Presbyterian Church?
Covenant Church at 30th & Howard is a Christian church in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation and allied with the EPC [The Evangelical Presbyterian Church] We believe the Scriptures to be the infallible Word of God and our final authority in faith and practice, and we find the historic creeds of the early church (the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed) to be vital expressions of the most important tenets of the global church universal. When the EPC started in 1981, we determined that we would not disagree on the basic essentials of the Christian faith, but on anything that was not essential—such as the issue of ordaining women as officers or practicing charismatic gifts—we would give each other liberty. Above all, we committed ourselves to loving each other and not engaging in quarrels and strife. The result is that when we get together in our regional and national meetings, we spend most of our time in worship and fellowship and almost none in arguing with each other.
San Marino, the oldest republic in the world and a ‘laboratory’ of good policies
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The
pope undertook the visit to “encourage the Christian testimony” of San
Marino’s people and contribute to “the construction of the common good.” |
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The Holy Father urged youth to “embrace their mission in the world” and give themselves to God. |
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"Our
heart, so big and capable of loving, should never be closed. Let's find
the way together to build a world of peace and love," the pope said to a
crowd of thousands. |
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The pope urged the assembly to take part in Church life “in the parish, in associations, and in places of welcome and service.” |
North Park Presbyterian Church 08.23.2026
We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo
North Park Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
North Park Presbyterian is a church committed to Christ and His mission for the glory of God and the good of the world. NPP started as a church plant in 2014 with the vision to see people come to know and love Jesus throughout San Diego. We believe Jesus accomplishes his mission in the world through preaching the gospel, planting churches, and loving our neighbors. Pastor Adriel was ordained in 2013 after graduating from Westminster Seminary in California. He served as an assistant pastor prior to planting NPP. Alongside pastoring NPP, Pastor Adriel is the host of a daily call-in Bible answer program called Core Christianity. You can listen to it at www.corechristianity.com/radio. North Park Presbyterian Church is a part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The PCA is a Reformed Christian denomination that places a high emphasis on the teachings of the Bible.
The 5 different lists of Ten Commandments
In
Exodus 20 is this list that is commonly referred to as ten
commandments. But later in the book of Deuteronomy, we have this other
list. And
they aren't exactly the same. And maybe there's a third list, too. I'll
talk about that later. But did you know that denominations disagree on
these?
Alfred Street Baptist Church 08.23.2026
Alfred StreetBaptist Church (Alexandria, Virginia)
Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Pastor
Alfred Street Baptist Church traces its origins to 1803, during the period when Thomas Jefferson served as the third president of the United States. At that time, Baptists in Northern Virginia worshipped at the Backlick Baptist Church on Little River Turnpike. However, in April 1803, members from Alexandria, Virginia separated from them to form the Alexandria Baptist Society. Susan Black, a Negro slave was baptized as its first colored member in May 1803, and soon other coloreds were invited to join this integrated group. In 1806, the colored members formally established the Colored Baptist Society of Alexandria as a ‘conjoined’ church with the Alexandria Baptist Society. This created the first black Baptist church north of Richmond, Virginia. In 1815, its numbers grew when slaves from Mount Vernon Plantation joined the Colored Baptist Society. During 1818, members of the Colored Baptist Society were able to rent property at 313 South Alfred Street to hold their meetings. After 18 years of renting, they purchased the site in September 1842.
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