A Catholic high school basketball tournament in Cumberland, billed as one of the most prestigious in the nation, is going on hiatus, according to tournament organizers.

Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada have apparently spared Catholic churches, though the same thing cannot be said for numerous other buildings.

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y otras apariciones marianas reconocidas muestran claramente cómo la evangelización no requiere planes complicados y explicaciones teológicas elaboradas, sino compartir la fe en “un lenguaje apropiado para todos, comprensible, como el de Jesús”, dijo el Papa Francisco.

Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans and elaborate theological explanations but sharing the faith in “a language suitable for all, a language that is comprehensible, like that of Jesus,” Pope Francis said.

Indiana’s new law banning most abortions finally went into effect Aug. 21, almost a year after the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs filed a suit Aug. 30, 2022, charging that Indiana’s new law violated the state’s constitution.