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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Here are some articles, essays, and editorials that caught our attention this past week or so.*

Pope Francis greets then-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik during a private audience at the Vatican in this Jan. 3, 2022, file photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Previously unpublished letters add to Rupnik abuse case allegations (America): “A former Jesuit, Father Rupnik is accused of abusing more than two dozen women over several decades. He has denied wrongdoing.”

Why Is the Archdiocese of Washington Less Protective of Religious Liberty Than Maryland? (Daily Signal): “For some, questions of religious liberty seem abstract. For us and our families, they are deeply personal.”

The Modern Axis of Christian Persecutors (Providence): “In China, faith in Christ as the only way to heaven is considered “cultist” theology by the government.”

‘Protect Our Christian Heritage’: Italian and Danish PMs Rally Europe Against Mass Migration (The European Conservative): “Italy’s conservative prime minister and Denmark’s centre-left leader said tighter returns policies alone are “not enough”, arguing that respect for European laws must go hand in hand with respect for European values.”

No, Fauci’s Texts Are Not Proof of a Conspiracy to Hide Vaccine Risks to Pregnant Women (National Review): “Critics of Anthony Fauci are holding up newly released text messages from 2021 as evidence that the nation’s leading public-health authority hid his private doubts about the safety and efficacy of Covid vaccination for pregnant women.”

Thoughts on Theology Today (To Be a Thomist): “After the Second Vatican Council, a certain kind of ‘orthodox truce’ was reached between the kind of theology that has come to be called (somewhat inexactly) ‘Ressourcement’ and a kind of ‘broad consensus’ Thomist vocabulary.”

“The dominant culture has ‘permeated ecclesial circles,’ Cardinal Sarah warns in wide-ranging interview” (Catholic Culture): It is never licit to reduce the Gospel to social and horizontal themes, however relevant, because it is a failure in the very will of Christ, who sent us to preach eternal salvation, and not social redemption.”

Have American Catholics Given Up on Evangelizing? (First Things): “… less than a third of American Catholic and mainline Protestant pastors have an authentic missionary approach to their ministry.”

(*The posting of any particular news item or essay is not an endorsement of the content and perspective of said news item or essay.)


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