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Medjugorje Suspect Detained, Trumps Recognizes Blessed Stanley Rother, Florida Bishops Condemn Double Execution, and Sigrid Undset's American Popularity
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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 29, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.
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- Police detained a Polish suspect in the Medjugorje vandalism attack as workers restored the damaged statue and altar, while a Catholic filmmaker who knew the man urged restraint over online condemnation ahead of the shrine's annual youth festival.
- President Trump marked the 45th anniversary of Blessed Stanley Rother's martyrdom, honoring the Oklahoma-born priest as the first American-born martyr beatified by the Catholic Church for his sacrificial service in Guatemala.
- Florida executed two death row inmates in a single day for the first time since 1964, just one day after the state's Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter condemning capital punishment as part of "a culture of death."
- Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez told attendees at a Palm Beach event that clergy sexual abuse threatens "faith itself" by destroying the credibility of those entrusted to preach the Gospel, drawing on his own doctoral research into canon law protections for victims.
- Oslo's Bishop Fredrik Hansen described Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset's post-conversion life as reflecting the heroic virtues required for sainthood, noting strong interest from American Catholics helped prompt his diocese to formally begin exploring her canonization cause.
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