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Pope Leo on Nepal Floods, Annunciation Shooting One Year Later, Remembering Dolly Parton, and More
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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 27, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.
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- Pope Leo XIV has expressed deep sorrow following a catastrophic glacial collapse along the Nepal-China border that triggered massive flash floods and mudslides, killing almost 400 people so far, with more than 1,400 reported missing.
- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging the faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and all community members to be "beacons of light" at the one-year mark of a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation School and Church in Minneapolis.
- The Thomas More Society announced U.S. District Court Judge Franklin Valderrama on Aug. 21 placed the temporary restraining order on Illinois' End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act for specific individuals.
- Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, used a visit to Moscow to press for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, urging negotiations backed by the international community.
- The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is remembering the late Dolly Parton -- whose career as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist spanned decades -- as "one of our own."
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