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Hello,
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News,
and
this
is
your
OSV
Newscast
for
Tuesday,
July
28th,
2026.
Let's
catch
you
up
on
the
Catholic
News
of
the
Day.
Here
we
go.
One
of
the
world's
most
visited
Catholic
pilgrimage
sites
was
struck
by
a
disturbing
act
of
vandalism
early
this
morning.
Police
in
Bosnia
Herzegovina
say
several
statues
of
the
Virgin
Mary
at
Mejigoria
were
defaced
with
black
spray
paint
and
blasphemous
graffiti
in
the
early
hours
of
Tuesday.
Just
minutes
later,
security
footage
captured
a
man
setting
fire
to
the
altar
inside
the
town's
Church
of
St.
James.
The
parish
has
called
for
prayers
for
the
perpetrators'
conversion
and
confirmed
the
church
remains
open
to
pilgrims.
The
interreligious
council
in
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina
condemned
the
attacks
as
a
profound
insult
to
Catholics
and
an
attack
on
the
peace,
mutual
respect,
and
dignity
of
all
people
in
the
country,
insisting
sacred
sites
must
be
protected
and
respected,
regardless
of
faith
tradition.
Mejegoria
has
drawn
millions
of
pilgrims
since
1981,
when
six
local
youths
first
reported
visions
of
the
Virgin
Mary.
While
the
Vatican
approved
official
devotions
at
the
site
in
2024,
popes
and
church
investigators
have
consistently
expressed
skepticism
about
claims
of
ongoing
daily
apparitions.
Attorney
Jonathan
Backer,
representing
the
diocese,
called
the
federal
government's
position
that
religious
liberty
poses
no
obstacle
to
eminent
domain,
a
stunning
and
legally
untenable
position.
In
a
significant
new
development,
Representative
Veronica
Escobar
of
Texas
introduced
the
Mount
Cristo
Ray
Protection
Act
on
July
20th
to
block
the
takeover.
U.S.
District
Judge
Kenneth
Gonzalez
has
given
the
diocese
until
August
3rd
to
respond
to
the
government's
latest
court
filing,
with
the
administration
due
to
reply
by
August
10th.
The
case
remains
a
closely
watched
test
of
religious
liberty
protections
against
federal
land
seizure
powers.
Pope
Leo
XIV
has
entrusted
two
American
bishops
with
a
significant
role
at
the
very
top
of
the
church's
legal
system.
The
Pope
named
Archbishop
Salvatore
Cordoglione
of
San
Francisco
and
Bishop
Edward
Los
of
Kalamazoo,
Michigan,
as
members
of
the
Supreme
Tribunal
of
the
Apostolic
Signatura,
the
Vatican's
Tious
Court,
established
in
the
15th
century.
Both
bishops
hold
doctorates
in
canon
law.
The
tribunal
hears
appeals
from
the
Holy
Sees
to
other
courts,
with
the
Pope
serving
as
its
supreme
judge.
Archbishop
Cordaleone
thanked
Pope
Leo
in
a
social
media
post,
saying
he
accepted
the
appointment
with
a
profound
sense
of
stewardship
in
service
to
Christ
and
the
Church.
Noting
the
800th
anniversary
of
the
death
of
St.
Francis
of
Assisi,
patron
of
his
archdiocese,
he
asked
for
prayers
to
carry
out
the
role
with
wisdom,
charity,
and
a
generous
heart.
The
two
Americans
joined
five
other
new
members
from
Spain,
Poland,
Germany,
and
Italy,
all
appointed
by
Pope
Leo
on
July
25th.
Over
the
weekend,
Pope
Leo
had
appointed
an
energetic
challenge
for
young
Catholics.
Get
off
the
couch
and
live
your
faith
boldly.
In
three
video
messages
sent
to
youth
gatherings
in
Peru,
Brazil,
and
Portugal
over
the
July
24th
through
26th
weekend,
the
Pope
urged
young
people
to
bring
the
gospel
into
their
schools,
universities,
and
communities
with
courage
and
what
he
called
holy
rebelliousness.
Speaking
to
youth
in
Peru,
he
said,
Jesus
doesn't
want
you
to
be
young
couch
potatoes,
complacent
or
content
with
the
comfort
of
that's
just
the
way
it's
always
been
done.
Echoing
words
Pope
Francis
used
at
World
Youth
Day
in
Krakow
in
2016.
To
young
Catholics
in
Brazil,
Pope
Leo
pointed
to
St.
Carlo
Acutis
as
a
model
of
holiness
for
the
digital
age,
urging
responsible
use
of
social
media
and
artificial
intelligence.
And
speaking
to
Portugal's
youth
about
vocation,
he
offered
a
word
of
encouragement.
Do
not
be
afraid
of
the
restlessness
within
you.
French
political
and
church
leaders
came
together
this
weekend
to
honor
the
memory
of
a
priest
whose
death
shocked
the
nation
a
decade
ago.
On
July
26th,
mourners
gathered
in
Saint-Atienne
de
Rouvray
to
mark
10
years
since
the
murder
of
Father
Jacques
Hamel,
the
85-year-old
priest
killed
by
two
Islamist
terrorists
while
celebrating
Mass
in
2016.
During
the
memorial
mass,
Archbishop
Dominique
Le
Brun
reflected
on
Father
Hamel's
stole,
now
placed
on
the
parish's
church
cross,
calling
it
a
sign
that
Christ
unites
the
worst
violence
and
victorious
love.
Prime
Minister
Sébastien
Le
Cornou,
former
President
Francois
Hollande,
and
Cardinal
Jean-Marc
Aveline
were
among
those
in
attendance,
alongside
Father
Hamel's
sister,
Rosaline
Hamel.
President
Emmanuel
Macron
said
France
would
never
forget
Father
Hamel
and
urged
the
nation
to
defend
freedom
of
conscience
against
terrorism.
Rosaline
Hamel,
known
for
forgiving
her
brother's
killers,
described
her
unlikely
friendship
with
one
attacker's
mother
as
a
witness
to
healing.
We
tried
together
to
forge
a
path
of
resilience,
she
told
OSV
News.
And
that's
your
OSV
Newscast
for
today.
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News.
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