C&SI - News Magazine from around the world - 2 July 2023 (S03E32)

On this weeks programme John and Shane take a spin around the globe sharing bits and bobs that caught our eye around the Catholic world.  Something a bit lighter as we head into the summer. 

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds including saints for the coming week and ends and our reflection on the Sunday gospel (Mathew 10:37-42). 

Global bits and bobs from around the world:

• Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to St. Mary MacKillop
• German Catholics left Church in record numbers last year
• Four German bishops block funding for permanent synodal council  
• Pope’s move has implications not just for Gänswein, but also Germany
• What will the new altar of Notre-Dame de Paris look like?
• Catholicism in France could soon become a minority, but a more traditional one, experts claim
• Ireland to outlaw prayer near abortion clinics?
• Fatima visionary Sr Lucia declared Venerable
• Drowned 16th-Century Church Emerges From Bottom of Reservoir After Drought
• Ladybugs a Sign of Our Lady? The Enduring Story of How the Insect Earned its Name
• Papal document on St Therese of Lisieux
• Vatican holds rite of reparation after naked man climbs onto St. Peter’s altar
• Traditional Chartres Pilgrimage in France Is a Victim of Its Own Success