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A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a mandatory 48-hour waiting period for abortions in Tennessee. The waiting period went into effect in 2015. In 2020, a federal judge struck down the waiting period for being unconstitutional. A lawyer with Alliance Defending Freedom praised the waiting period as common sense, compassionate and constitutional. She said many women resort to abortion because they feel it is their only choice.
The archbishop of San Francisco has decried disrespectful responses to the Pope’s recent regulations on the Traditional Latin Mass. The archbishop said the pope introduced the new norms out of a concern for unity. He said he supports Pope Francis, while affirming the validity of the Norvus Ordo form of the Mass, and the Second Vatican Council.
The International Eucharistic Congress will feature a Mass setting in a language spoken by the Romani people in Hungary. The event will mark a significant moment for the traditionally nomadic Romani people, who are Hungary’s largest minority group. The Congress will open on September 5th, in Budapest.
Today is the feast of the Transfiguration. The feast commemorates one of the pinnacles of Jesus’ earthly life, when he revealed his divinity to three of his closest disciples, by means of a miraculous and supernatural light. The feast is celebrated today by both Roman and Eastern rite Catholics.