Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio has announced that John Mary Foster, a priest of the archdiocese, has been found guilty of schism and has been dismissed from the clerical state. Matthew Bunson has more on this and other Church news.

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Archbishop of San Antonio Announces Laicization of Priest for Schism and Disobedience to the Pope

In a First, Jewish Scholar Elected to Lead Catholic Biblical Association

Pope Leo Meets Lebanese President; Security Issues at Center of Talks

Lourdes Bishop Says Shrine Will Cover All Rupnik Mosaics Ahead of Pope’s Visit to France

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Matthew Bunson is Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News and a Senior Fellow at St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter at MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 4 pm and Sundays at 11 am on Ave Maria Radio

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to require 12-person juries in criminal cases, with the bishops arguing against a Florida policy allowing smaller six-person juries in many cases. We talk more about it with Dean John Czarnetzky.

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U.S. bishops urge Supreme Court to require 12-person juries for criminal cases

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John Czarnetzky is Chief Executive Officer and Dean at the Ave Maria School of Law. He also serves as a legal adviser to the Holy See’s Mission to the United Nations, representing the Holy See in negotiations, including establishing the International Criminal Court and several international treaties, including one on the rights of persons with disabilities. Dean Czarnetzky is a lay member of the Dominican Order and a third-degree Knight of Columbus.

On Tuesday a high school student in the Philippines live streamed himself shooting and killing a fellow student before taking his own life. School officials have urged the public not to circulate images or photos captured during the livestream. Marcus looks at the greater social phenomena.

In today’s first reading, the Lord promises that he will give us a new heart and place a new spirit within you. This promise is fulfilled by Christ, who makes us new so we can manifest His glory to the ends of the earth, Marcus has more.

As civil war raged across Guatemala, Fr. Stanley Rother assured his parishioners he would not abandon them: “A shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger.” Now, his story is coming to theaters for two nights only, on August 25 and 26, with a Spanish edition premiering on August 27. Maria Scaperlanda tells us more about the film and his story.

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Learn more about the film

The Shepherd Who Stayed: Blessed Stanley Rother’s Life Story Lights Up the Big Screen

The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma

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María Ruiz Scaperlanda is the promoter of the canonization cause for Bl. Stanley Rother. She is also an award-winning Catholic author and journalist whose books have explored the lives of saints, missionaries and other inspiring figures of faith. She is the author of “The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Blessed Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma,” a widely praised biography of the first American-born priest recognized as a martyr by the Catholic Church.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy in the state of Massachusetts, making it the 11th state to impose no limits on abortion. Andrew Kubick joins us to talk about it.

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Dr. Andrew Kubick is a Teacher and Faculty Mentor of Bioethics at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Ethics Consultant at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, Senior Research Fellow for Public Policy at the Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, and Adjunct Instructor of Bioethics at the Catholic Institute of Technology and University of Mary.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from many walks of life and different backgrounds. Their mission is to enable people to offer their money, goods, skills, time, or prayer, and through this involvement, provide the most effective help to those suffering the effects of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest communities. Jennifer Hartley tells us more about their work.

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Mary’s Meals website

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Jennifer Hartley is the Executive Director of Mary’s Meals

Newly released texts show that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately told colleagues that a reaction some people had after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.” Days later, he told the public that 10,000 pregnant women had received COVID-19 vaccines without any concerning safety signals being detected. “No red flags,” as he put it. Granted, the texts don’t prove the vaccines caused harm. But they do show a gap between what officials knew and worried about privately and what they told the public. All of this makes a court order out of Virginia worth attention. Andrea Picciotti Bayer has more.

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Virginia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Folly

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigation revealed that many patients are wrongly determined to be “brain dead” and are unquestionably alive, by any standard. Dr Joseph Eble joins us to talk about it.

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Opinion: Why it is significant HHS decertified an organ procurement organization

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Joseph M. Eble, MD, is Vice President of Fidelis Radiology and former President of the Tulsa Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. He is passionate about end of life care, adoption, and building bridges between persons of different ethnicity. He has authored and co-authored many articles on “brain death,” most recently “Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action”. He is currently working on a book on “brain death” with co-author D. Alan Shewmon, MD, with particular focus on its reception among Catholics and compatibility with the Catholic faith.

The dating app Bumble was long famous for its rule that women had to make the “first move” with potential matches. This month, it removed that feature – men can reach out first, just like on the hundreds of other apps. Marcus has some thoughts.