The Catholic Digital News 2016-08-06 (Special Issue: Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2016)

The Catholic Digital News gathers the week's most important news stories involving the Catholic Church and publishes them within a single digital volume. Each edition is beautifully formatted with full-color images and features world, national, and Vatican news, plus opinion pieces, entertainment reviews, and daily Mass readings. This issue covers the events of the week ending August 6, 2016.

THE CATHOLIC DIGITAL NEWS
Volume 2, Issue 6
August 6, 2016

SPECIAL ISSUE: POPE FRANCIS AT WORLD YOUTH DAY 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VATICAN NEWS
Message of Pope Francis to the priests and religious
Pope Francis' off-the-cuff comments to WYD pilgrims
Francis' unexpected stop at a Franciscan monastery
Pope tells 1.6 million youth to avoid 'sofa happiness'
The pope reminds young people of their significance
Panama is chosen to host World Youth Day in 2019
The pope on preparing for the next WYD in Panama
Pope Francis withholds a judgment on Cardinal Pell
Francis refuses to identify Islam as a violent religion
Transcript of Pope Francis' in-flight press conference
Pope creates new panel to explore women deacons
Meningitis death of WYD pilgrim prompts health alert
Pope Francis' letter to a young mother in Chile prison
A papal message to the athletes of the Rio Olympics
A Vatican cardinal calls Amoris Laetitia controversial
Practicing forgiveness is our direct route into heaven

WORLD NEWS
Young postulant says not to be afraid of God's calling
Muslims in Europe attend Masses to honor Fr. Hamel
WYD Panama to revitalize Church in Central America
Project Mater is an oasis of help for pregnant mothers
CRS and Special Olympics aid Kenya's forgotten kids
How Catholic Church will help bring peace to Africans
Murder of Fr. Hamel by IS calls us to say 'yes' to God
Why Middle East Christians are betrayed by the West
A few easy steps on how to aid persecuted Christians
Rio de Janeiro cardinal blesses torch for the Olympics

U.S. NEWS
Cardinal Dolan on political beliefs of young Catholics
Body of drowned seminarian found after saving a life
Recovery uphill one month after West Virginia floods
Friar advocates indulgence to connect with St. Francis
Head Knight of Columbus attacks voting pro-abortion
Fight for religious freedom by Little Sisters gets award
Louisiana court upholds the priest's seal of confession
2016 VP nominees: A tale of two Catholic candidates
Supreme Court stops transgender school bathrooms
A request for asylum in the U.S. could land one in jail
What it's like being a Catholic bishop in 2016 election
Secularists' Satan clubs to drive religion from schools
Biden's gay wedding prompts response from bishops

FEATURES
Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo on martyrdom, then and now
The Catholic Church is desperately in need of artists
Movie review: 'The Innocents' a must-see film drama

SCRIPTURE READINGS
August 7, 2016
August 8, 2016
August 9, 2016
August 10, 2016
August 11, 2016
August 12, 2016
August 13, 2016