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Oxford opened the new house on Sunday

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Cambodia’s first temple is dedicated on Sunday

Elder Patrick Kearon dedicated the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple on 30 August 2026. It is the 222nd temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. About 924 square metres on 1.3 hectares.

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The synod got the house

On 29 August Pope Leo XIV’s Mutua Concordia gave Eastern synods an orderly way to restore communion. The Pope stays guarantor.

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The houses of faith got the work

Washington named nearly two billion dollars for faith-based health and disaster partners, the largest such global-health allocation in more than twenty years. World Vision and Compassion are on the sheet.

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The churches are counting themselves

The eighth National Church Life Survey is open through October. Twenty-one denominations are in. Late congregations can still sign the sheet.

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A knight for the family desk

On 25 August Pope Leo XIV named Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. The Vatican bulletin is one sentence. The work is not.

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The campuses filled the class

Hallow’s August study of nearly sixty U.S. colleges finds OCIA participation up 87.6 percent in a year. Newman Centers are outrunning the dioceses.

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The statue went out on the water

Pope Leo XIV became the first pope to ride the Marian procession across Lake Albano. Castel Gandolfo has waited four centuries for that boat.

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