CBS News, by Joe Walsh: The Defense Department’s inspector general released estimates Monday on the cost of the Iran war in its first four months, tallying up the cost of expended munitions, damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities and destroyed equipment….

Vatican News, by Isabella Piro: How can humanity respond, from a Christian perspective, to the “ecological and social crisis” into which it has fallen, a crisis that is “short-sighted and suicidal”? This is the question at the heart of the…

AP News, by Shonal Ganguly and Sheikh Saaliq: Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: Floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received…

Vatican News, by Isabella H. de Carvalho: During the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on August 26, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the importance of the liturgical reform enacted by the Second Vatican Council, which encouraged the faithful to…

Katholische Kirche Steiermark: The Catholic Church in Styria opposes the latest call to further relax Sunday rest regulations in the state, following the model adopted in Vorarlberg. Since late June, grocery stores in Vorarlberg with a maximum floor area of…

New York Post, Ariel Zilber: Costco is rationing its Kirkland Signature motor oil as a global shortage of a key ingredient used in synthetic lubricants sends prices soaring — with a 10-quart pack that once sold for as little as…

WTTW, by Blake Thor: A report from the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission calls for a clawback of the separation of church and state, a fundamental American legal principle for more than two centuries.  Speaking at the White House Friday, Texas Lt….

AP News, by Victoria Milko and Niranjan Shrestha: Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices…

AP News: The U.S. government has declared a drought disaster in the U.S. Virgin Islands as dry conditions persist. St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix are all experiencing an extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and no…

WRAL News, by Madison Czopek: The eggs are contaminated with salmonella. Frozen berries have been linked to an E. coli outbreak. Iceberg lettuce and who knows what else might give you explosive diarrhea. Some people have endured the barrage of…

USA Today, by Natalie Neysa Alund and Michael Loria: More than 150 people are dead and hundreds of people, including dozens of Americans, were missing on Aug. 26 after flash flooding in the Himalayan nation of Nepal, the country’s tourism…

CNN: Key developments • Search for survivors: A frantic search is underway for more than 1,300 people missing after catastrophic flooding swamped a China-Nepal border region Wednesday. Dozens of Americans are among the at least 700 foreigners unaccounted for. President…