Catholic Nutshell News: Saturday 8/9/25

Topics include: Cash aid to single mothers fails; Iraq churches are full; How much of the Mass makes it count?; & Not enough churches in Finland

“We see through new tender verdant pecan leaves”

Today's news sources are Aleteia, CRUX, Catholic News Agency, National Catholic Register, First Things, and The Catholic Thing. (Catholic Nutshell is a subscription service for faithful, hopeful, & curious Catholics willing to exercise their Catholic News Muscle)