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Stories for May 2014

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 30

 Italian legislators move to ease divorce process
 Catechism translated into Persian
 Hindu-nationalist leader wants police action against priest-critic
 Vatican plays special role in peace process, says Bethlehem's mayor
 Egyptian Church leaders welcome presidential election result
 Security fears keep Catholics from church in eastern Ukraine
 Detroit archbishop vows action to revive 'shrinking community'
 Pope, Orthodox Patriarch look to new meeting at Nicea
 Pope's prayer intentions for June 2014
 Vatican plans for canonization of six new saints
 Nigerian bishop backs military action to free kidnapped girls
 Prayer is the key to building bridges, Pope tells German Catholics
 ‘Prayer summit’ for Israel-Palestinian peace to take place June 8
 Bishops celebrate Mass at Capitol Hill, press for immigration reform
 Extremists attack Indonesian parish
 ‘Why Pope Francis May Be the Best Politician in the World’
 Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Pope
 Kidnapped Polish priest freed in Ukraine
 Grenade attack on church in Central African Republic; 15 dead
 Nigerian cardinal welcomes sultan’s condemnation of terrorism

Released Wednesday, May. 28

 Russian patriarch charges Ukrainian Catholics promote 'Russophobic' attitudes
 Cardinal Baldisseri clarifies thoughts on 'updating' Church teaching about marriage
 Aide suggested Archbishop Nienstedt should step down
 Vatican calls meeting for charities active with Syrian refugees
 Swiss euthanasia advocates will assist elderly in suicide even without illness
 Laos: Christian students barred from taking year-end tests
 Vandals attack Catholic shrine in India
 Beatification of Pius XII blocked by absence of approved miracle
 Sudanese Christian woman facing death sentence gives birth in prison
 Census Bureau will recognize same-sex 'families'
 Pope recalls pilgrimage to Holy Land
 Pope Francis laments unemployment, decries human trafficking
 English bishops’ conference weighs in on same-sex civil unions
 Improved Church-state relations in Ireland?
 Pro-Russian militia abducts Polish priest in Ukraine
 Cardinal Marx laments European election results
 Australian bishops call for more humane treatment of refugees
 A century after evangelization, significant growth for Church in Cameroon

Released Tuesday, May. 27

 Abducted priest slain in Syria?
 Contemplative community established in China-- first since 1949
 Chaldean Catholic Church to hold synod
 Report: attack on Egyptian monastery
 Pope says 3 bishops under investigation, sees overemphasis on question of Communion for the remarried
 Cardinal Parolin links Israeli-Palestinian ‘prayer summit’ to Syrian prayer initiative
 Belgium’s bishops decry shooting at Jewish museum
 Report: Russian Orthodox Church distances itself from Ecumenical Patriarch’s meeting with Pope
 Vatican officials review accomplishments in interreligious dialogue

Released Monday, May. 26

 Imitate Christ, but recognize sinfulness, Pope urges faithful
 Cardinal says Pope's prayer at Israeli wall was sign of support for Palestinians
 Vatican 'prayer summit' for Israel-Palestinian peace could occur soon
 Pope, Israeli premier differ on security wall, Jesus' language
 Maronite Patriarch visits Israel, despite critics at home in Lebanon
 Vatican launches Arabic-language web site
 India's bishops hope for good relations with new Hindu-nationalist government
 Pope denounces terrorism, calls for freer access to holy places
 Jewish-Catholic dialogue is ‘just coming of age,’ says Pope
 Pope visits Holocaust memorial: ‘what made you fall to such depths?’
 In meeting with Muslims, Pope speaks about Abraham, laments violence in God’s name
 At ecumenical service, Pope reflects on Christ’s resurrection, prays for Christian unity

Released Sunday, May. 25

 Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch meet in Jerusalem, issue common declaration
 Pope Francis arrives in Israel, appeals for dialogue, condemns anti-Semitism
 Overcome violence with peace, Pope tells Palestinian refugees
 Pope invites Israeli, Palestinian presidents to Vatican to pray for peace
 At Mass in Bethlehem, Pope Francis laments the suffering of children
 Pope Francis arrives in Bethlehem, renews call for peace, religious freedom
 Pope appeals for peace in Syria, prays for the conversion of the violent

Released Saturday, May. 24

 At Mass in Jordan, Pope preaches on the Holy Spirit
 Pope Francis arrives in Jordan, calls for religious freedom everywhere

Released Friday, May. 23

 Punish bishops who are negligent on abuse, says top Vatican prosecutor
 Pope angered by VIP banquet held during canonization ceremony
 Brazilian bishop: same-sex couples need legal support
 Search underway for Cardinal George's replacement in Chicago
 Pope does not condemn capitalism, Cardinal Dolan writes
 Over 20,000 Chinese baptized at Easter
 UN committee asks Vatican to order cooperation with civic officials on abuse accusations
 Before trip to Holy Land, Pope prays at St. Mary Major
 Ukraine at threshold of new era, says cardinal
 Attack on church near Bethlehem
 Judge halts enforcement of HHS mandate against 2 religious colleges
 President Obama denounces homophobia, ‘transphobia’
 US religious leaders renew call for Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement
 Nuns attacked in Malaysia; 1 dead
 Nicaragua’s bishops meet with Ortega, outline concerns about nation’s direction

Released Thursday, May. 22

 Orthodox patriarch does not represent us in meeting Pope, says Russian Church spokesman
 Chicago priest at center of abuse scandal arrested on new charges
 Society-- not just marriage-- facing crisis, Italian cardinal argues
 Jewish activists under house arrest for papal visit to Israel
 Security measures may thwart pilgrims hoping to see Pope Francis in Holy Land
 Leader of 'We Are Church' is excommunnicated
 Catholic prelate hopes for new approach from India's Hindu-nationalist leaders
 Pacific bishops discuss evangelization, plight of refugees
 Bishops’ conference official stresses importance of EU
 Nigerian prelate laments attacks, pledges continued Catholic-Muslim dialogue
 Bishops decry same-sex marriage rulings in Oregon, Pennsylvania
 Refugees hope for change following papal visit
 Italian missionary, Burmese catechist to be beatified as martyrs
 Pope Francis: pray for flood victims, Chinese Catholics

Released Wednesday, May. 21

 Vatican representatives backs UN efforts on climate change
 Nicaraguan bishops say candid talks will address tensions with government
 Connecticut pastor removed for 'persistent absenteeism'
 Cardinal visits North Korea
 Synod not just about divorce/remarried, Vatican cardinal says
 American nun urges funding for abortion abroad
 Pope Francis reflects on God’s creation and the Holy Spirit’s gift of knowledge
 Typical new US priest: 32-year-old who prays Rosary, takes part in Eucharistic adoration
 Canada offers to work with Holy See in promoting religious freedom
 Ukrainian cardinal: moral obligation to vote in upcoming election
 Libyan situation has never been more ‘critical,’ says prelate
 US embassy to Holy See, women religious partner against human trafficking

Released Tuesday, May. 20

 Jesuit superior general announces plans to resign in 2016
 Cardinal Tagle: Church teachings on marriage, family are not understood
 Cardinal Bertone under investigation for financial transfer?
 Pope Francis: interreligious dialogue does not entail setting aside evangelization
 Indian bishops issue statement following victory of Hindu nationalist party
 Bishop Pates: address climate change
 Bishops discuss protection of migrant children
 Papal telegram following Colombian bus tragedy
 Ukrainian Orthodox priest killed
 Pope urges Italian bishops: focus on Christ, be united
 Christian refugees detained in Israeli desert
 Christians flee Syria’s largest city

Released Monday, May. 19

 Pope meets with Polish premier, names new Polish primate
 Fight violence and poverty, protect family and life: Pope's challenge to Mexican bishops
 New Vatican panel to hear appeals of clerics disciplined for abuse
 Vatican financial authority reports jump in investigations during 2013
 Tensions in Jerusalem over plan for Pope's Mass at site of the Last Supper
 Jesuit appointed to religious-freedom commission
 Bahrain leader meets with Pope
 Catholic, Orthodox prelates issue statement on meeting between Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch
 1,400 children to receive first Communion at papal Mass in Jordan
 Romanian bishop beatified as a martyr
 Papal prayers for Balkan flood victims
 Pope Francis: Church conflicts are solved by confronting, discussing, praying
 Christ teaches us to accept suffering with ‘trust and hope,’ Pope Francis says

Released Friday, May. 16

 Suffering from head cold, Pope cancels Friday appointments
 Synod officials meet to plan for October sessions
 Virginia’s bishops criticize governor’s review of abortion clinic regulations
 US bishops release details of trip to Iran
 Report documents anti-Christian discrimination in Europe
 Sudan: Christian sentenced to death after refusing to renounce faith
 5 enslaved Christian families released in Pakistan
 Setback for Wyoming diocese, college in struggle against HHS mandate
 Mexico: bishop criticizes official for calling for end to assistance for large families

Released Thursday, May. 15

 Italian bishop wants no 'taboo' on talk of homosexuality, Communion for divorced, married priests
 Pope rejects armored car for trip to Holy Land
 Bishops of Papua New Guinea lament pressure for abortion, sterilization
 Preparing for trip to Holy Land, Pope postpones visit to Italian shrine
 Cardinal Collins urges Canadian Liberal Party leader to reconsider ban on pro-lifers
 Inter-religious conference demands release of Nigerian kidnap victims
 New Zealand's governor-general meets with Pontiff
 Scottish priest who escaped prosecution is laicized
 Pope Francis laments arms trade, forced migration
 Knesset honors St. John XXIII for saving Jews during World War II
 Pakistan: 68 Muslim lawyers charged with blasphemy
 Lebanese Muslim leader meets with patriarch, proposes Muslim-Christian pact
 Sudan: woman at risk of death sentence for converting to Christianity
 Nicaragua’s bishops to meet with Ortega, declare days of prayer

Released Wednesday, May. 14

 Vatican has questioned, not silenced, Indian Jesuit theologian
 Archbishop Chaput expects Pope to visit Philadelphia for September 2015 meeting
 Ignoring violence in Argentina is denial, bishop says
 Pakistan: lawyers hit with blasphemy charges after protesting police actions
 Toxic-waste dumping by Italian Mafia draws papal condemnation
 Italian prosecutors investigating fatal collapse of crucifix
 5 bishops to travel to Washington, lobby on behalf of immigration reform
 Pope Francis reflects on Holy Spirit’s gift of fortitude
 Top Vatican diplomat at UN renews call for ban on nuclear weapons
 Ukrainian Catholic leader meets with Canadian PM, decries Russian actions
 ‘A modern Pope gets old school on the Devil’
 Priest, catechist murdered in Papua New Guinea
 Kenya has become a ‘terrorist playground,’ says cardinal

Released Tuesday, May. 13

 US bishops traveled to Iran to promote bilateral talks
 Beware hardness of heart, Pope says in homily
 Autonomous weapons could dehumanize war, Vatican warns UN
 Vatican sees 'well-founded complaint' in canonical suit on Georgetown's Catholic identity
 Anti-Christian acts raise tensions in Israel as papal visit nears
 Italian Cardinal Ce dead at 88
 Boko Haram aims at heart of Nigeria, archbishop says
 'Black mass' cancelled as hundreds join in Eucharistic adoration at Harvard
 USCCB urges Obama administration to work with Church against Boko Haram threat
 Pope Francis offers advice to seminarians
 ‘The library of Pope Francis’
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: Church did not lead protests against ex-president
 Vatican newspaper publishes defense of complementarity of sexes
 Priest murdered in Canada

Released Monday, May. 12

 Irish dioceses receive high grades for child-protection policies
 Bishops of Central African Republic ask international help to end chaos, violence
 Parish closings must follow canon-law requirements, Cardinal Burke says
 Nigerian cardinal demands 'concrete' action to release Boko Haram kidnap victims
 Vatican cardinal laments violence in Syria, calls for inter-religious bid for peace
 Harvard president will not stop 'black mass,' but will attend Eucharistic adoration
 ‘Bother’ your priests, Pope urges faithful
 Pope Francis ordains 13 men to the priesthood
 Pope speaks of his love for school
 Entrepreneurs must be men of solidarity and prayer, says Pope
 ‘Be revolutionary,’ Pope Francis tells members of secular institutes
 Paul VI to be beatified in October; 4 other sainthood causes advance
 Papal prayers for Christian unity, Egypt’s Christians

Released Friday, May. 9

 Anti-Christian graffiti in Jerusalem blamed on Jewish extremists
 Vatican condemns Boko Haram kidnappings
 Lebanese prelate under fire for plan to visit Israel
 South African cardinal worried about new types of racial discimination
 Pope's challenge to UN: 'ethical mobilization' against a 'throwaway culture'
 Pope emphasizes evangelization in audience with bishops from Ethiopia, Eritirea
 Evangelize everyone, with preferential love for the poor, says Pope
 Pontifical academies’ joint conference on environment concludes
 US Christian leaders urge Obama administration to assist Mideast Christians
 Armenian church leader lauds Pope Francis’s ministry
 Vatican conference explores solidarity, fraternity in business
 Papal prayer, support for Canadian pro-life march
 Israeli parliament to pay tribute to St. John XXIII
 Ukrainian Catholic leader says Russian ‘propaganda war’ is reminiscent of Goebbels

Released Thursday, May. 8

 Vatican officials meeting with Turkish religious agency to explore cooperation
 Vatican warning: firms making false offers of jobs in Vatican City
 Bring light to the world, Cardinal Parolin exhorts pilgrims at Rosary shrine
 Conference focuses on exorcism in 21st century
 Don't be obstacles to evangelization, Pope tells clerics
 Black Mass scheduled on Harvard campus; Boston archdiocese protests
 Vatican appeal for release of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram
 Report: police avert attack on Coptic monastery
 Federal court dismisses suit filed by priest during government shutdown
 Miami archbishop laments ‘broken incarceration policies’
 USCCB announces agenda for June meeting
 Nuncio encourages English bishops to oppose assisted suicide bill
 Vietnamese priest honored for courageous journalism
 Pope Francis: the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christian unity

Released Wednesday, May. 7

 Hispanic Americans leaving Catholic Church in rising numbers, study shows
 Chinese regime: religious faith is a threat to the state
 20 Catholic colleges in US invite pro-abortion commencement speakers
 Vatican City implements new standards for cooperation against money-laundering
 Coptic leader writes Pope, suggests single date for Catholic, Orthodox Easter celebration
 Seattle priest ignored ban from public ministry
 Pope urges faithful to pray Rosary, requests prayers for peace
 Pope Francis reflects on Holy Spirit’s gift of counsel
 Jerusalem Christians to make novena for visit by Pope, patriarch
 Bishops decry anti-Christian incidents in Galilee
 Ukrainian bishops: upcoming election must be fair
 Church attacked in Indonesia
 Vatican cardinal concerned about number of African, Asian priests in West

Released Tuesday, May. 6

 Swiss Guard adds 30 new recruits at 508th anniversary celebration
 Martyrdom is the most powerful witness, Pope says in homily
 Nigerian cardinal distressed by government's failure to local Boko Haram kidnap victims
 Miracle confirmed; Paul VI to be beatified in October?
 848 priests laicized, over 3,400 disciplined for abuse, Vatican official tells UN panel
 Cardinal Burke: ‘the perennial newness of the Gospel of life’
 Ecumenical Patriarch pays tribute to Pope Benedict’s theology
 Russian Orthodox leader decries violence in Ukraine
 Ukrainian Catholic leadership emphasizes: no political activity by clergy
 Cardinal Bergoglio’s tribute upon St. John Paul II’s death
 Dachau martyr beatified
 Coptic pope neutral in Egyptian presidential election

Released Monday, May. 5

 Former ambassador to Holy See hit with harassment charge
 Pope challenges new Swiss Guard recruits to live up to tradition
 Evangelization will bring reconciliation to Burundi, Pope promises bishops
 Shun vanity, greed, power in service to the Church, Pope tells congregation
 Vatican's doctrinal official gives blunt warning to LCWR
 Sudan's planes deliberately bombed hospital, bishop charges
 World's Catholic population continues to grow
 Honduran cardinal raps effects of consumerism on environment
 US Supreme Court OK's prayers at public meetings
 Another UN panel batters Vatican on abuse
 Hagia Sophia to be made a mosque again?
 Pope reflects on Emmaus encounter, prays for Ukraine
 Pope offers Mass of thanksgiving for St. John Paul’s canonization
 Be joyful evangelizers, Pope tells members of Catholic Action
 New pontifical abuse commission: ‘accountability in the Church’ is ‘especially important’
 Pope to visit patients, staff of Gemelli hospital
 Pope encourages Sri Lanka’s bishops to work for unity
 Angolan leader meets with Pope
 Pope thanks Papal Foundation for charitable assistance

Released Friday, May. 2

 Pope rues big-business aspects of soccer competition
 Mexican bishops rap government policies, demand deeper reform
 Irish Church body reports 164 new abuse complaints, mostly from 1960 to 1990
 Pakistani mosque named for Islamic zealot who killed government official
 Welsh archbishop gives Anglican ordinariate space in his cathedral
 Pope wept on hearing of Christians crucified in Syria
 Vatican braces for ideological attack from UN committee
 Vatican reform takes courage, determination, Pope tells new Council for the Economy
 LCWR announces top award for theologian criticized by US bishops
 Google denies shift in policy on ads from crisis-pregnancy centers
 Pope will address UN agency chiefs next week
 English bishop silences conservative deacon's blog
 Coptic text mentioning 'wife of Jesus' shown as a fraud
 China targets Catholic pilgrimage site
 Kenya legalizes polygamy
 15 nations named ‘particularly serious’ religious-freedom violators
 Oklahoma prelate decries death penalty following botched execution
 Federal probe of college sexual assaults includes Catholic University
 3 new members appointed to National Review Board
 Brazil’s bishops discuss priest shortage

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