Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary
Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Stories for week of December 31, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 5

 Philadelphia priest sentenced for stealing church funds
 Pope pays surprise visit to children’s hospital
 Brazilian prelates decry violence, exploitation in Amazon region
 Venezuela needs new, fair elections, cardinal says
 New Lebanese ambassador to Holy See
 Pope’s January prayer intention: religious freedom in Asia
 Pope encourages primary-school education in diversity, ecology
 Latvian cardinal joins Kazakh bishops’ statement on Amoris Laetitia
 Cultivate relationship with Christ, Vatican cardinal tells French seminarians
 Catholic minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina suffers heavy discrimination
 Indonesian president urges Catholics to work for social justice and prosperity
 Catholic laity promise new protests in DR Congo
 US Catholic layman fights child, maternal mortality in Myanmar
 Hindu radicals attack a Catholic college in India
 The enduring legacy of now-Venerable Father Patrick Peyton
 Aharon Appelfeld, Holocaust survivor who chronicled its traumas, dies at 85
 In reversal, FEMA says houses of worship now eligible for disaster relief
 Al-Shabaab militants kill 5 police in north Kenya
 Biographical profiles of 2 recently deceased Chinese bishops
 Interview with Cardinal Turkson on 1st year of Dicastery for Promoting Integral ‎Human Development
 Chile looks forward to Pope Francis’ visit
 Ireland stabbing, iron bar attack investigated as possibly terror-related
 Thomas S. Monson, president of Mormon church, dies at 90
 Prelate calls for renewed prayers for Coptic brethren after latest attacks in Egypt
 Papal audiences (1/4)
 Gospel message of hope often is taught by the poor, Manila cardinal says
 New women’s religious community in Wisconsin evangelizes youth
 Suspected Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen kill 23
 New abortion estimates from India prompt renewed push to liberalize law
 New UNICEF chief raises hopes, questions about pro-life stance
  Israel strikes Gaza after repeated projectile fire
 Iran declares that protestors have been defeated
 Judge rules in favor of Atlanta fire chief who was fired after criticizing homosexual acts
 Beijing urges renewed dialogue on Korea

Released Thursday, Jan. 4

 Planned Parenthood: over $500 million in government funding for fiscal year
 Nigerian archbishop prods government on search for kidnapped nuns
 ‘Underground’ Chinese bishop released after seven months in custody
 Philippines: military officers to face charges for 2011 killing of Italian missionary priest
 Beatification near for monks killed in Algeria in 1996?
 New ambassador from Uruguay to Holy See presents credentials
 Papal condolences after bus crash in Peru
 Papal Mass scheduled for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
 VIetnam: conviction of Catholic activist confirmed
 Ireland remains one of Europe’s most religious nations
 Priests meet with Pope as synods approach
 Venezuelan cardinal calls for fair elections, government action against hunger
 Nicaraguan cardinal denounces violence against women
 2018 marks 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae
 European Catholic, Protestant organizations help launch refugee advocacy coalition
 USCCB, CRS urge Catholics to advocate on behalf of refugees, DREAM Act
 UN Secretary-General calls for unity in facing challenges in 2018‎
 India’s bishops, in New Year’s message, decry persecution of Christians by Hindu nationalists
 Suicide bomber kills 11 people in mosque attack in northeast Nigeria
 Congo’s bishops denounce government attacks on churches, peaceful protestors
 Over 3 million children deprived of education in Afghanistan
 Former Irish seminary president named bishop
 Resignations and appointments (1/3)
 Tens of thousands of Iranians take to streets to defend government; more victims and arrests
 North Korea’s 20-minute call to the South establishes contact for 1st time in 2 years
 Pennsylvania organ company supplies organ to the Vatican

Released Wednesday, Jan. 3

 Cardinal Müller: ‘theologically weak’ argument in Amoris Laetitia
 Former papal nuncio in US joins Kazakh bishops in statement affirming marriage teaching
 Hong Kong bishop tells priests to cancel Mass for LGBTQ group
 Topic of Pope’s weekly audience: the penitential act of the Mass
 Italian prelate denounces gambling
 French bishops launch fundraising campaign as number of Catholics declines
 French theologian named to Legion of Honor
 Philippine bishops’ New Year’s message highlights hope
 Israeli archaeologists find 2,700-year-old ‘governor of Jerusalem’ seal impression
 Nations look to Holy See for leadership on migration and refugees, says Vatican official
 DR Congo: priests arrested in crackdown on Church-backed protests
 Kim Jong Un highlights his ‘nuclear button,’ offers Olympic talks
 21 people are dead and 450 under arrest in Iran’s bloody week of protests
 2 Coptic Christians slain in Cairo
 At least 16 dead in New Year’s attack on Nigerian church
 Vatican congregation creates app to assist with homilies
 Irenic meeting between Philippine president, new nuncio
 Pope circulates Nagasaki image under heading, ‘The fruit of war’
 Italian Catholics march for peace

Released Tuesday, Jan. 2

 Kazakh bishops: Amoris Laetitia spreading confusion, ‘plague of divorce’
 Indian cardinal was negligent on property transactions, synod says
 ‘Church tax’ yields record income for German Catholic Church despite declining numbers
 300,000 German Catholic youth collect funds to fight child labor in India
 Turn to Mary’s maternal protection, open heart to migrants and refugees, Pope says in Angelus address
 Pope Francis: look to the Mother of God as the year begins
 Pope reflects on the ‘fullness of time’ as he leads Vespers and Te Deum on New Year’s Eve
 Recognize the primacy of God, Pope says to families on Feast of Holy Family
 Pope expresses closeness to Coptic Christians after attacks in Egypt
 Catholics and Protestants slam Macron’s ‘Kafkaesque’ migrant measures
 Grand imam condemns attacks on Coptic Christians, calls on Muslims to celebrate Christmas in solidarity
 Announce Christ, look to Mary, build peace, Jerusalem archbishop preaches in New Year’s homily

Released Monday, Jan. 1

 Nuncio praises Italy’s openness to refugees
 Albanian bishop pleads for priests, religious to come as missionaries
 Orthodox, Protestant leaders send messages to Taizé youth meeting

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