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Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Stories for week of October 29, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 3

 ‘Ecumenical Mass’ cannot be arranged: German Cardinal Woelki
 Pro-life speakers disrupted at Oxford Student Union
 US bishops’ spokesman sets standards for tax policy
 Italian cardinal: inappropriate to keep ashes of deceased relative at home
 Pope celebrates Mass for prelates who died in past year
 UK Christians and Jews celebrate 75 years of interfaith relations
 German Lutheran leader: Reformation was ‘act of liberation,’ ‘spiritual renewal’
 Westminster exorcist discusses his work
 USCCB official reflects on 15th anniversary of anti-poverty pastoral
 New GOP tax bill would allow ‘529 Plans’ for parochial school tuition
 +Manlio Simonetti, 91
 Nuncio discusses continued violence in Syria
 Cardinal Rai to visit Saudi Arabia in ‘historic’ first for a Christian leader
 Wyoming diocese settles lawsuit with federal government over HHS mandate
 Catholic conference in Rome highlights positive impact of migrants
 Pro-Lifers applaud confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
 Catholic, Anglican bishops call for justice, reconciliation in Holy Land on Balfour Declaration centenary
 Pope prays at Vatican Crypt for deceased Pontiffs, faithful departed
 Mass formally opens canonization cause for Chief Black Elk
 The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer (11/1, full text)
 Catalonia crisis: Sacked ministers held in Spanish jails
 President of US Conference of Catholic Bishops responds to terror attack in New York City
 Aung San Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region torn by Rohingya conflict

Released Thursday, Nov. 2

 Catholic nurse sues Duke hospital over refusal to participate in abortions
 Notre Dame announces plan to drop contraceptive coverage
 Myanmar: Church leaders anxious about papal visit
 280,000 Venezuelan children face malnutrition, Catholic charity warns
 Pope to call for discussion of married priests?
 French diocese won’t fight removal for cross from statue
 Swiss cleric: papal document will revive stalled liturgical translations
 French President Macron accepts honorary title at Roman basilica
 German paper exposes wealth of country’s bishops
 Pope condemns warmakers during visit to WWII cemetery
 Theologian steps down as consultant to US bishops’ committee following publication of letter critical of Pope Francis
 Vatican cardinal challenges Church in Uganda to ‘deeper growth in faith and charity’
 Iraq: Kurdish militias withdraw from Christian villages
 Missionary discusses violence in Niger
 International Lutheran leader commemorates Reformation anniversary in Poland
 Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon at Reformation 500th anniversary service
 Pope’s weekday Mass homily: ‎courage is needed for the Kingdom of God to grow
 Wall of Grief: Putin opens first Soviet victims memorial
 Pope Francis prays for terror attack victims
 Pope Francis at All Saints’ Day Angelus: celebrating the saints who transmit the light of God
 Convert bishop to lead Canadian Chaldean diocese
 Australia: Catholic, Anglican prelates call for protection of ‘Sister Earth’
 Papua New Guinea court declares controversial Australian detention center unconstitutional
 Catalonia crisis: Spanish bishops plead for unity, Catalan Catholics slam Madrid
 Cardinal Dolan preaches resilience as he visits victims injured in terror attack
 As many as 200 N. Koreans killed in tunnel collapse at nuclear test site: report
 Vatican newspaper op-ed examines today’s youth

Released Tuesday, Oct. 31

 Reformation ‘not an occasion to rejoice,’ notes Russian Orthodox spokesman
 In Britain, Vogue magazine details risks of The Pill
 Madison diocese vicar general explains policy on funerals for same-sex couples
 Irish bishop argues the case against legalizing abortion
 Joint Vatican/Lutheran statement hails benefits of Reformation
 ‘Former Priest Says Revered Colleague Was a Predator’
 Beijing expels hundreds of South Korean pastors and missionaries
 Nationalist party: India is not a country for Christians
 Philippine leader’s evangelical backers join outcry against killings in war on drugs
 Egyptian court bans TV show that criticizes traditional Sunni doctrine
 Court: Phoenix wedding invitation designers must serve LGBT customers
 Catholic, Lutheran ecumenical officials discuss Reformation anniversary
 Vatican cardinal, in Uganda, calls for heroic obedience to God, renewed evangelization
 Iraq: Catholic, Orthodox leaders concerned by clashes between government, Kurds
 Pakistan: progress is being made regarding the law on civil recognition of Christian marriages
 Historic Episcopal Church parish decides to remove plaques honoring Washington, Lee
 Canadian Parliament may repeal law against disrupting religious services
 Vatican official writes book on marriage vows
 EU Parliament VP welcomes Vatican-hosted conference on Europe and Christianity
 Italian missionary priest beatified in Brazil
 Pope Francis: Angelus address on Matthew 22:34-40
 Pope outlines his vision of Christian contribution to Europe’s future
 Pope visits 2 Vatican offices

Released Monday, Oct. 30

 Dublin archdiocese withholds statistics amid mounting shortage of priests
 Beethoven by bagpipes at Vatican canonization ceremony
 Boston archdiocese rescinds ban on pro-life petitions
 Papal homily: good pastors are close to their people
 Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester apologizes for ‘betrayal of trust’ on sexual abuse
 Cardinal Müller backs Buttiglione’s reading of Amoris Laetitia
 Chaldean Patriarch worried by insecurity in Kurdistan
 Activists urge removal of Wisconsin bishop after questions on funerals for same-sex couples
 Polish region donates this year’s Vatican Christmas tree
 Cardinal Parolin celebrates Mass for anniversary of Norcia earthquakes
 Kenya’s Bishop Korir, leading voice for peace, dead at 67
 Vatican: Pope not mediating in North Korea crisis
 Indiana court rules that sex offenders are not banned from churches
 British court upholds university’s expulsion of student who wrote that same-sex marriage is sinful
 Egypt: Coptic priest conducts sit-in in his closed church
 Sudan: authorities charge 5 Christians with noise pollution for loud church services
 Honduran bishops, in election statement, call for restoration of democracy, rule of law
 Indonesia passes law against radical Islamist organizations
 Pope Francis recalls 70th anniversary of secular insitutes
 Papal audiences (10/28)
 Pope highlights importance of protecting civilians during conflicts
 Vatican Secretary of State comments on the European project
 In shift of stance, DUP signals hopes for papal visit to Northern Ireland
 University College Dublin: student body president impeached, faces threats for pro-life stance
 English bishop: abortion is ‘the cornerstone issue for any society’
 England’s Buckfast Abbey to celebrate 1,000 years
 Group helps aspirants to priesthood, religious life tackle student debt
 Episcopal appointments (10/27)
 Papal audiences (10/27)
 Cardinal Marx, at Vatican press conference, praises EU, discusses Christian contribution to its future

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