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Stories for week of November 05, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 10

 Egypt’s Copts face new Islamist threats
 Orthodox faithful split on reconciliation with Rome
 Joint Catholic-Muslim conference issues statement affirming religious freedom
 Chinese regime recognizes ‘underground’ bishop
 Nuclear weapons inherently immoral, Pope says
 Cardinal Bo appeals for reconciliation and rebuilding in Myanmar
 Study: prayer ‘may be an effective, safe way’ to cope with anger
 Archbishop Chaput speaks on Amoris Laetitia and the nature of mercy
 EU, African bishops issue statement ahead of EU-African Union summit
 US bishops to tackle immigration, liturgical texts at fall assembly
 Austrian Christian, Jewish leaders issue letter on Kristallnacht anniversary
 Local churches reassess security in wake of Sutherland Springs shooting
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: a needy person is ‘not a problem, but the Living God present’
 Papal audiences (11/9)
 Spain’s constitutional court annuls Catalan declaration of independence
 China, US sign $250B in business deals during Trump visit
 Under pressure, tech giants drop opposition to anti-human trafficking bill
 Trump administration blocks international support for abortion groups at G7 meeting
 Russia says Venezuela accepts $3 billion debt restructuring terms
 Pope urges Ukrainian seminarians to sow culture of peace

Released Thursday, Nov. 9

 Myanmar’s first ambassador presents credentials at Holy See
 Pope names new officials of Congregation for Evangelization
 Cardinal Müller: no exceptions to rule on Communion for divorced/remarried
 Maronite Patriarch huddles with Lebanese president- rumors of visit to Saudi Arabia
 Papal encouragement for conference on Paul VI, justice and modernity
 Vatican to stop cigarette sales
 Indonesia: bishops’ official sees ‘much enthusiasm’ for faith among young Catholics
 Pakistan: attorney laments continued use of blasphemy law against Christians
 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops acquires Catholic.Bible domain
 Chinese priest valued by open and underground Church dies
 Hong Kong: Cardinal Zen visits 8 young political prisoners
 India: rapist of an elderly nun sentenced to life in prison
 French bishops meet, discuss reform of seminaries
 Former Irish president praises impact of Pope’s encyclical on environment
 German bishops speak out against proposal to open stores on Christmas Eve
 Catholic Charities USA weighs in on House tax reform proposal
 Cardinal Nichols, other leaders urge corporations to join fight against modern slavery
 Europe’s Eastern Catholic bishops pledge to proclaim Christ through the sacred liturgy
 Pope recognizes 2 martyrdoms, declares 6 Servants of God ‘venerable’
 Father Solanus Casey to be beatified in November
 Resignations and appointments (11/8)
 Truce between Colombian government, ELN ‘at serious risk’
 Trump to talk North Korea, trade with Chinese leader Xi
 Brazil begins largest-ever tropical reforestation
 Papal praise for Poland’s solidarity with persecuted Church

Released Wednesday, Nov. 8

 Maltese firm, sued by Vatican bank, files counter-claim
 Dallas diocese to downplay ban on guns in parish churches
 Contraceptive coverage will continue for Notre Dame students, faculty
 Step toward beatification for Pope John Paul I
 Papal plea: no cell-phone photos during Mass
 National collection in Germany to support Church in de-Christianized areas of Scandinavia, Germany
 New Vatican emphasis on ‘20 action points’ for migrants, refugees
 President of online university for refugees discusses meeting with Pope
 Pope, in tweet, highlights war’s damage to the environment
 Pope, in weekday Mass homily, reflects on grace of salvation, capacity to love
 Pope Francis begins new series of general audiences on the Eucharist
 Irish bishop: ‘supporting the European project is an ethical and social imperative’
 Nigeria: 4 British Christian medical workers kidnapped; 1 killed, 3 freed
 Catholic schools urged to include students with development disabilities
 Vatican conference on disarmament and elimination of nuclear weapons
 Pope receives Egypt’s Muslim leader Ahmed al-Tayeb
 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine approves $85,900 in grants
 Pro-family advocates criticize Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘hate map’ designation
 Over 1 million face starvation in South Sudan, world’s youngest nation
 Trump admininstration ending protective immigration status for Nicaraguans, delays decision for Hondurans
 International climate change conference opens in Bonn
 Millennials would rather live in socialist or communist nation than under capitalism: poll
 Canadian doctors face questions over assisted suicide, euthanasia for minors
 Indian cardinal addresses symposium on Amoris Laetitia, laments growing secularization

Released Tuesday, Nov. 7

 Two women appointed to lead roles in Vatican office for laity and life
 Pope sends condolences for Texas church killings
 Filipino bishops’ leader: drug trade is worse problem than vigilante killings
 Vatican officials: no truth to rumors that ‘Ecumenical Mass’ being prepared
 Uganda: Church leaders concerned that deepening political divisions may lead to violence
 Anti-conversion law comes into force in Nepal
 India: diocese joins Muslim groups in making Kashmir alcohol free
 US bishops’ conference urges parish involvement in federal budget talks
 Philippine bishops lead thousands in call to end extrajudicial killings in war on drugs
 Journalist, in new book, concludes Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack
 UK: churches to turn red in support of persecution victims
 Church in Philippines holds National Youth Day
 Man who killed martyred Indian nun in front row at beatification Mass
 Pope, at weekday Mass, reflects on God’s irrevocable election of Christians
 Pope Francis receives Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson
 English bishop: the ‘human’ must be put back at the centre of the European project
 Poland: bishops speak out for work-free Sunday and ban on eugenic abortion
 Phoenix bishop launches leadership development initiative
 Vatican workshop on human trafficking
 Cardinal DiNardo on church shooting: ‘a culture of life cannot tolerate, and must prevent, senseless gun violence’
 Papal audiences (11/6)
 Pope Francis: Angelus address on Matthew 23:1-12 (full text)
 Catalonia’s Puigdemont faces possible detention in Belgium on European arrest warrant
 Bodies of 26 teenage girls found in Mediterranean Sea as assault and torture suspected
 At least 75 dead in ISIS attack on camp for displaced Syrian civilians

Released Monday, Nov. 6

 Maronite Patriarch worried about Lebanon’s political stability
 Catholic University to welcome Puerto Rican students for spring semester
 New York deacon killed; halfway-house resident suspected
 Hong Kong drops Tienanmen massacre from schools’ history lessons
 No news about Italian missionary kidnapped in Syria in 2013
 At Vatican, California’s Gov. Brown calls for religious drive to combat climate change
 New papal interview: Ratzinger was obvious choice in 2005
 Interview with Washington florist sued for not participating in same-sex wedding
 Martyred Franciscan sister beatified in India
 Pope at Angelus: Christians must have fraternal attitude
 Malta archbishop tells journalist’s murderers to ‘repent before it is too late’
 Moldova’s president meets with Pope
 Pope encourages work of children’s aid foundation
 Resignations and appointments (11/4)
 To mend a birth defect, surgeons operate on the patient within the patient
 Papal audiences (11/4)
 Sister of Mercy receives $1M prize for work in South Sudan, Haiti
 Archbishop: ‘Unfiltered thoughts slice hearts’
 Pope Francis calls on Catholic universities to turn attention to migrants, refugees
 Philippine Catholics fear silencing of 54 radio stations
 Pope’s prayer intention for November: Christians in Asia
 A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
 Resignations and appointments (11/3)
 Papal audiences (11/3)
 UN official: 66 million people have been forcibly displaced
 English bishop: pray for conversion of lawmakers who would ban prayer vigils outside abortion clinics
 Barcelona cardinal writes pastoral letter on sanctity and love

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