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Stories for week of November 12, 2017
Ordered from most to least recent.
Released Friday, Nov. 17
Pope sends video message to Myanmar in advance of visit
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Vatican press office profiles Church in Myanmar before Pope’s visit
Italian bishops deny funeral for notorious Mafia boss
Papal intervention resolves Catholic-Syriac dispute on church property in Istanbul
English city council vows to block pro-life prayer vigils
Irish archbishop: role of women and abuse scandal have alienate youth from Church
Chaldean prelate: Iran needs new constitution to revive secular rule
Bishops of Korea, Japan join in call for peace in Asia, decry saber-rattling
Buddhist-Catholic dialogue on nonviolence concludes with joint statement
House tax reform bill ‘unacceptable’ as written, say US bishops chairmen
Resignations and appointments (11/16)
Papal audiences (11/16)
Ecuador’s bishops emphasize importance of stable families, parental rights in education
Vatican Secretary of State laments global disparity in access to basic health care
Leading Mexican prelate: recent natural disasters have spurred some to turn to God, help others
Dangerous abortion drug pulled in France still pushed on global south
US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body
At Nigeria’s reconsecration to Our Lady, participants reported seeing the sun dance
Missionary priest, abducted in Nigeria and released, meets with Pope
Pope Emeritus Benedict pays tribute to St. Bonaventure
Pope Francis: through the Holy Spirit, the kingdom of God grows quietly within us
France and Germany call for greater effort to curb climate change
‘Worried’ UN appeals for peaceful end to Zimbabwe crisis
Released Thursday, Nov. 16
Egyptian court hands down death sentence for killer of Coptic priest
Saudi media cite Lebanese cardinal’s visit as sign of warmer ties
China gives recognition to another bishop approved by Holy See
Euthanasia is always wrong, Pope insists, in message to Pontifical Academy for Life
Pope urges priests to develop ‘spirituality of communion’
Islamic group issues threat of Christmas attack on Vatican
Austrian president meets with Pope
Belgian priest faces charges for failing to reveal man’s suicide plans
US bishops choose Synod delegates
FBI: 62 anti-Catholic hate crimes in 2016
Papal message to UN climate change conference
‘Resilience, resistance, and persistence’ is theme of annual mainline Protestant ecumenical gathering
FBI requests Planned Parenthood documents, signaling possible investigation
Pakistan: protestors take to streets, demand death of Asia Bibi
Patriarch Kirill asks Putin to back prisoner exchange proposal in eastern Ukraine
7 million face starvation, lack of medical care in Yemen
Vatican official: World Day of the Poor is opportunity to be with the poor, change attitudes about poverty
California bishop laments school shooting
San Antonio archbishop decries racism, divisive rhetoric
Resignations and appointments (11/15)
France, Germany urge more action on climate after Trump quits
US bishops vote for conference secretary, chairman and chairmen-elect of 6 committees
UN criticizes EU migration policy toward Libya as ‘inhuman’
Zimbabwe coup: Mugabe remains under house arrest while priest mediates dictator’s ‘honorable exit’
‘The Mass is prayer’: full text of Pope’s 11/15 general audience
Released Wednesday, Nov. 15
Vatican ‘foreign minister’ hopes for more international action on climate change
Lamborghini donated to Pope
Conflicting advice for Pope on mentioning Rohingya during visit to Myanmar
Maronite Patriarch, in Saudi Arabia, meets with outgoing Lebanese premier
Australians back same-sex marriage in national poll
Profile of a psychiatrist who evaluates patients for exorcists
Indonesia: protestors decry appearance of Jakarta’s Muslim governor at Jesuit school
Zimbabwe archdiocese: the military has taken control of nation’s capital
Buddhist-Catholic dialogue focuses on nonviolence
Missionary order: western media spread ‘massive disinformation’ about Africa
Vatican announces initiatives for 1st World Day of the Poor
Pope Francis: Wednesday general audience (summary)
Prelate opposes Trump administration’s termination of Central American Minors (CAM) program
US bishops approve 2018 budget, diocesan assessment increase, Order of Baptism for children; elect CRS board
Archdiocese of Detroit begins to develop marriage catechumenate
Russian Orthodox patriarch’s condolences for Sutherland Springs shooting
Cardinal Marx: ‘climate-damaging emissions must be reduced, there’s the world at stake’
Vice President Pence meets with Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Constructive dialogue only way out of political crisis, Kenyan bishops say
Prelate: ‘we are European citizens committed to the construction of Europe’
Pope to preside at special prayer service for peace in South Sudan, DR Congo
Resignations and appointments (11/14)
UK: bishop calls on government to continue resettling unaccompanied child refugees
British Brexit minister offers parliament new vote on any Brexit deal
Thousands of Iran quake survivors living outdoors as death toll continues to rise
S&P says Venezuela has defaulted on its debt
Sexual difference runs deep, new genetic research shows
Austria’s new leader, Sebastian Kurz, seen as Christian chancellor
Vatican gravely concerned about Palestinian refugees in Syria
Syria war: air strikes on Atareb market ‘kill more than 50’
Released Tuesday, Nov. 14
In signal vote, USCCB chooses Archbishop Naumann to head pro-life committee
Scranton diocese, citing budget constraints, to cut adoption and foster-care services
France fuels ethnic tensions in Cameroon, cardinal charges
Maronite Patriarch makes unprecedented visit to Saudi Arabia
Racism still a factor in US, says bishops’ committee chairman
In handwritten note, Pope thanks Colombian soldier for keepsake
Legionaries held offshore companies to control assets, new report shows
One year after release of dubia, Cardinal Burke renews appeal for clarity
Polish prime minister offers to save St. John Paul II statue after French court orders removal of cross
800th anniversary of St. Bonaventure’s birth
Philippines: Muslim militants desecrate Catholic chapel on Mindanao
Religious freedom advances in Indonesia as high court recognizes indigenous beliefs
Bishops warn that Kenya ‘is now threatened with disintegration and conflict’
Central African Republic: tensions flare between Christians, Muslims following explosion at coffee bar
Eritrea seen as ‘Africa’s North Korea’
Consolata Sisters rejoice at Pope’s decision to declare nun slain in Somalia a martyr
Ecumenical Patriarch pleads for greater efforts ‘to save planet’
Zambian prelates discuss youth leaving Church for Protestantism
Brazilian Franciscan brother arrested in Zimbabwe, freed
Pope Francis laments scandal given by Christians who do not live according to their faith
Pax Christi leader weighs in on disarmament, North Korea crisis
Program of Pope’s apostolic visit to Chile and Peru released
Trump says he believes Putin’s election meddling denials
Lebanese prime minister, in Saudi Arabia, denies he’s a hostage
60 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified
Pope sends condolences to Iran, Iraq following deadly earthquake
Released Monday, Nov. 13
Laicized priest resigns academic post after abuse charges become public
Filipino prosecutor charges military officers plotted priest’s death
Cardinal Zen fears Vatican on ‘brink of precipice’ in dealing with China
Retired Patriarch of Jerusalem given ‘Arafat Prize’ for help to Palestinian cause
Papal condolences to Iran, Iraq after earthquake
Cardinal Parolin praises public activities of US bishops
San Diego’s Bishop McElroy: gun control is urgent justice issue
French Cardinal Bernard Panafieu dead at 86
Church of England encourages primary schools to help children explore gender identity
Pope meets with leaders of Roman Curia
Pope Francis: Angelus address on parable of the 10 virgins
Sierra Leone’s president meets with Pope
Resignations and appointments (11/11)
Papal audiences (11/11)
Emphasizing ecology, Pope addresses 11 Pacific leaders
Pope distinguishes conscience from ‘egolatry’
Pope Francis reflects on education in a ‘liquid’ culture
Vatican conference on health care
Resignations and appointments (11/10)
Papal audiences (11/10)
Vatican newspaper article criticizes ‘dissenters’ from Amoris Laetitia
Sutherland Springs church holds 1st service since mass shooting
Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal mark 30th anniversary
6 prominent pro-lifers reflect on Roe v. Wade
Elderly lose their rights as court-appointed guardians sell assets, control lives
Biblical Roman stables discovered in area where Jesus lived and preached
Museum in State of Washington has world’s largest Rosary collection
Scholar: only 1/6 of Catholics in 2050 will be European
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