Catholic Culture Overview
Catholic Culture Overview

Stories for week of January 27, 2013

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 1

 Would-be papal assassin says Ayatollah Khomeini ordered shooting; Vatican dismisses claim
 Charity can never be separated from faith, Pope writes in Lenten Message
 New Chaldean Catholic Patriarch elected, vowed to maintain Christian presence in Iraq
 Obama administration offers new 'compromise' on HHS mandate
 Documents from Vatican Library posted online
 On eve of Super Bowl, New Orleans archbishop rues human trafficking
 Cardinal Dolan’s plan to save Catholic schools
 Archbishop Gomez relieves Cardinal Mahony of duties; Bishop Curry steps down

Released Thursday, Jan. 31

 Split decisions in US courts on challenges to HHS mandate
 Director of Vatican Museums decries looting of Italian cultural treasures
 Vatican, Palestinian negotiators move toward accord
 Vatican donation toward repairs at Bethlehem basilica
 Cardinal Ravasi: young people ‘disconnected’ from their culture
 Pressure from Islamic radicals driving Catholic religious out of eastern Libya
 Massachusetts diocese cancels appearance by Robert Spencer, writer on Islam
 LA archdiocese will not redact Church officials’ names when abuse files are released
 USCCB committee: end life sentences without parole for minors
 Philadelphia priest, schoolteacher convicted of abuse in case related to clergy vicar’s conviction

Released Wednesday, Jan. 30

 Pakistani appeals court lifts death sentence against Christian in blasphemy case
 Some US bishops ready to defy HHS mandate, risk jail
 Lebanese prelate denounces governments supporting both sides of Syrian civil war
 God's love is the ultimate form of fatherly strength, Pope tells audience
 Vatican-Israel diplomatic accord finally near completion?
 Catholic schools see continued enrollment decline, save nation $20 billion per year
 USCCB, in Supreme Court briefs, defends marriage as union of man and woman
 String of attacks against Armenian Christians in Istanbul
 Central African Republic: rebels seize city, loot church
 Philippine bishops blast ‘culture of death and promiscuity,’ will inform voters of candidates’ stances

Released Tuesday, Jan. 29

 Court dismissed ex-Congressman's defamation suit against pro-life group
 Mennonite pastor jailed for refusing to testify in case involving lesbian visitation
 Philippines: pro-contraception demonstrator sentenced for disrupting Mass
 Zambia: bishops warn of mounting human-rights violations, repression of political dissent
 Pope picks young Lebanese Catholics to write Good Friday meditations
 Resistance continues to translating pro multis as 'for many'
 Vatican press conference presents Pope's message for World Day of the Sick
 Pope plans full schedule of liturgical events for Lent, Easter
 Boy Scouts may permit homosexual scoutmasters
 Archbishop Gomez welcomes senators’ immigration framework as ‘first step’
 Evangelical, Pentecostal churches spread in Angola
 Iran sentences US pastor to 8 years in prison for missionary activity
 Judge will hold Obama administration to its pledge to modify HHS mandate

Released Monday, Jan. 28

 Crisis of faith causes crisis in marriage, Pope tells Roman tribunal
 NY Times editorial calls for lawsuits against Cardinal Mahony, removal of former aide
 Pope's prayer for Holocaust Remembrance Day
 Pope reflects on challenges of constantly living the faith 'today'
 Plenary indulgence granted for World Day of the Sick participants
 Papal prayers for Brazilian nightclub fire victims
 Italian bishop confined to home by homosexual demonstration
 Turnover coming in leadership of Vatican bank?
 British lawyers say same-sex marriage bill could lead to other changes in law on adultery, divorce
 Chaldean bishops meet to elect new leader for embattled Church in Iraq
 Altar desecrated at Charlotte parish
 Pennsylvania: accused Franciscan friar commits suicide
 Religious leaders call upon Obama administration to take initiative on Mideast peace
 Kazakhstan imposes fines on 7 missionaries
 Record crowd at March for Life in Washington

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