Headlines for September 18, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican to try 2 priests for alleged abuse of altar boys in St. Peter’s Basilica
 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican
 Pope, at audience, speaks of apostles’ bravery
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ calls for increase in peaceful use of nuclear energy
 Compassion is God’s language, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Cincinnati archbishop anticipates Vatican investigation into handling of abuse case
 Zimbabwe’s bishops denounce government oppression, violence
 Scientists create a device that can mass produce human ‘embryoids’
 Syrian Patriarch says his followers suffer discrimination in Lebanon
 Arizona Supreme Court backs artists who declined to design invitations to same-sex wedding
 Visiting Vatican, 2 US bishops comment on Pope’s ‘Americans are attacking me’ comment
 Nicaraguan prelates decry Ortega regime’s denial of entry to OAS commission
 English bishops call for support for justice and peace in the Holy Land
 Promoting human dignity in Brussels is priority, says new EU bishops’ official
 Massachusetts bishops issue statement on climate change
 Bologna’s cardinal-designate helped broker Mozambique peace deal
 Religion plays ‘valuable role’ in forming culture of peace, says leading Vatican diplomat

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