Headlines for November 29, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope says synodality is ‘what the Lord expects of the Church’
 Accused bishop appears in court in Argentina
 Cardinal Schönborn: Vatican officials lied about sexual abuse
 Commericialization of organ donation is ‘morally unacceptable,’ pontifical academy’s president says
 Pope sends $110,000 donation to Albanian earthquake victims
 We must reverse degradation of our oceans and seas, Cardinal Turkson tells UN agency
 At least 47 Christians killed in North Kivu this month
 German anti-abuse association hands over millstone to Pope
 China: religious imagery ripped out of churches, replaced with pictures of Mao, Xi
 26 move closer to canonization, beatification
 Estonia’s president meets with Pope
 Lebanon’s Catholic leaders urge protesters to remain peaceful, civilized
 Nine priests kidnapped in one Nigerian state this year
 ‘We are all traumatized’: an interview with South Sudan’s leading bishop
 English bishops welcome return to UK of Islamic State orphans
 Tabernacle stolen from Texas parish
 Vatican may ‘soon’ release details of McCarrick investigation, Cardinal O’Malley says
 Survey: 74% of US Catholics say cohabitation is acceptable
 Over 11,000 scientists call for ‘bold and drastic’ population policy changes to combat climate change
 +Father Juan Carlos Scannone, SJ, 88

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