Stories for September 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 20

 Chinese agents tailed Cardinal Zen at Fatima
 Villanova theologian foresees robot priests
 Biotech executive affirms harvesting brains from intact unborn babies
 Lay group organizes to fill Detroit’s inner-city churches
 Divorce is unconstitutional, say bishops in Philippines
 Leading Nigerian prelate urges government to protect citizens from attacks
 Never forget the horrors of martial law, Philippine bishops urge
 Priest accused of ‘forced conversion’ in Jharkhand released on bail
 Holy Land: Catholic spokesman weighs in on Israeli election deadlock
 South Korea announces new measures to counter population decline
 Cardinal-designate discusses fruits of ‘human fraternity’ document
 Pope donates funds from auctioned Lamborghini to rebuild Haitian seminary, school
 Blood of St. Januarius liquefies on feast day
 Citing abortion concerns, Canadian bishops review their relief and development agency’s partnerships
 New Luxembourg cardinal spent more than 2 decades in Japan
 Maine bishop speaks out against physician-assisted suicide, taxpayer funding of abortions
 Eritrean bishops protest government seizure of Catholic schools
 Ministry is a gift to be contemplated, Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Thursday, Sep. 19

 Eastern churches can shed light on synodality, Pope remarks
 Archbishop Chaput issues warning on Father Martin
 Council of Cardinals reviews feedback on draft of apostolic constitution
 Cardinal Marx meets Pontiff with German bishops, Vatican at odds
 Indiana, Illinois attorneys general investigate after fetal remains found
 Philippine senate considers proposals to legalize divorce
 Peoria bishop issues pastoral letter on the Real Presence
 Archbishop: Synod should make Canadians consider their roles in Amazon
 Irish archbishop warns of ‘dangerous’ uncertainty posed by Brexit
 ‘How a Melbourne seminary became the breeding ground for pedophile rings’
 The Pope is a revolutionary like Jesus, Argentine rabbi says
 Zambian bishops launch Catholic TV
 US rabbi joins committee to promote ‘human fraternity’ document
 Talitha Kum marks 10 years of work against human trafficking
 Pope Francis: Saints Matthew, Stanislaus Kostka inspire us to convert, follow vocation
 Pope appeals for prayers for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
 Majority of Americans support conscience protection in health care: USCCB survey

Released Wednesday, Sep. 18

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

Released Tuesday, Sep. 17

 Cardinal Pell appeals to Australia’s top court
 Cardinal Marx: German bishops will proceed with synod despite Vatican warning
 In China, pilgrims flock to save Marian shrine from destruction
 In Jharkand, man’s relatives kill his young wife because she was Christian and Dalit
 At Polish cross festival, Catholics atone for abuse scandals, vandalism
 Prince Charles to lead UK delegation to Blessed John Henry Newman’s canonization
 Vatican abuse commission members discuss vulnerable adults, survivor advisory panels
 In kickoff to speaking tour, Irish abuse survivor says she is disappointed with global reforms
 It is illogical to divide peoples or deny hospitality, Pope says in peace message
 Pray for people in government and political leaders, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Nicaragua’s bishops call nation’s crisis of trust ‘an omnipresent virus’
 Pope encourages Italian Railways to be ‘increasingly attractive, sustainable, and supportive’
 Italian polio victim, Dachau martyr beatified
 St. Thérèse’s relics brought to Scotland’s largest prison
 Prelates criticize expected cut in US refugee admissions

Released Monday, Sep. 16

 Pope sees good and bad effects of globalization
 Malta’s president meets with Pontiff
 Eastern Catholic churches are path to ecumenical progress: Cardinal Parolin
 Indian cardinal demands release of priest, catechist arrested for ‘forced conversions’
 Hong Kong auxiliary bishop weighs in on protests
 Eritrea’s bishops speak out against regime’s takeover of schools
 Jury returns small verdict in Knights of Columbus lawsuit
 Wisconsin jury acquits accused priest
 Missouri attorney general issues report on abuse in Church
 Ex-priest and Air Force chaplain, once a fugitive in Morocco, sentenced to 30 years for abuse
 Cardinal Cupich: Catholic social ministry challenged by ‘changing face of the family,’ societal polarization, abuse crisis
 Pontiff expresses joy over Russian-Ukrainian prisoner exchange
 ‘With God, no sin has the last word,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope encourages Abraham Community in its work of evangelization
 Transmit the Gospel’s joy and hope to all, Pope tells Venezuelan Catholic youth
 German bishops respond to Vatican criticism of ‘synodal path’
 Central American, Mexican bishops urge more help for migrants
 Congo’s cardinal-designate has lifelong passion for human rights
 Pope renews criticism of life imprisonment
 Ecumenical Patriarch sees gift of St. Peter’s relics as ‘crucial step’ toward unity
 Pope warns against populism

Released Friday, Sep. 13

 German plans for binding Synod violate Church law, Vatican says
 Vatican signs legal accord with Angola
 Pope explains gift of St. Peter’s relics to Orthodox Patriarch
 West Virginia diocese fights false-advertising complaint
 Details published of Bishop Bransfield’s spectacular spending
 No charges against doctor in Dutch involuntary-euthanasia case
 Iraqi Christian library, vandalized by Islamic State, reopens and rebuilds
 China’s religion policy aims to increase state control
 Pope to visit Thailand, Japan in November
 Priests in Tasmania to face up to 21 years in jail if they fail to report abuse revealed in Confession
 US Senate passes legislation to hold China accountable for rights abuses in Xinjiang
 Papua New Guinea bishop arrested for ‘defamation’ of police
 Defend the Christian presence in Nineveh, Cardinal Sako urges
 Wyoming diocese says it’s substantiated 3 more allegations against former bishop
 Timor-Leste’s 1st archbishop aims to unite faithful
 Diocese of Rochester files for bankruptcy
 Synod’s special secretaries discusses ‘why the Amazon merits a synod’
 Vatican UN nuncio laments ‘cycle of violence’ surrounding 9/11 attacks
 Be faithful to your roots and tradition, Pope tells Discalced Augustinians
 Serbia’s president meets with Pope
 Pope endorses event to create a global educational village

Released Thursday, Sep. 12

 Cardinal Burke, Bishop Schneider call for prayer crusade, cite dangers of Amazon Synod
 Bishops must be close to people, Pope says
 Congressman calls on Bishop Malone to resign
 ‘Wars and walls’ do not serve humanity’s good, Pope emphasizes
 2 Planned Parenthood clinics close in Ohio
 South African prelate decries violence against women
 Cardinal Turkson denounces xenophobic violence in South Africa
 Vatican participates in World Water Week discussions
 US evangelical Protestant delegation meets Saudi crown prince
 China intensifies control over ‘official’ religions
 500 Hindu radicals destroy Jesuit college in Jharkand
 In Lahore, a Christian dies of torture in police custody
 Bishops promote reconciliation between Korea, Japan
 Illinois bishop: God will not intervene to end the crisis of gun violence without our help
 Legal dispute in Poland over church built on Holocaust survivor’s land
 Muslim-Catholic committee meets at Vatican to promote document signed by Pope, grand imam

Released Wednesday, Sep. 11

 Chinese ‘underground’ Catholic churches blocked off
 Pope, in general audience, reflects on journey to Africa
 Prominent Connecticut priest credibly accused of child sexual abuse, diocese says
 Vatican authorizes investigation after Minnesota bishop accused of pressuring man to recant molestation allegation
 Priests in Australian state to face up to 3 years in jail if they fail to report abuse revealed in Confession
 In concession to Cardinal Ranjith, Sri Lanka announces independent commission on Easter attacks
 Victory for Constantinople in dispute over Western Europe’s Russian Orthodox
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘free and fair elections’ in Nicaragua
 Santa Fe archbishop calls for ‘hope and healing among the peoples’
 Cardinal O’Malley weighs in on human consequences of immigration policies
 2 Catholic schools, 1 parish destroyed in Bahamas hurricane
 South African Jesuits call on political leaders to apologize for xenophobic remarks
 Report: German bishops rejected Pope Francis-style ‘priority of evangelization’ synodal assembly
 Google doodle honors late German-Pakistani nun who served lepers
 Pope thanks Our Lady upon return to Rome from apostolic journey
 ‘We must obey international institutions,’ Pope says during in-flight press conference
 Leading Vatican diplomat speaks out against nuclear testing
 Don’t sacrifice human lives on the ‘altar of speculation and profit alone,’ Pope tells Mauritius’ leaders

Released Tuesday, Sep. 10

 Report: Deacons ‘celebrating Mass’ in Amazon, Pope is aware
 Prosecution looms in Dutch involuntary-euthanasia case
 Myanmar military drops case against Baptist leader who discussed persecution with President Trump
 West Virginia’s attorney general urges court to advance lawsuit against diocese
 Buffalo auxiliary bishop denies threat to bishop’s former secretary over abuse allegation
 2 priests and a catechist arrested in Jharkand for ‘forced conversions’
 Christianity is not colonialism, Philippine prelate tells nation’s president
 Oman’s 4th parish church is dedicated
 Missouri diocese includes 2 bishops on list of abusers with ‘substantiated’ allegations
 Seattle’s new archbishop won’t live in mansion
 Zambian, South African bishops deplore xenophobic attacks
 Immigration organization founded by US bishops sues Trump administration over asylum policy
 Pope challenges Mauritius’ faithful to foster missionary momentum
 ‘Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary joy,’ Pope says to priests and religious
 Pope prays for workers at stone quarry
 ‘Poverty is not inevitable!’: Pope visits humanitarian project founded by former student
 Jesus entrusts you with a mission, Pope emphasizes at youth vigil
 Be careful of ‘young, rigid priests,’ Pope tells Madagascar’s bishops

Released Monday, Sep. 9

 India: priests and catechists arrested for ‘proselytism’
 Eritrea govt’s latest seizures —schools run by religious bodies
 Cardinal Dolan weighing intervention in Buffalo amid calls for bishop’s removal
 John Finnis rips logic of appeals court on Cardinal Pell’s conviction
 Cameroon diocese is hard hit by violence triggered by country’s political crisis
 1 million attend papal Mass in Madagascar
 Ex-priest arrested for making false statements to FBI
 Court rejects Ohio professor’s objection to required use of transgender pronouns
 EU envoy’s threat of trade sanctions played crucial role in Asia Bibi’s freedom
 Mexican bishops call for recognition of parental rights in education
 Memphis’ 1st bishop replaced on mural after child sexual abuse accusations
 Buffalo bishop’s secretary alleges he was ‘silenced’ on sexual assault claim
 Philippine president will not celebrate 500th anniversary of nation’s evangelization
 Christians caught up in propaganda war between Syrian government and rebels, bishop warns
 3 delegate presidents appointed for Amazon synod
 Be ‘consumed in the fire which is Jesus’: Pope praises vocation of contemplative religious
 Pope pays tribute to Madagascar’s values, criticizes corruption, deforestation
 ‘Love your enemies’: Pope calls for reconciliation in Mozambique
 Pope encourages care for HIV patients

Released Friday, Sep. 6

 Philippines: bishops welcome court decision against same-sex marriage
 Pope arrives in Madagascar on 2nd leg of trip
 Poland’s bishops create child-protection office
 Maronite bishops support appeal to UN against Israeli drone attacks
 Brazilian government should not fear October synod, bishop says
 McCarrick ‘created a culture of fear and intimidation,’ Seton Hall investigation finds
 German bishops press forward with binding ‘synodal assembly’
 English prelate decries arms trade
 Indian archbishop rues ‘freedom of religion’ bill
 ‘Return to Nazareth’ to renew priestly identity, Pope tells Mozambique’s bishops, priests, and religious
 Pope advises Mozambique’s youth to avoid resignation, anxiety
 ‘Foster a renewed future of peace and reconciliation,’ Pope tells Mozambique’s leaders
 Cardinal Etchegaray ‘profoundly’ influenced the life of the Church, Pope says in telegram
 Papal tribute to Colombian cardinal who ‘worked courageously for peace and the common good’

Released Thursday, Sep. 5

 Minnesota court declines to intervene in church demolition suit
 As persecution intensifies, Nicaraguan bishops declare week of prayer
 Russian Orthodox in Western Europe caught between Moscow and Constantinople
 Christians in Jharkand march to protest government harassment
 Cardinal Tobin, other Catholic demonstrators form human cross to protest separation of immigrant families
 Argentine bishops ask government to declare food emergency
 Brazilian archbishop, others warn of ‘imminent risk of genocide’ for some indigenous peoples
 Mexican and US border bishops discuss immigration issues, human rights
 Archbishop Paglia outlines Pope’s vision for John Paul II Institute, reflects on bioethics, technology
 Cardinals Burke, Brandmüller say Amazon synod challenges deposit of faith
 Pope Francis arrives in Mozambique
 Cardinal Tagle calls for love for the environment as Church in Philippines celebrates Season of Creation
 USCCB president requests prayers, donations for hurricane victims
 Pope, on trip to Africa, addresses words to journalists, prays for Bahamas

Released Wednesday, Sep. 4

 Pope: ‘it’s an honor that Americans attack me’
 Buffalo’s Bishop Malone rejects resignation despite new revelations
 French Cardinal Etchegaray, former vice-dean of College of Cardinals, dead at 96
 Pope begins trip to Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius
 Colombian Cardinal Pimiento dead at 100
 Pope orders action as Holy See’s debt swells
 Hong Kong auxiliary bishop calls for ‘Friday fasting’ amid ongoing protests
 McCarrick still denies wrongdoing
 Police investigate Indian bishop for financial breach of trust
 Violators of Indian state’s new anti-conversion law face up to 7 years in jail
 New York bishops support law requiring public school abuse-prevention classes
 Polish, German bishops mark start WWII urging for new peace efforts
 Miraculous cure of Irish woman confirmed at Knock shrine
 Lithuanian cardinal-elect was imprisoned in Soviet labor camps, exiled to Siberia
 Video released for Pope’s monthly prayer intention
 English bishop creates Laudato Si’ oasis
 South Africa’s Cardinal Napier urges politicians to stop inciting hatred
 Australian bishops: Overcome online hatred, division, exploitation
 Pope Francis entrusts his 31st apostolic Journey to Mary
 Pope commends Mauritius for rich cultural and religious traditions

Released Tuesday, Sep. 3

 Sri Lankan archdiocese begins long-term, post-traumatic care for bombing survivors
 For 5th year, delegation of young Catholic priests visits Moscow Patriarchate
 Bolivian bishops criticize ‘predatory capitalism,’ socialist Morales regime for Amazon fires
 Maronite Patriarch denounces incursion of Israeli drones into Lebanese territory
 Nigerian bishops decry Fulani violence, government corruption and ineffectiveness
 Pope receives Focolare leaders
 Middle East Christian leaders meet with Pope
 New cardinals reflect Pope’s emphasis on dialogue, mission, Vatican spokesman says
 Pope, in video message, tells Madagascar’s people their holiness is precious
 Fewer Catholics but more income for the Church in the Germany
 Ukrainian Greek Catholic leader emphasizes synodality, communion with Pope
 Administrative shake-up for Eastern-rite church in India
 Cabinet minister, moderate Muslim leader welcome naming of Indonesian cardinal
 50,000 Christians gather to commemorate 2008 pogrom in India
 Asia Bibi, in 1st interview, pleads for justice for victims of Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws

Released Monday, Sep. 2

 Wyoming bishop a perfect test case for Pope’s vows of accountability
 Bishops in India charge outside forces support rebellious nun
 Treat the person, not just the disease, Pope tells oncologists
 Synod depends on Holy Spirit, Pope tells Ukrainian bishops
 Malaysia’s bishops warn against religious divisions
 Agnes Chow, young Catholic pro-democracy activist, arrested in Hong Kong
 Papal condolences following death of Cardinal Silvestrini
 Colombia’s bishops concerned about FARC reigniting armed conflict
 Former Vatican communication chief, who resigned in letter scandal, given new position
 Martyrdom causes of 5 Iraqis to be presented to Vatican
 Pope highlights World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, upcoming visit to Africa
 ‘Jesus always shows us the way of humility,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope announces names of 13 new cardinals
 Spanish mothers whose children were taken at birth meet with Pope
 Paraguay’s former president meets with Pope for 6th time
 Pope Francis calls for observance of Season of Creation, warns of ‘climate emergency that gravely threatens nature and life itself’
 Pope’s September prayer intention: ‘the protection of the oceans’
 ‘Undeniable existence of evil’: Cardinal DiNardo calls for prayer, healing following Midland–Odessa shooting

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