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Stories for April 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 9

 Vatican Museums to reopen in May
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 Russian patriarchate reaches out to Chinese Orthodox
 Kazakhstan law bans all distribution of religious material
 Cardinal Woelki: Strengthen canon law on clerical abuse
 Arkansas diocese takes no stand on state’s transgender bill
 British court says removal of Franklin Graham bus ads violated religion and speech rights
 Former Franciscan University priest indicted on rape, battery charges
 ‘How many of us will be left?’: Felician sisters face loss, pain
 Pope recalls nocturnal Eucharistic adoration in his youth
 Pope backs multi-faith efforts to eradicate child sexual abuse
 Vatican foreign minister reiterates Holy See’s opposition to anti-Semitism
 Notre Dame to require students to be vaccinated for Covid
 Human rights are undermined when elderly are cast aside, Vatican diplomat says at UN
 Congregation’s lawsuit says gas pipeline violates its religious freedom
 Protestant pastor arrested at Easter under Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion law

Released Thursday, Apr. 8

 Cardinal Burke: Catholic officials who promote abortion guilty of apostasy
 Paris archbishop takes action against priest for ignoring mask mandate
 American priest’s unceremonious departure shows Vatican communication problem
 Economic recovery must produce new global model, Pope tells IMF leaders
 Leading German, Swiss bishops praise Father Hans Küng
 Uganda’s leading prelate remembered as ‘loud voice for democracy’
 Indianapolis Archdiocese: Government cannot interfere in mission of Catholic schools
 31 US Catholic organizations encourage public to get vaccinated, call for equitable global distribution
 Mexican court finds priest guilty in 2019 murder of deacon
 El Paso diocese raises in-person Mass capacity to 50%
 English martyrs’ bones identified almost 150 years after discovery in an attic
 Arkansas lawmakers enact youth transgender surgery, puberty blocker ban
 Colombian bishops’ headquarters vandalized, robbed
 Attacks on Christians, especially priests, rise sharply in Nigeria
 In Indonesia, ‘it is time for Catholics to speak up,’ bishops’ conference official says
 Nebraska dioceses to restore Sunday Mass obligation in May
 Cardinal Sako suggests ways to promote interreligious harmony in Iraq
 Kidnapped Christian girl’s mother takes Punjab governor to task over forced marriages
 Assyrian monk sentenced to 2 years in a Turkish prison after giving visitors a piece of bread
 Pope prays for flood victims in Indonesia, East Timor
 Investigation finds claims against Boston College theologian not credible
 Retired Mexican bishop backtracks from legislative run
 Patriarch Al-Rahi attacks ‘plan to distort Lebanese identity’

Released Wednesday, Apr. 7

 Health is a matter of justice, Vatican statement argues
 Russian prelate: Orthodox Church will not change date for Easter
 New York’s Cardinal Dolan: ‘time to get back to Sunday Mass’
 Federal judge finds Michigan university violated rights of student religious group
 European Catholics fear erosion of religious freedom across continent
 Fargo bishop reinstates general obligation to attend Mass
 Graduate program aims to reverse decline seen in Catholic art, literature
 Over 2,800 lawsuits filed against New York State dioceses, abuse attorney says
 Peru’s bishops call for peaceful election
 Pray for those who risk their lives to fight for human rights, Pope says in video
 Cardinal Ranjith slams Sri Lanka’s former president over Easter bombings
 Nun who faces conversion charges in Madhya Pradesh speaks out
 Prelate sees need to ‘turn ourselves into missionaries now’
 Phoenix bishop issues exhortation on the Holy Eucharist
 Disgraced New Zealand bishop’s future lies with the Vatican, cardinal tells commission
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: Praying in communion with the saints

Released Tuesday, Apr. 6

 Hans Küng, dissident theologian, dead at 93
 In Indonesia, anti-Christian terrorist attacks remain part of the landscape
 Newark Archdiocese let priest work after 1 abuse allegation—now there are 2 more
 In UK and Ireland, some prelates, priests criticize Vatican document on same-sex blessings
 Church leaders in Africa: US return to Paris climate accord could make up for ‘lost momentum’
 Treasures rescued from rubble of Christchurch’s demolished cathedral
 Retired Mexican bishop plans run for legislature
 London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated
 Archbishop Chaput pens book on ‘Things Worth Dying For’
 Churches’ challenge to Minnesota Covid orders moves ahead
 Maronite Patriarch to Hezbollah: Stop dragging Lebanon into wars and divisions
 Vatican Secretary of State defends agreement with China, calls for Church unity
 Nigerian bishop calls for end to violence

Released Monday, Apr. 5

 Pope speaks on message of angels at empty tomb
 Catholic agency appeals for seafarers stranded by Covid lockdown
 Papal visit to homeless persons receiving Covid vaccine
 Build fraternity and unity, Cardinal Cantalamessa urges in Good Friday homily
 Pope Francis presides at Way of the Cross in a near-empty St Peter’s Square
 Christ, alive today, always helps begin anew, Pope preaches at Easter Vigil
 Nazareth, the Cross, and Pentecost: Pope recalls 500th anniversary of evangelization of the Philippines
 Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Easter Sunday
 Papal condolences follow death of Cameroon’s Cardinal Tumi at 90

Released Sunday, Apr. 4

 Pope Francis: Easter Message Urbi et Orbi [To the City and the World]: video, full text

Released Friday, Apr. 2

 Gunfire targets Missouri convent
 Pope celebrates surprise Holy Thursday evening Mass with ousted cardinal
 Mexican-US border bishops issue statement on migrants
 Pope Francis, Grand Imam write forewords to book on Human Fraternity document
 The Eucharist is the ‘life and center of the Church,’ Cardinal Re preaches at evening Mass of Holy Thursday
 Papal gratitude for 100,000 messages of well-wishes from Buenos Aires
 Joyful proclamation, persecution, and the cross go together, Pope preaches at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass

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