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Stories for December 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Dec. 8

 CWN closed for feast of the Immaculate Conception

Released Tuesday, Dec. 7

 Australian archbishop raps new restrictions on freedoms of religious institutions
 Taiwan honored at Vatican display of Nativity scenes
 Austrian bishops OK compulsory vaccination
 New Vatican norms for most serious crimes
 Student sues school over 1-game suspension, arguing gender policy infringes on speech, religious rights
 Bishops of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands decry ‘witchcraft, polygamy, war, and female homicide’
 Continued controversy over crucifixes in Italian classrooms
 Upcoming SCOTUS case focuses on religious education, ‘sectarian exclusion’
 Church in Portugal urges abuse victims to come forward
 2 German bishops question Church teaching on homosexual acts, transgenderism
 Hindu nationalists attack Catholic school in India
 Pope: New meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch possible
 Apostolic nuncio to EU dies of Covid
 Vatican diplomat weighs in on UN plan to combat human trafficking
 Boy Scouts abuse victims caught up in Chapter 11 lobbying
 ‘Let us stop this shipwreck of civilization,’ Pope warns on Lesvos

Released Monday, Dec. 6

 Pope talks to reporters about democracy, Paris archbishop, EU Christmas document
 On return to Rome, Pope visits St. Mary Major
 Papal preacher’s 1st Advent sermon: ‘God sent His Son that we might be adopted as God’s children’
 Hong Kong’s new bishop hopes to foster healing
 Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart
 US bishops ‘deeply dismayed’ by Biden administration’s reinstatement of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
 Israeli archeologists find remains dating back to Sanhedrin
 Major Archbishop Shevchuk says Pope plans to visit Ukraine
 Nuns, deacons arrested in Ethiopia
 After oral arguments in landmark ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’ abortion case, experts say Roe’s days are numbered
 Pope arrives in Athens, warns of ‘retreat from democracy’
 Lamenting West’s indifference to refugees, Pope departs from Cyprus

Released Friday, Dec. 3

 Archbishop Cordileone reveals he is not vaccinated
 Pope addresses Orthodox Synod in Cyprus
 Vancouver archbishop: Add Masses rather than inquire about vaccination status
 Nigerian priest kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen ‘narrowly escaped death’
 Christian home in Iraq is fire-bombed
 Former Dayton-area priest pleads guilty to child rape
 Evangelization, not Christendom’s restoration, should be Church’s focus, Florida bishop says
 Former Paris archbishop asks ‘forgiveness from those I might have hurt’
 School board settles with Virginia teacher who opposed transgender rules
 Pro-life leaders react to President Biden’s statements about Dobbs abortion case
 Ethiopian government is engaged in an ‘ethnic cleansing war’ in Tigray, bishop says
 A weary Pope urges Greek, Turkish Cypriots to heal division
 Follow St. Barnabas’ example of patience and brotherhood, Pope tells Catholics of Cyprus

Released Thursday, Dec. 2

 Pope, in Cyprus, puts focus on migration
 Liberal justices angry as Court hears landmark abortion case
 Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Paris, appoints administrator
 Few Americans blame God or say faith has been shaken amid pandemic, other tragedies
 Dutch bishops cancel Christmas Midnight Masses
 US bishops commemorate 50th anniversary of Catholic Campaign for Human Development
 Cameroon bishops deplore attack on school
 Nigerian bishop criticizes Biden administration for removing Nigeria for religious-freedom blacklist
 Pope recalls World AIDS Day, asks for prayers for apostolic journey
 Court revives lawsuit of Catholic school teacher fired for same-sex marriage
 Cyprus prepares for Pope Francis’s visit
 Judge: Iowa Medicaid denial of sex-change surgery unlawful
 For some Catholic employers, paid parental leave helps ‘honor the family’
 Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta
 Faith groups: Build Back Better Act would exclude faith-based child care, pre-K providers
 The Pope is a pilgrim of unity and fraternity, Cardinal Parolin says on eve of journey
 Giavera festival helps spread culture of welcome, Pope says

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