Stories for July 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Jul. 17

 Regional bishops call for protection of Congo River basin, tropical forest
 When Islamic State came, the monks had just finished hiding the manuscripts
 Papal foundation weighs proposals for 138 development projects in Latin America
 The Met marks da Vinci anniversary with rare Vatican loan
 Central African bishop negotiates peace settlements in government’s absence
 Ghana’s leading prelate: We must ‘reaffirm strongly the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage’
 Vatican newspaper criticizes EU nations that adopt independent, populist approach to immigration
 Trump abortion rule deals ‘devastating blow’ to Planned Parenthood, group says
 Survivors of religious persecution speak at Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
 Russian Orthodox Church considers ban on blessing weapons of mass destruction
 Vatican official: Christians face ‘complete purge’ in some countries, discrimination in democracies
 UK report finds that worldwide persecution of Christians is growing in scope, severity
 Abbey Psalms and Canticles will gradually be incorporated into Lectionary, Liturgy of the Hours
 USCCB president condemns threat of widespread immigration enforcement actions, new rule drastically limiting asylum

Released Tuesday, Jul. 16

 In Iraq, a new Catholic hospital and university bring hope to an embattled Christian community
 Vatican dicastery issues statement on death of Vincent Lambert
 Catholic Charities USA ‘strongly opposes’ ICE deportation raids
 Cardinal-patriarch fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a US-Iran conflict
 Iconic glass-paned California church converted to Catholic cathedral
 A closer look at how religious restrictions have risen around the world
 ‘It is necessary to revitalize democracy,’ Argentine religious leaders say in interfaith statement
 Peruvian bishops appeal for calm, dialogue after president revives copper project
 Bishop offers to mediate as Dominican Republic faces constitutional crisis
 ‘We must honor the humanity and basic needs of migrants,’ 3 leading US prelates declare
 Vatican spokesman discusses Teutonic Cemetery investigation
 Leading Venezuelan prelate renews criticism of Maduro regime
 Secretary Pompeo convenes 2nd Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

Released Monday, Jul. 15

 Maryland banned a school from voucher program over anti-LGBT views. It says that violates religious freedom.
 Guatemalan bishops oppose accord with US on asylum-seekers
 Cardinal vicar of Rome calls on each parish to create 12-person missionary team
 Chile removes statute of limitations on child sex abuse
 Deacon attacked at Trappist abbey in Oregon
 Advocates see growing disrespect for religious liberty in Europe
 Pope grants plenary indulgence to air travelers
 Pope marks 25th anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish center in Buenos Aires
 Papal visit to Albano announced
 Guinea-Bissau’s bishops appeal to new government for peace, security
 Haiti’s bishops announce year of prayer, adoration
 Investigations to continue in Vatican’s Teutonic Cemetery
 Latin American bishops back Venezuelan hierarchy in criticism of Maduro regime
 Filipino elected first Asian head of the Dominican Order
 Pope appeals for political dialogue in Venezuela
 God ‘first of all wants mercy,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 +Cardinal Paolo Sardi, 84
 In Sea Sunday message, Vatican calls for protection of seafarers’ rights
 In Myanmar, UN special envoy meets with Cardinal Bo, other religious leaders

Released Friday, Jul. 12

 Michigan diocese urges state investigation of priest’s nonprofit work
 Venezuelan bishops decry ‘illegitimate’ government
 Terror attack on Orthodox church in Syria
 In Lebanon, painful memories mark anniversary of terror attacks on a Christian village
 Iraq allocates construction funds in preparation for possible papal visit
 2 Catholic colleges dropped from ‘Newman Guide’
 Caritas calls for ‘deeper systemic changes’ to address poverty, ecological issues
 Pro-life organization plans response to social-media suppression
 Cardinal Nichols responds to abuse report
 Awaiting trial for breaking into a nuclear base, 7 Catholic activists are unrepentant
 Connecticut bishops urge ‘complete overhaul’ of immigration policies
 Catholic Health Association ‘strongly urges’ court to uphold ‘Obamacare’
 Warnings about WV bishop went unheeded as he doled out cash gifts to Catholic leaders
 UK’s Parliament votes to extend abortion, same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland
 DC’s largest solar project to benefit archdiocese’s Catholic Charities
 CCD grants $68K to biblical scholarship, literacy projects
 Pope, Vatican newspaper mourn death of Vincent Lambert
 ‘We cannot run away from abuse cases,’ leading Kenyan bishop says

Released Thursday, Jul. 11

 Search of Vatican tombs yields no clues on missing girl
 Exarchy created for Ukrainian Catholics in Italy
 Vincent Lambert dies of starvation
 Jharkand Christians see government land probe as persecution
 19-year-old Christian arrested in Punjab for blasphemy after fight over cricket match
 Senior Sri Lankan officials will not be charged with murder in Easter attacks
 Papua Church network seeks reconciliation
 Panama’s bishops call on new president to consider common good, dignity of the person
 Vatican spokesman: Probe into Sistine Chapel Choir’s finances will continue
 9 Catholic schools in Memphis close; 6 will reopen as charter schools
 Jesuit leader apologizes for slavery at Georgetown
 British government pledges ‘sea change in our approach’ to persecuted Christians
 Russian Orthodox official in hot water for saying men are more intelligent than women
 Pax Christi bishops sign ecumenical statement against war with Iran
 In Amazon region, Church network advocates for indigenous group threatened by mining
 ‘Doctors should serve life, not take it away,’ Pope Francis says as Vincent Lambert is starved
 Italian bishops’ conference donates 1M euros to South Sudan

Released Wednesday, Jul. 10

 Archbishop Chaput defends ‘culture warrior’ Christians
 Nicaraguan cardinal asks OAS intervention in political crisis
 Venezuelan cardinal: country in chaos
 Sistine chapel choir director resigns
 Dutch diocese: priest’s suspension not due to homosexual activities
 Colombian bishop plans to exorcize entire city
 Vatican explains search of tombs for remains of missing teenager
 Bible shortage? Publishers say tariffs could cause it
 Northern Ireland’s bishops denounce ‘undemocratic’ attempt to expand abortion
 ‘I would like to visit Argentina next year,’ Pope Francis tells newspaper
 Christian family details crackdown on church in China
 ‘Unmatched wickedness’: Reports allege child separation, organ harvesting against China’s Muslims
 Ecumenical Patriarch, Russian Orthodox Church: Montenegrin Orthodox Church is not canoncial
 El Salvador archbishop praises new president’s initiatives against violence
 Congo warlord convicted of war crimes, including murder of priest
 Superior general of religious order murdered in Uganda
 Martyrs are ‘witnesses, not victims,’ Coptic Orthodox archbishop says
 Cardinal Nichols: ‘We are always called to be missionary priests, not professional clerics’
 With a joke and a smile, Australian bishop ministers in a diocese larger than France
 Op-ed: In responding to sexual abuse, Chicago public schools should learn from archdiocese
 Cardinal Müller criticizes Amazon synod’s working document, says German bishops don’t speak about God
 Church hails agreement among Lesotho’s political parties
 Eritrean bishops deplore government closure of Catholic health facilities
 Leading Asian cardinal calls on every Myanmar citizen to plant, care for 10 trees
 USCCB approves over $3.5M in grants to Church in Latin America, Caribbean

Released Tuesday, Jul. 9

 Venezuelan bishops again blast Maduro government oppression of dissent
 Younger Christians more likely to accept homosexual clergy
 Thousands join in pro-life march in Dublin
 California: bill that threatened confessional seal is withdrawn
 Priest killed in Uganda
 Emigration is ‘a wound that we don’t know how to cure,’ Syrian religious superior says
 Do not seek out unauthorized ‘exorcists,’ Jerusalem exorcist warns
 French government moves forward on Notre-Dame restoration plans
 Leading European bishops reflect on relation between Church’s hierarchal, charismatic dimensions
 Holy See donates $40K to UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees
 New study explores the ‘twentysomething soul’
 Mexico City archdiocese weighs in on surge of migrants
 Illinois mother discusses miraculous healing that has paved way for Archbishop Sheen’s beatification
 Holy See waives diplomatic immunity for apostolic nuncio to France
 Pope makes private visit to Jesuit headquarters
 Pope wishes Eastern Catholic churches to develop and flourish, Ukrainian Catholic leader says
 Former US ambassador to Vatican to chair new Commission on Unalienable Rights
 At special Mass for migrants, Pope preaches on salvation, liberation
 Pope names women as members of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life

Released Monday, Jul. 8

 $28 million raised for retired religious in US
 Few Americans seek counsel from clergy, poll finds
 Benin: archbishop suspends lay group for disrupting Mass
 Eritrea: government closes all Catholic hospitals
 Polish bishops rap IKEA for ‘LGBT indoctrination’
 Belgian cardinal: Church should embrace secularization
 Seek solutions to Hong Kong crisis for sake of young people, Cardinal Tong urges authorities
 Majority of local priests oppose restoration of powers to head of Syro-Malabar Church
 Archbishop kidnapped, released by separatists in Cameroon
 Cardinal Dolan meets with Mormon leader, calls religious freedom ‘quintessential American cause’
 President Trump pays tribute to nun
 Federal judge blocks Ohio heartbeat law to end most abortions
 USCCB awards $1.5M to Church in Africa
 Tragedy, caution and hope as South Sudan marks 8 years of independence
 German archbishop warns of rising xenophobia
 Pakistan’s bishops meet with Prime Minister Khan
 Pope pays tribute to cooperatives
 Philippine archbishop vows no cover-up in priest’s alleged rape case
 Religious orders relaunch international environmental campaign
 Pope prays for migrants killed in Libyan detention center
 Prayer, itinerancy, proclamation, detachment, and joy characterize the Church’s mission, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope emphasizes doxology, Eucharist, asceticism in message to forum of Laudato si’ Communities
 Archbishop Sheen to be beatified, Portuguese prelate canonized; other sainthood causes advance

Released Friday, Jul. 5

 Cardinal Zen questions terms of Vatican-China pact
 Opening Ukrainian Synod, Pope sees primary mission of hope
 Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity is no longer endangered, UNESCO declares
 Eternal salvation is the Church’s concern, papal theologian emphasizes
 Vatican diplomat: Foster tolerance, inclusivity to counter attacks on religious believers
 Bolivian prelate calls for ‘profound missionary renewal’
 Iraq’s Christian leaders distance themselves from Babylon Movement
 Christians have been an integral part of Syria’s civilization, Assad tells Catholic patriarch
 Abducted Congo priest found dead
 Border crackdown is flawed, inhumane, Washington’s bishops say
 Archbishop Gomez discusses society’s rejection of marriage, children
 Catholic hospital closures in Eritrea are ‘like amputating one of the Church’s arms,’ priest says
 Video released for Pope’s monthly prayer intention
 Vatican, Russian children’s hospitals join forces
 Church tribunal laicizes notorious French priest
 Russian President Putin meets with Pope Francis
 Diplomatic agreement between Holy See, Congo Republic enters into force

Released Thursday, Jul. 4

 Archbishop Vigano: key Vatican official is accused abuser
 Senior government officials in Sri Lanka arrested for negligence in Easter attacks
 In Bogor, Catholic woman accused of blasphemy against Islam
 Costa Rica’s leading bishop meets with president as unrest spreads
 In address to Irish Catholic musicians, primate emphasizes importance of silence
 New York Times op-ed: ‘How the Catholic Church lost Italy to the far right’
 Chicago woman’s cure leads to Cardinal Newman canonization
 Every human has the right to pursue happiness, CRS president says in response to migrant deaths
 Bishop McElroy: Laudato Si’ is an ‘urgent summons to the American people’
 Christians face more persecution in Modi’s India
 Following Trump-Kim meeting, Korean bishops hopeful for reconciliation
 Bishops, Catholic organizations speak out against proposed HUD rule

Released Wednesday, Jul. 3

 Church leaders ignored reports of bishop’s lavish spending
 Proposed reform of Curia would centralize authority
 Russian Orthodox Church plans massive headquarters complex in Moscow province
 Two officials promoted in Roman Curia
 Pope prays for victims of Russian submarine disaster
 Mumbai high court stops action against Cardinal Gracias
 Leading South Korean prelate ‘delighted’ by Trump-Kim meeting
 ‘Horrific culture of violence’ plagues Bangladesh, bishops’ official says
 EU bishops’ commission calls for ban on ‘completely autonomous armed systems without human supervision’
 HHS delays new conscience rights protections because of litigation concerns
 Declining to hear Alabama case, US Supreme Court sidesteps abortion issue
 Vatican cardinal highlights ‘ecumenism of blood’ of today’s Christian martyrs
 Following Vatican conference, energy executives state commitment to carbon pricing
 French priests will exercise a more itinerant ministry, leading bishop believes
 Church-affiliated migrant shelters suffer harassment as Mexico toughens enforcement
 Conditions deteriorate in Iraq, reporters find; Christians once again in peril
 In India, unemployment rate among Christian men is the highest in the nation
 Colombian bishops discuss an economy at the service of all
 US bishops welcome Supreme Court decision on Census
 ‘Keep the seal’: Archbishop Cordileone urges opposition to California legislation affecting Confession
 Church official in Amazon sees 3 ‘tensions’ at upcoming synod
 Universal Peace Federation leader meets with Pope
 Catholics, Anglicans welcome news of Cardinal Newman’s canonization date

Released Tuesday, Jul. 2

 Indiana lawmaker: cut assistance to Catholic schools
 Investigating teenager’s mysterious disappearance, Vatican to open tombs
 Pope condemns ‘excluding anyone’ in message for World Day of Migrants
 Orthodox Patriarch thanks Pope for gift: rare relics of St. Peter
 Guam archdiocese recovering normalcy, says new archbishop
 New York archdiocese sues insurers on payment for abuse victims
 French civil court bars priest from ministry
 Belgian bishops issue guidelines on pastoral care before euthanasia
 Bishops decry continued militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
 Lebanese cardinal rejects US peace plan for Palestinians
 French court orders end of food, water for Vincent Lambert

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