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Stories for September 2014

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Tuesday, Sep. 30

 Priests need military escorts in Cameroon diocese after Boko Haram raids
 Catholic school removes portrait of pro-abortion gubernatorial candidate in Rhode Island
 Iraqi prelate asks Muslim leaders to condemn terrorism
 Academic, religious leaders encourage Pope to defend traditional marriage
 Cardinal Kasper defends proposal, sees 'fundamentalism' in critics
 Anglican leaders to cancel Lambeth Conference?
 Archbishop-elect Cupich seen as Pope's personal 'progressive' choice
 Congressman Ryan says his ideas are based on Catholic faith, not Ayn Rand
 Cardinal Burke rebuts 'outrageous' claim that Cardinal Kasper speaks for Pope
 Papal tribute to United Bible Societies
 Cardinal Parolin: UN must protect innocents from Islamic State
 Vatican conducts visitation of Bishop Finn’s diocese
 Pope renews appeal for peace in Venezuela
 South Sudan’s bishops plead for end to civil war
 Violence in Egyptian village following disappearance of Christian woman
 Venezuela: abducted priest found dead

Released Monday, Sep. 29

 New book reports on Pope’s youthful encounters with Peronists, leftists in Argentina
 Hong Kong Cardinal calls for police restraint in response to demonstrators
 Paraguayan bishop’s ‘very violent’ reaction helps explain removal, says papal spokesman
 Focus on unemployment, Italian bishops’ official urges government
 English bishop resigns, admits misconduct
 Iraqi Patriarch raps American policies
 Theme announced for next World Day of Social Communications
 Grandparents, elderly have important role, Pope emphasizes
 200th anniversary of restoration of Jesuits
 Opus Dei’s Blessed Álvaro a model of holiness, says Pope
 Pope reflects on the Eucharist and hope
 Pope calls Focolare members to creative evangelization

Released Friday, Sep. 26

 Vatican releases full rebuttal to criticism from UN commission on rights of child
 England cardinal discusses mercy, indissolubility of marriage
 Paraguayan bishop removed because of ‘difficult’ relations with other bishops
 Jordan’s king denounces violence against Christians
 President Obama issues statement for Rosh Hashanah
 Coptic Christians targeted for kidnapping in Egypt
 USCCB, CRS welcome US response to Ebola
 Prelate sees rising secularism in Ghana

Released Thursday, Sep. 25

 Enemies of faith want Church to fold on divorce, Cardinal Pell writes
 Catholic scholars rap Common Core as 'disservice to Catholic education'
 Vatican cardinal optimistic that Orthodox-Catholic commission will reach accord
 Pakistan: Christian minister, facing blasphemy charge, killed in prison cell
 Pope said teaching on divorce and Communion cannot change, Spanish bishop reports
 Pope Francis replaces Paraguayan bishop
 Diocese announces plans for redesign of Crystal Cathedral
 Pope Francis: message to UN
 Cardinal Parolin calls on international community to address terrorism
 India: 7 Christians arrested on ‘forced conversion’ charges
 Mexican priest murdered
 Nigeria’s bishops urge government to act against Boko Haram
 Syria: prelate questions US airstrikes

Released Wednesday, Sep. 24

 Russian actions destabilize Ukraine, harm Catholic Church, reports papal nuncio
 No settlement in Milwaukee bankruptcy case; legal fees continue to soar
 Minnesota: archbishop asks for resignation of music director after same-sex marriage
 Spanish premier withdraws abortion-reform legislation, citing lack of support
 Armenian bishop announces papal visit; Vatican denies plans
 English prince attends Mass in official role
 Former nuncio's arrest shows Pope's determination to fight abuse, says papal spokesman
 Holy See: moral imperative to act in face of climate change
 Pope renews appeal for Ebola victims
 Pope Francis discusses Albania trip, pays tribute to martyrs
 Victory for Catholic business owner against HHS mandate
 US bishops lament plight of Palestinian Christians
 Patriarch reprimands priests who have left Iraq without permission
 Honduran cardinal rues economic inequality, links free market to ‘social exclusion’
 South Sudan bishop appeals for calm in border dispute

Released Tuesday, Sep. 23

 Publisher defends new books against Cardinal Kasper's protests
 Remarriage is not focus of Synod, Italian cardinal insists
 Conflict in Syria and Iraq will not alter plan for visit to Turkey, Pope says
 Louisiana diocesan spokesman: despite settlements, never convinced of abuse claims
 Nuclear disarmament should be final goal, Vatican delegate tells international atomic agency
 Orthodox-Catholic theological commission fails to reach accord on synod, primacy
 Vatican police arrest former papal nuncio, will prosecute on sex-abuse charges
 Cardinal Burke: media 'trying to hijack' Synod discussions
 Pope prays for Ebola victims, health-care workers fighting epidemic
 Cardinals join in plea for mandatory rules to stop man-made climate change
 Vatican resumes talks with traditionalist SSPX
 Pope names new slate of members to International Theological Commission
 Papal message on migrants, refugees: ‘Church without frontiers, mother to all’
 Leading prelate: Ukraine needs equipment, not foreign troops, to defend itself against Russia
 South Sudan permits Catholic radio station to reopen
 Guinea-Bissau bishops address Ebola threat
 Bishops denounce new optional Israeli designation of Christians as ‘Arameans’
 Islamic State destroys Armenian genocide memorial church
 September 28: day of prayer for upcoming synod
 Theme announced for papal visit to Philippines

Released Monday, Sep. 22

 After trip to Albania, Pope gives thanks at Roman basilica
 Lativan leader visits Pope, talks on European Council, crisis in Ukraine
 Sri Lanka: police remove saint's statue, disperse Catholic protesters
 Joint Orthodox-Catholic theological commission finishing meeting dedicated to synodality and primacy
 Connecticut archdiocese asks high court to overturn law extending deadline for sex-abuse suits
 Bishops called to serve people, promote evangelization, Pope says
 Cardinal O'Malley: even a just war does not negate the commandment of love
 Oklahoma Catholics respond to Black Mass with Eucharistic processions
 Two more leading cardinals weigh in against Kasper proposal
 Russian Orthodox spokesman renews complaints about Ukrainian Catholic Church
 Papal security tightened, but Vatican denies specific threats
 Papal committee begins work on reform of Vatican communications strategy
 New papal commission appointed to streamline annulment process
 Self-sacrifice, not money, brings joy, says Pope
 Work together in evangelizing, Pope tells priests, lay movements
 Pope Francis: avoid relativism in interreligious dialogue, work for the common good
 Build your lives on the rock of Christ, Pope tells youth
 Pope lauds Albania’s Christians for fidelity amid persecution
 Albania seen by Pope as example of coexistence; a No to religious violence
 Bishop Cupich named Archbishop of Chicago

Released Friday, Sep. 19

 Armenian president visits Pontiff
 Human trafficking brings shame on southeast Asia, says Myanmar archbishop
 Bodily resurrection is a final transformation, Pope says
 Indonesia: Muslim protests force cancellation of LGBT seminar at Catholic university
 Pope donates skull cap for charity auction
 Scottish bishops react to referendum
 Miracle of St. Januarius repeated: blood liquefies
 Papal message links pursuit of holiness, Catholic social teaching, evangelization
 Nigerian bishop: Boko Haram now controls 25 towns
 Before trip to Albania, Pope prays at St. Mary Major
 Iraq: bishop, residents return to town as Kurdish forces advance
 Vatican diplomat: the elderly should not be victims of a culture of efficiency
 Central African priest receives human rights award for sheltering Muslim civilians

Released Thursday, Sep. 18

 Cardinals criticize Kasper proposal, escalating debate on remarriage/Communion
 England's Richard III: a Catholic king, buried in a Protestant cathedral?
 Salvation requires recognizing one's sinfulness, Pope tells congregation
 VP Biden sides with nuns in conflict with Vatican
 Pope asks bishops of Ivory Coast to build a sense of fraternity
 Don't be isolated from the faithful, Pope advises new bishops
 Cardinal Dolan defends decision to remain as Grand Marshall of St. Patrick's day parade
 Jewish leaders visit Pope in advance of Rosh Hashana
 Successor named for Cardinal Pell in Australia
 Report: Pope invites China’s president to Vatican
 Ukraine’s bishops: voters should support defense of nation against foreign invasion
 Russian government announces joint art exhibition with Vatican
 USCCB: statement for Respect Life Month
 Focus on aiding victims of violence, not arming rebels, says Caritas leader
 Church leaders in Middle East call for UN intervention to defeat Islamic State
 Jordan’s king pledges to protect Arab Christians

Released Wednesday, Sep. 17

 Pakistani Catholic group protests resumption of capital punishment
 Bishops in Congo oppose constitutional change allowing president to serve 3rd term
 Italian archdiocese protests city's registration of same-sex unions
 Scottish bishops oppose 'opt-out' system for presumed consent to organ donation
 Knoxville diocese investigating reported miracle in cause of Father Isaac Hecker
 Wisconsin diocese will not adopt Common Core in schools
 Argentine judge who ordered probe of bishop's death meets with Pontiff
 Kurdish forces free some Christian villages
 Rio cardinal is armed-robbery victim
 Scots nervous as independence vote approaches, bishop reports
 Cardinals weigh creation of two new Vatican congregations
 Vatican mourns death of Chinese bishop who joined in illicit ordinations
 Demotion coming for Cardinal Burke?
 4 sainthood causes advance
 Pope seeks prayers for trip to Albania
 Pope Francis reflects on Church’s missionary nature
 Sistine Chapel Choir to perform in East Asia
 Sri Lankan cardinal hopes papal visit will foster national reconciliation
 Prelate hopeful about Central African peace prospects

Released Tuesday, Sep. 16

 Cocaine found in car registered to Vatican
 Irish bishop bows to pressure, shelves plans for permanent diaconate
 Obamacare funds subsidizing abortions, despite legislative guarantees
 Rhode Island bishop: 'status quo is unacceptable' on divorce and remarriage
 Final openings filled on Vatican bank's board
 Guide on family life prepares for 2015 World Meeting for Families in Philadelphia
 Vatican undaunted by report Islamic State targets Pope Francis
 Papal envoy: refugees in Iraq must be protected
 Iraqi prelate welcomes Western involvement, urges UN sanction
 USCCB welcomes bipartisan childcare bill
 Vatican cardinal sees ‘widespread hunger’ for Catholic social teaching
 Turkish textbooks: Christians were tools of foreign powers in World War I
 Honduran cardinal: strong family ties are ‘best defense against poverty’
 Bishop: over 2,500 Catholics slain by Boko Haram
 Many of Congo’s Catholics fall prey to superstition, says leading bishop

Released Monday, Sep. 15

 Non-Catholic donors financed pressure campaign on San Francisco archbishop
 Milwaukee archdiocesan synod calls for focus on lay ministry, faith formation, social justice
 Italian seminarian claims first 'selfie' with Benedict XVI
 85,000 join in petition to stop Black Mass in Oklahoma
 Victims of Communism will be focus of Pope's visit to Albania
 Middle East is greatest crisis since World War II, cardinal says
 Cardinals discussing mergers of pontifical councils, creation of new congregations?
 1st episcopal ordinations in Hong Kong since British rule
 Council of Cardinals begins 3-day session, adds 9th member
 ‘War is madness,’ Pope emphasizes
 Pope Francis: the Church exalts the cross of Christ
 Pope compares married life to Israel in the desert
 Pope Francis says ‘one can speak of’ a 3rd world war already occurring
 Papal tribute to St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Released Friday, Sep. 12

 Pope advises African bishops to focus on youth
 Scripture research requires deep faith, Pope tells scholars
 Slavery not confined to poor nations, Vatican envoy tells UN
 Rev. Ian Paisley, who led anti-Catholic forces in Northern Ireland, dead at 88
 Curial decree on feast days of St. John XXIII, St. John Paul II
 Read Luke 6, Pope Francis emphasizes
 Holy See diplomat decries slavery
 Vatican: papal trip to Turkey confirmed (updated)
 Russian Orthodox leader speaks of ‘organic unity’ of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
 US House holds hearing on persecution of Christians in Syria, Iraq
 Christian families fear daughters’ forced conversion, flee Punjab
 Bishop to travel to White House, ask for visas for persecuted Iraqi Catholics

Released Thursday, Sep. 11

 Crimea: Catholic priest faces explusion, residency permit not renewed
 Vatican tightens controls on Rome hospital administration
 Argentine soccer team will name stadium after Pope Francis
 Indian bishops make emergency plea for victims of flooding in Kashmir
 Chinese government disputes Dalai Lama on reincarnation
 Senator Cruz booed after lecturing Eastern Catholic prelates on support for Israel
 Catholic League pulls out of St. Patrick's day parade in New York
 Xaverian missionaries doubt police explanation for nuns' murder in Burundi
 War in God's name is blasphemy, inter-religious conference affirms
 Tunisian president meets with Pontiff
 Vietnam, Vatican report progress toward closer ties
 Vatican prelate tells US bishops: situation of 'extreme urgency' for Christians in Middle East
 French court dismisses charges for topless demonstration in Notre Dame
 Pope Francis to address European Parliament
 Ukrainian bishops plead for international intervention in response to Russian aggression
 Vatican cardinal reflects on international trade, economic crisis
 Indian government: Jesuit kidnapped in Afghanistan is safe
 Liturgical changes in Sierra Leone in wake of Ebola
 Boko Haram threatens all of West Africa, says priest
 Iraqi priest: Mosul’s liberation must precede Christians’ return to homes

Released Wednesday, Sep. 10

 Pakistani court again postpones hearing appeal for Christian woman facing death sentence for blasphemy
 Cardinal George meets with music director fired for same-sex marriage plan
 Conditions in Gaza 'precarious' after bombing
 Italian bishops, Vatican Secretary of State meet for lunch with Italian premier
 Italian naval program to save migrants wins papal praise
 Papal message of solidarity with Arabic Christians
 Cardinal Zen: Hong Kong democracy activists must be ready to pay a price
 Suspect arrests, confesses to murder of nuns in Burundi
 US Jesuit named Vatican’s top sex-abuse prosecutor
 Libya: Catholics are ‘trapped and helpless’ in Tripoli, says priest
 Mother Church teaches us the works of mercy, says Pope Francis
 Papal condolences to family of journalist slain by Islamic State
 Cardinal George: US is adopting ‘official religion’ on homosexuality that is reminiscent of sharia
 Priest, parishioners detained in Crimea
 USCCB president commemorates Civil Rights Act

Released Tuesday, Sep. 9

 New Irish primate promises vigilance on abuse, peace in Northern Ireland
 Malta: bishop proposes every parish adopt a refugee family from Iraq, Syria
 More homosexual groups seek entry in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade
 French Muslim leaders denounce Islamic State, support Christian presence in Middle East
 Pope to travel to Turkey in November; Chaldean Patriarch hopes for visit to Iraq
 253 to take part in Synod of Bishops on the family
 Jerusalem patriarch laments suffering of Middle East’s Christians
 New report of forced conversions, looting in northern Iraq
 Prince Charles, Chaldean patriarch correspond on persecution of Iraqi Christians
 Situation in Crimea reminiscent of Communist era, says Orthodox prelate
 African cardinal: synod will not change Catholic teaching on marriage
 Pakistani Christians accused of desecrating Muslim graves

Released Monday, Sep. 8

 Albanian organizers rush to complete preparations for papal visit
 Vatican, Viet officials resume talks to improve ties
 Milwaukee archdiocese, abuse victims, return to mediation in bid to end bankruptcy
 Vatican curbs shops' sales of papal blessings
 Italian bishop: Muslim immigrants should denounce terror or leave
 Ukrainian Orthodox patriarch says Putin is agent of Satan
 Italian nuns killed in Burundi
 Vatican expert predicts lively Synod, sees Economic secretariat as crucial to Pope's reforms
 ‘War is never a necessity,’ says Pope
 Leading Irish prelate retires
 Nigeria: churches in ruins, nearly 100,000 Catholics leave homes as Boko Haram advances
 USCCB welcomes court decision on marriage
 Papal appeal for peace in Ukraine, Lesotho
 Address sin through gentle fraternal correction, not gossip, says Pope
 Pope speaks to Cameroon’s bishops about evangelization
 Day of prayer declared for upcoming synod
 Pope recalls beginnings of Church in Canada, calls for renewed Eucharistic, Marian devotion

Released Friday, Sep. 5

 400,000 children in Gaza need psychological help after violence, Catholic agency says
 Vatican's Council for Economy meets, setting new structures for Secretariat
 Pope meets leaders from Panama, Andorra
 Obama administration drops appeals on three challenges to contraceptive mandate
 Accept changes, do not rely on Law, Pope says in homily
 Islamic State's 'war of religion' must be countered, says authoritative Jesuit journal
 Venezuelan bishops object as politician invokes Chavez in the Lord's Prayer
 Notre Dame retreats, will provide contraceptive coverage in student health programs
 Cardinal Dolan: Islamic leaders must speak out against terrorism
 Dispute over beatification of Archbishop Sheen can be resolved, columnist argues
 Holy See, Vietnam to continue negotiations toward diplomatic relations
 Ukrainian bishop calls for prayer, fasting: ‘the Titanic is sinking’
 Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks seminary, convent
 Mideast patriarchs to gather in Washington, meet with lawmakers
 Pope meets with directors of new Vatican charity
 Vatican official: Church has underemphasized being a mother, overemphasized being a teacher
 Federal court upholds Louisiana marriage amendment
 Patriarch calls for UN force to liberate territory captured by Islamic State

Released Thursday, Sep. 4

 Irish bishop questions Catholic charity's grant to LGBT resource center
 Islamic leader blames Vatican for attacks on mosques
 Former Israeli leader proposes united religious effort against terrorism
 Respect of 'human ecology' will foster respect for environment: Cardinal Parolin
 Admission of sin is crucial step toward Christ, Pope tells congregation
 Dispute between dioceses stalls cause for beatification of Fulton Sheen
 Italian bishops defend work of anti-Mafia priest
 Patriarch blasts Iraqi government, international community for failure to help persecuted Christians
 Western nations should act against Russian aggression, says nuncio in Ukraine
 Pope recalls outbreak of World War II, rues persecution of Iraqi Christians
 Christian refugees in Pakistan recount Taliban horrors
 Boko Haram commits massacre in Cameroon church
 Ecuador approves further recognition of same-sex civil unions
 Catechesis published for World Meeting of Families

Released Wednesday, Sep. 3

 Boston Globe launches 'Crux' site, dedicated to Catholicism
 Anglican ordinariate moves parish into Washington, DC
 Lesbian teacher complains Catholic school fired her because of 'non-traditional' pregnancy
 Pope raps corporate layoff decision in Italian steel-mill dispute
 CDF prefect to meet with SSPX leader
 Gay group will march in NY St. Patrick's day parade; Cardinal Dolan gives OK
 Beheadings show brutality typical of Islamic State, says Iraqi archbishop
 Minnesota judge allows 'public nuisance' lawsuit against Catholic dioceses
 Guatemalan military officer, convicted of bishop's killing, found running prison crime ring
 Pope Francis emphasizes: the Church is a mother
 Organic food company suffers boycott because it opposes HHS mandate
 Prelate rues rising Islamophobia in wake of Islamic State atrocities
 Papal message for interreligious soccer match
 A decade after hostage crisis, Pope writes letter to Russian town’s residents
 Priest beaten, jailed in India
 Bishop compares destruction in Gaza to World War II
 Sant’Egidio brokers peace deal in Mozambique

Released Tuesday, Sep. 2

 Vatican envoy: international action needed in Iraq
 Minneapolis priest calls for archbishop's resignation
 Benedict XVI meets with leaders of traditionalist movement for youth
 Tortured to death, Iraqi Christian hailed as martyr
 Israeli President Peres to meet with Pope on Thursday
 ISIS will spread if not stopped now, warns Maronite prelate
 Ukrainian Orthodox leader blasts Moscow patriarch, defends Eastern Catholics
 Iraq: fearing famine, patriarch calls for return of confiscated fields to Christians
 Pope resumes daily Mass at Santa Marta
 Vatican conference on sports and the culture of encounter
 Papal praise for interreligious charity soccer match
 Caritas appeal for Indian flood victims
 Christians reported safe as Tripoli falls to Islamist militias

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