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Stories for November 2014

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 28

 South African bishops affirm male-only priesthood after ex-nuns claim ordination
 Pope rejects armored car for visit to Turkey
 Plenary indulgences announced for Year of Consecrated Life
 Arriving in Turkey, Pope calls for fight against fundamentalism, terrorism
 Proclaim the Gospel with hope and joy, Pope tells Pauline communities
 Pope urges evangelization of large cities
 Catholic-Muslim dialogue condemns violence in the name of religion
 Religious life calls for continuous renewal, Pope says

Released Wednesday, Nov. 26

 Hindu nationalists identify Christians as 'enemies of the faith'
 Church leaders protest Sri Lankan political exploitation of Pope's scheduled visit in January
 Pope asks prayers for success of his visit to Turkey
 German bishops weigh hiring homosexual partners, remarried divorcés
 Jesuit official defends Vatican prosecutor
 Minnesota archdiocese sues insurance companies
 President Obama, Chicago archbishop discuss immigration
 Cardinal Tauran, in Iran, calls for respect for religious minorities
 US bishops to develop national plan for ministry to Asian, Pacific Catholics
 Vatican foreign minister appeals for multilateral action to stop Islamic State
 Pope Francis reflects on heaven
 Reports from Pakistan: Christian tortured to death by police; woman miscarries after attack

Released Tuesday, Nov. 25

 Vatican confirms solidarity with Haiti, 5 years after deadly earthquake
 Pope decries unilateral strikes, 'state terrorism'
 Spanish police arrest three priests in Granada abuse scandal
 European bishops' conference draws 'hope and encouragement' from papal address in Strasbourg
 Build defense of human rights on strong basis, Pope advises European leaders
 Gay-rights group targets US bishops in pressure campaign to influence Synod
 Jihadists raze Catholic convent in Mosul
 Pope Francis: Europe seems 'elderly and haggard'
 USCCB backs call for greater spending on high-speed Internet access for schools
 Islamic militants murder non-Muslims on Kenyan bus
 Cardinal urges transparency on Nicaragua Canal
 St. Louis archbishop pleads for peace in Ferguson
 Vatican Radio: interview with Cardinal Burke on the sacred liturgy
 Pope meets with Egypt’s president

Released Monday, Nov. 24

 Pope prays before beloved Marian icon on eve of address to European Parliament
 Chinese Christians now outnumber Chinese Communists
 Dutch woman rescues daughter from Islamic State
 Indian pilgrims meet with Pontiff, celebrate newly canonized saints
 Pakistan's top court demands investigation into lynching of Christians
 Vatican's new top prosecutor was involved in notorious abuse case, Boston Globe finds
 Italian bishops' leader backs Pope: no payments for sacraments
 Break the stigma of autism, Pope exhorts health-care workers
 Vatican officials discuss proposals for reform of Roman Curia
 Cardinal Sarah named prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship
 Pope Francis canonizes 6 saints, reflects on Christ’s kingdom
 Cardinal Angelini dies at 98
 Do not manipulate the immature, Pope tells members of new ecclesial movements
 Proclaim the Gospel to everyone, Pope urges missionaries
 Italy’s president meets with Pontiff

Released Friday, Nov. 21

 Detroit archdiocese bars speaker from New Ways Ministry
 Minnesota archdiocese weighs bankruptcy option
 No special security planned for Pope's trip to Turkey
 See migration as a sign of hope, Pope Francis suggests
 China seeks agreement with Vatican on appointment of new bishops
 Pope decries 'price lists' for parish services
 Cardinal Napier added by Pope to organizing committee for October 2015 Synod meeting
 Spanish archbishop summoned to Vatican to discuss handling of sex-abuse charges
 Vatican message for World Fisheries Day
 People, not money, central to economic development, says Pope
 Pope Francis pays tribute to Paul VI’s teaching on Mary
 Colombia: prelate laments breakdown in talks
 USCCB welcomes Obama’s decision to defer immigrant deportations
 Russian patriarch: Europe’s secularism has reached ‘apocalyptic’ proportions
 Ukraine’s bishops renew plea for peace

Released Thursday, Nov. 20

 Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot John Paul II, seeks meeting with Pope Francis
 Ecumenism remains a top priority, Pope tells pontifical council
 In tense Jerusalem, Christians hold public prayers for peace
 Cardinal Rylko welcomes new lay movements, sees varies charisms
 Iraqi prelate raps Muslim silence on atrocities of Islamic State
 Synod council urges further discussion, preparation before October 2015 meeting
 Nebraska diocese will move to ad orientem liturgy during Advent
 USCCB calls for passage of Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
 Pontiff addresses conference on hunger
 UN report decries parental consent laws, notes economic potential of record population
 Report: Islamic State has weapons to fight for up to 2 years
 Caritas: defend child migrants
 Papal plea for peace in Jerusalem

Released Wednesday, Nov. 19

 Cardinal Müller: attacks on marriage tantamount to suicide for society
 Pakistan's Catholic leaders demand government action against religious violence
 Nigerian diocesan official gives grim account of Boko Haram devastation
 Vienna's Catholic population drops; Muslim and unchurched numbers climb
 Pope will raffle off gifts to raise money for charity
 At interfaith conference, Vatican official blasts 'barbarism' of killings at Jerusalem synagogue
 Kenyan government, Church to jointly test vaccine thought to sterilize young women
  10 Spanish priests removed in abuse inquiry; Pope calls to apologize to victim
 Montana diocese files reorganization plan in bankruptcy court
 Italian officials release frozen funds of Vatican bank, acknowledging reforms
 Vatican conference closes with affirmation of marriage
 Papal tribute to contemplative religious
 All are called to holiness, Pope Francis emphasizes
 Pope names president of Vatican financial agency
 USCCB urges Congress: protect anti-poverty programs
 Vatican official: adultery incompatible with reception of Holy Communion
 Bangladesh: pastors arrested after preaching to Muslims
 Stand with Ukraine, nation’s leading prelate urges
 Number of enslaved persons rises to nearly 36 million

Released Tuesday, Nov. 18

 Senegal's president visits Pontiff
 Controversial issues should be 'off the table' at next Synod meeting, Cardinal Burke argues
 Vatican representative urges UN to discuss moral problems of drone strikes
 Fees for annulments barely cover judicial costs, says official of Vatican tribunal
 Attacks on religious minorities are human-rights violations, Vatican envoy tells UN meeting
 Political infighting blocks response to Boko Haram, says Nigerian archbishop
 Jerusalem: Patriarch denounces attack on synagogue
 In collected works, Benedict XVI deleted passage on Communion for divorced/remarried
 Iraq invites Pope to visit, Chaldean prelate discloses
 Christian ministers urged to stop signing marriage certificates
 Vatican message to Sikhs emphasizes compassion, service
 Church of England grants final approval to women bishops
 Year of Consecrated Life to begin November 30
 Prelate warns that Syria could turn into another Libya
 Mexico: missionary’s body found in mass grave
 Islamic State burns Bibles, orders Christians to pay tax
 Colombia: exorcism prayers in response to rise in suicides

Released Monday, Nov. 17

 Vatican lifts ban on married priests for Eastern Catholic churches in US, Canada, Australia
 Indian court approves extradition of priest to face abuse charges in US
 Pontiff makes quick trip to Castel Gandolfo
 Pakistan: Christian arrested for blasphemy, 2 arrested for lynching Christian couple
 Foster family life, Pope tells Zambia’s bishops
 Pontiff: marriage is the permanent union of a man and a woman
 Pope Francis confirms trip to Philadelphia
 Pope laments violence against refugees
 Pope Francis: the treasures of the Gospel are not to be kept to oneself
 All human life is sacred, Pope emphasizes in address to doctors
 Holy See diplomat urges nations to implement weapons treaty

Released Friday, Nov. 14

 Peru's President Humala meets with Pontiff
 Milan archdiocese apologizes for suggestion to keep tabs on gender-related school programs
 Full schedule set for Pope's January visit to Sri Lanka, Philippines
 Put people before profits, Pope urges accountants' group
 Cardinal O'Malley says Pope must take action on Bishop Finn
 Islamic State leader targets Rome
 Topless 'Femen' protesters removed from St. Peter's Square
 Vatican diplomat: if Pope visits Philadelphia, he will also visit New York
 Russian patriarch: ignore Western consumerist pressure
 Vatican astronomer receives Sagan Medal
 Report: US bishops elect delegates to next synod
 CDF official affirms teaching on absolution, Communion for the remarried
 Mexican bishops: nation’s future at stake in addressing Iguala mass kidnapping

Released Thursday, Nov. 13

 Vatican will offer showers for Rome's homeless
 Charity requires preaching Gospel, not just material help, says head of papal charity
 Seal of confession remains after penitent dies, Vatican officials affirm
 Catholic-Muslim forum condemns terrorism, calls for deeper understanding
 Ousted editor reportedly back on payroll in legal battle with Italian bishops' newspaper
 Russian Orthodox prelate calls for independent Orthodox banks
 Austrian president meets with Pontiff
 Benedict XVI in 'fantastic health,' mentally sharp, American visitor reports
 On eve of Chicago installation, Archbishop-elect Cupich blasted by Spokane law firm
 New study shows mass exodus from Catholic Church in Latin America
 Extremists must be isolated to ease Israeli-Palestinian problem, says Italian cardinal
 Russian Orthodox official: West is indifferent to plight of Syrian, Iraqi Christians
 Indonesia: Islamists thwart celebration of Mass
 Call White House about deportation of immigrants, urges US bishops’ initiative
 National Cathedral to host Muslim prayer service
 Iran’s Christian population soars; Bible translated into Farsi
 Cardinal Pell’s successor installed in Sydney
 Pakistan returns school to Church

Released Wednesday, Nov. 12

 Egypt's tourism office promotes Christian pilgrimages to sites of Holy Family's flight
 Minnesota archdiocese faces steep budget cuts
 Cardinal George puzzled about Pope's plans
 Maryland county schools drop religious holidays from calendar
 European bishops recall WWI dead, vow recovery of Europe's spiritual heritage
 Pope expresses ‘deep spiritual closeness’ to persecuted Christians
 Pope Francis encourages clergy to be kind, humble
 Archbishop Forte loses election for Italian bishops’ position
 Ireland reopens Vatican embassy
 NY farm owners pay fine for saying no to lesbian wedding
 Bishop encourages president to act on immigration reform
 USCCB meeting: bishops approve translations, elect committee chairmen

Released Tuesday, Nov. 11

 Italian bishops' leader says children have right to mother, father
 Pope asks G-20 leaders to remember the poor, work for peace
 Kenyan government promises probe into vaccination campaign that included sterilization
 Church leaders decline suggestion that bishop should lead transitional government in Burkina Faso
 Jordanian prince decries persecution of Christians in Vatican Radio interview
 Vatican clears Los Angeles priest of abuse charges after 10-year suspension
 Pope creates new body to judge abuse cases
 Pope Francis reflects on the priesthood
 Canadian cardinal: theology should be taught in spirit of ‘repentant adoration’
 World’s largest Bible factory is located in China
 USCCB president reflects on synod
 Nuncio urges US bishops: introduce youth to Christ and the saints
 Nigerian prelate’s pastoral letter on ‘menace of Boko Haram’
 Paraguay’s bishops denounce corruption, lend support to family farms, unions

Released Monday, Nov. 10

 Argentine activist says she was wrong about Pope Francis' role under military regime
 Papal condolences for Spanish crash victims
 Ebola under discussion as Pope meets with Ghana's president
 Former Vatican prosecutor deplores paying abuse victims for silence
 Federal judge finds for insurance company in suit against Milwaukee archdiocese on abuse claims
 Vatican profiles new 'foreign secretary'
 Pope addresses West African bishops with ‘small, fragile’ flocks
 Coptic patriarch renews call for common Easter date
 Pope recalls 25th anniversary of Berlin Wall’s fall
 Pope Francis: pray for the grace to live in accord with the faith
 In address to scouts, Pope stresses importance of family, creation
 Evangelize the young, Pope tells Salesian Sisters
 8 beatification causes advance

Released Saturday, Nov. 8

 Pope names new ‘foreign minister,’ prefect of Apostolic Signatura; Cardinal Burke given new position

Released Friday, Nov. 7

 Kenya: priest, 4 others found guilty of killing bishop
 Pope urges common Christian witness to oppose secularism, indifference
 Religious life should focus on witness, not ideology, Pope tells Italian superiors
 US appeals court upholds state laws against same-sex marriage, pushing question to Supreme Court
 Cardinal Kasper: don't claim to speak for the Pope
 Kenyan bishops find that women were unknowingly sterilized in vaccination campaign
 New CD set of 2013 conclave music
 Caritas assisted nearly 800,000 people following Philippine typhoon
 Belfast business owner faces prosecution over refusal to make cake promoting same-sex marriage
 Vatican official reflects on the ‘vocation of agriculture’
 Cardinal Burke renews criticism of Cardinal Kasper’s proposal, interim synod report
 Pope tells Malawi’s bishops: preach the truths of the faith, promote family stability
 Pakistani bishops’ conference laments government inaction on religious persecution
 Jerusalem’s Christian leaders deplore renewed violence

Released Thursday, Nov. 6

 Minnesota priest defies archbishop, hosts dissident
 Vatican consultant 'absolutely' favors women's ordination
 Chicago archdiocese releases files on priests accused of abuse
 Pakistan: 44 arrests in mob killing of Christian couple
 At UN, Vatican envoy presses for renewal of Israel-Palestinian peace process
 Exorcists see rising demand, cite increase in occult activity
 New management, accounting norms issued for Vatican offices
 New president of Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas
 Pope Francis addresses evangelical Protestants
 Pro-life amendments fail in 2 states, pass in Tennessee
 Russian patriarch calls on Pakistani leader to pardon Asia Bibi
 Renewed call for CCHD donations
 Nigeria’s bishops to gather for all-night prayer vigil
 Burkina Faso’s cardinal analyzes national turmoil
 Coptic leader: Western policies have fostered rise of Islamic extremism

Released Wednesday, Nov. 5

 Russian Orthodox Patriarch calls for national unity against economic sanctions
 Catholic voters matched overall trends in US elections
 Shroud of Turin on exhibition next April- June
 Vatican issues new rules for bishops' resignations
 No-photo rule planned for popular basilica in India
 Early report from Synod 'stained the honor of the Apostolic See,' says Kazakh bishop
 South Sudan’s Catholic radio station reopens
 USCCB grants $9M to US mission dioceses
 Pope reflects on bishops’ crucial place in ‘our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church’
 Pope Francis: annulment decisions should not take years
 Papal message calls upon French bishops to ‘keep alive the missionary zeal’
 India: priest rues government indifference to attacks on Christians
 Christian couple burned alive in Pakistan

Released Tuesday, Nov. 4

 Vatican official denies dignity in suicide, commenting on Brittany Maynard death
 Vietnamese Catholic blogger indicted for criticizing government
 Argentine Plaza de Mayo grandmother to meet with Pontiff
 New books offers Pope's thoughts for daily reading
 Austrian woman 'priest' claims she is accepted by Catholic clergy in Austria
 New York bishop bans travel to west Africa, citing Ebola threat
 Theology must serve evangelization, says Cardinal Müller in talk at Catholic University
 Argentine bishop, too, threatens excommunication for faithful who attend SSPX chapels
 Restrictions on religious freedom are widespread and growing worldwide, study shows
 Washington archdiocese warns pastors of demonstrations, disruptions at Catholic churches
 Cardinal Parolin links Pope Francis’s economic teaching to Aristotle, Pope Benedict
 Lebanon’s Christian presidency in peril, warns Maronite Patriarch
 African cardinal declares week of prayer following military takeover
 225th anniversary of 1st US diocese
 Mexican bishops issue letter to families of kidnapped college students

Released Monday, Nov. 3

 Papal visit to Sri Lanka on schedule despite presidential election?
 Vatican approves new statutes for Legionaries
 Norwegian diocese admits inflating Catholic census to receive government funds
 Catholic priests, religious must leave Crimea by year's end
 Vatican to host major conference on traditional marriage
 Italian bishop: faithful who attend SSPX services incur excommunication
 New York archdiocese announces plans for parish mergers
 Iraqi leader vows to assist nation’s Christians
 Vatican diplomat: the poor should have access to the results of outer space’s use
 Pope offers Mass for deceased cardinals, bishops
 All Souls Day: Pope urges prayers, Masses for the dead
 Spanish Civil War martyr beatified
 Pope requests prayers for Jerusalem
 Pope Francis reflects on communion of saints
 All Saints Day Mass: Pope Francis laments destruction of environment, people

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