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Stories for February 2017
Ordered from most to least recent.
Released Tuesday, Feb. 28
Michigan priest sues SNAP for defamation
Pontifical Academy for Life, emptied of members, delays annual assembly
In interview with homeless magazine, Pope stresses acceptance of refugees
Medjugorje bishop: reported apparitions are ‘not credible’
EU bishops’ commission issues social justice recommendations
Iraq: patriarch blesses giant cross in liberated town
Anglican leader reflects on papal visit
US missionary missing in Niger
Convert to Christianity reportedly tortured in Syria after church publicized baptism
Prelate decries rising anti-Semitism
Released Monday, Feb. 27
Melkite Catholic prelates reach agreement, end ‘open rebellion’
Slovenia gives same-sex couples most legal rights
Detailed photos capture frescoes in Sistine Chapel
New monastery in Ireland is first since Reformation
US bishops welcome Trump’s decision to reverse Obama transgender rule
President of Pontifical Academy for Life salutes deceased Italian politician who led fight for legal abortion
Knights of Malta chancellor confirms: former grand master asked for resignation
Vatican moves eight candidates toward beatification
Hundreds of Copts in flight from Sinai peninsula after murders, threats
Report: Pope has eased penalties on some abusive clerics
SSPX near purchase of headquarters in Rome; rumors swirl of agreement with Vatican
Pope considering visit to South Sudan
Pope visits Anglican church in Rome, recalls St. Paul’s humility in face of divisions
Pope Francis: entrust yourself to the Father rather than to the pursuit of mammon
Pope deplores discrimination against persons with disabilities
Pope Francis: be close to couples, announce that marriage is sign of love of Christ and the Church
Manifest a ‘poor Church with and for the poor,’ Pope tells French bishops’ delegation
Released Friday, Feb. 24
Pope sees urgent need to protect water supply
Another Copt murdered; Christians begin to flee Sinai peninsula
In testimony before abuse commission, Australian prelates split on sacramental seal
Over 200 parishes have closed in German diocese
European ecumenical initiatives to have greater focus on theology, witness
South Sudan’s bishops lament war crimes; ‘this famine is man-made’
Pro-life cooperation between Orthodox, Catholics in Russia
USCCB: bishop decries Homeland Security’s memos on border security
Belgian court: religious freedom includes kosher slaughter of animals
Released Thursday, Feb. 23
Coptic Christians murdered, Islamic group vows more attacks in Egypt
Cardinal Burke leaves Guam after taking testimony in abuse trial
Former Vatican bank officials sentenced for financial misconduct
Another Catholic aid group involved in condom distribution
Pope greets Argentine soccer team
Papal commission on sexual abuse is floundering, members report
Better an atheist than a hypocritical Catholic, Pope says
Venezuelan cardinal: Church will not join crisis talks until elections scheduled
Leading Russian Orthodox official laments persecution, says ‘Islamic terrorism’ does not exist
Action urged on Planned Parenthood funding
Border bishops issue statement on immigration
Pope Francis: the Torah manifests the ‘paternal and visceral love of God’
Popular movements call for sanctuary, disruption; blast racism, ‘all forms of human hierarchy’
Vatican newspaper op-ed cautions against advance end-of-life directives
Released Wednesday, Feb. 22
Vatican calls for adherence to ceasefire in Ukraine
Cardinal Coccopalmerio insists: no confusion over Amoris Laetitia
Czech, Slovak prelates cite dangers of immigration surge
Cardinal Zen fears Vatican will sell out China’s underground Catholics
Circus troup entertains at papal audience
Jesuit general: all doctrine is subject to discernment
Vatican warns against misuse of Pope’s image, Holy See’s symbols
Pope Francis reflects on creation and hope
Pamphlets in Congo’s capital call for destruction of churches, schools
San Diego bishop: ‘we must all become disrupters’
Egypt: road planned through ancient monastery’s land
Famine in South Sudan; papal appeal for aid
Patriarch calls for Lenten prayer for peace in Iraq
Ghana’s bishops to reconsecrate nation to Sacred Heart
Released Tuesday, Feb. 21
Migrants flooding into Guatemala, heading for US
South African bishop: no violence against foreigners, but strengthen border controls
Cardinal Desmond Connell, retired Archbishop of Dublin, dead at 90
Australian bishop: I too was victim of clerical abuse
Vatican officials join Egyptian Muslim leaders in conference on combatting extremism
Pope Francis discusses duties to migrants, refugees
Cardinal Tobin decries populist racism, xenophobia
German Catholics, Lutherans to hold ecumenical festival
Ukrainian Catholic leader recalls Cardinal Slipyj’s heroism
California bishop praises President Trump’s travel ban
Parishes looted, abandoned in Congo
Pope meets with parish children, charity assistants
Released Monday, Feb. 20
Vancouver archbishop sees ‘lethal crisis’ in drug overdoses
Prominent French cleric under investigation for abuse
French law requires pro-life web sites ‘openly state’ opposition to abortion
Rebel troops destroy Catholic seminary in Democratic Republic of Congo
Syrian Orthodox Church weighs special synod to address Patriarch’s gesture of respect for Qu’ran
Norma McCorvey dies: plaintiff in
Roe v. Wade
case, later a pro-life activist
Vatican froze over $2 million in suspicious transactions last year
Cardinal Burke: never asked for resignation of Knights of Malta chancellor
House hearing on religious liberty in US
Pope Francis: praying for evildoers is ‘Christian path to holiness’
Pope prays for victims of violence in Congo, Pakistan, Iraq
Pope Francis: respond to evil with goodness, love family members who are enemies
Pope to visit Rome’s Anglican church
Evangelize with renewed zeal, Pope tells Marians of the Immaculate Conception
USCCB, CRS urge Secretary Tillerson to support Green Climate Fund, clean-energy investments
Released Friday, Feb. 17
Egyptian Copt gunned down; Islamic militants suspected
Denver archdiocese issues caution on blogger’s ‘visions’
Michael Novak, influential Catholic author and teacher, dead at 83
Welcome cultural changes, diversity, Pope urges Roman university students
Pope lashes out at ‘corrupt’ global system, intolerance of foreigners
Texas bishop: Trump’s executive order on refugees is ‘draconian’
Pope receives Special Olympics athletes, speaks of joy of sports
Pope urges prayer for peace, laments arms trafficking
Iraqi Christian refugees call for quicker resettlement
Trump administration keeps Obama’s LGBT envoy
USCCB committee chairmen call on President Trump to protect religious liberty
Released Thursday, Feb. 16
Venezuelan leftists disrupt Mass, denounce Church involvement in political crisis
Chaldean patriarchate rejects calls for revenge against ISIS, made by militia groups
Cardinal Burke asked chancellor of Knights of Malta to resign, order’s interim leader says
Church in Australia has paid over $200 million to sex-abuse victims
More essential than ever for Catholic hospitals to maintain distinct identity: Cardinal Burke
Members of European Parliament condemn Trump’s reinstatement of Mexico City policy
Pope recalls Saints Cyril and Methodius
EU bishops’ commission: integrate migrants into a ‘cohesive and welcoming’ society
South Sudan: bishop demands justice after nun’s murder
British prelate: ‘safely reduce’ prison population
Arab bishops discuss migration, other challenges
Historic cathedral transferred back to Russian Orthodox Church
Released Wednesday, Feb. 15
Syrian Orthodox bishops assail Patriarch for reverencing Qu’ran
Cardinal suggests joint commission to study historical Catholic-Orthodox disputes in Ukraine
Friar chosen to lead Lenten Retreat for Vatican officials
Anglican bishop in South Sudan accuses government troops of atrocities
Venezuela: Pope has offered to meet with leaders to help resolve crisis
Vatican worried by populism, nationalism, Secretary of State says
Trump administration has not requested meeting with Pontiff
Vatican announces awards for Catholic social thought
Council of Cardinals weighs reorganization of Vatican tribunals
Cardinal Burke sent to Guam for sex-abuse trial of archbishop
Pope Francis: indigenous peoples should give informed consent to development projects
Boast of grace and afflictions, Pope says in reflection on St. Paul and hope
Kenya’s bishops warn of famine
Korean missionaries expelled from China
Increased security at Cologne cathedral
Valentine’s Day banned in Islamabad
USCCB urges senators to support Conscience Protection Act
Released Tuesday, Feb. 14
Russian Orthodox clerics sees joint effort with Catholic Church to help persecuted Christians
Georgian Orthodox priest accused in plot to poison Patriarch
Vatican launch for cardinal’s book defending German/Maltese bishops’ reading of Amoris Laetitia
EU bishops’ commission: ‘preemptive peacebuilding’ should complement defense efforts
Christian cemetery vandalized in Tunisia
Leading Russian Orthodox official speaks of Ukrainian Catholics’ ‘enmity and hatred’
Cardinal Marx welcomes election of Germany’s new president
Catholic Charities: fundraising campaign to assist migrants, refugees
USCCB: prelates express solidarity with Middle East’s Christians, other religious minorities
Released Monday, Feb. 13
Historic church in Holy Land, damaged by arson in 2014, reopens
Vatican disciplines Peruvian founder of lay movement, bars contact with group
Cardinal Nichols raps UK restriction on Syrian refugees
To combat terrorism, reject ‘unfettered pursuit of profit,’ Vatican envoy tells UN
Jerusalem patriarchate denounces Israeli law on seizure of Palestinian property
In homily, Pope warns against conflicts within hierarchy
Australian archbishop decries eugenic approach to abortion
Pope writes preface for abuse victim’s book
Statistics show marriages more likely to survive if couples had no other lifetime sexual partners
Chinese official: underground bishops cannot be recognized
Council of Cardinals gives Pope Francis a vote of confidence
Coalition targets jihadist who inspired attack on French priest
Cardinal: proclaim to young people the beauty of priestly, religious vocations
USCCB committee chair welcomes court decision blocking Trump executive order
Pope Francis: the Sermon on the Mount calls us to a ‘higher justice’
Pope names special Medjugorje envoy
Released Friday, Feb. 10
Pope sees both promise and danger in health-care industry
Colombian missionary nun kidnapped in Mali
Ohio city bans conversion therapy
Background: World Day of the Sick
Nigerian bishop decries violence, corruption
Aleppo described as ‘post-apocalyptic’
Anti-Defamation League welcomes Pope’s condemnation of anti-Semitism
Released Thursday, Feb. 9
Europe must ‘rediscover soul,’ Cardinal Bagnasco says
Israeli seizure of Palestinian land offends against justice, bishop says
Women bring harmony to family, Pope says
Financial questions stall momentum of French Catholic presidential candidate
Catholic schools challenge barren culture and sow hope, Pope says
Pope lauds Jesuit journal for courageous editorial approach
Hong Kong cardinal optimistic about accord between Vatican, Beijing
Pope: troubled by ‘rigid’ religious orders that attract vocations
Pope deplores anti-Semitism
Humanitarian crisis in portions of eastern Ukraine
Pakistan’s parliament outlaws lynching, forced conversion
USCCB, CRS: action alert on human trafficking legislation
Morocco: conversion from Islam should not be punished by death
Pope draws attention to plight of Rohingya Muslims, human trafficking victims
Samurai beatified in Japan
Released Wednesday, Feb. 8
Gallup diocese emerges from bankruptcy
Cardinals meet with India’s president, discuss kidnapped priest
Duterte blasts Filipino bishops, says he will ‘go to hell’ to end drug traffic
Vatican journal article questions authority of ban on female ordination
Cardinal Marx: no reason for questions on Amoris Laetitia
Orthodox, Anglican leaders join in call for end to modern slavery
English bishop sees ‘growing problem’ in discord over Amoris Laetitia, asks prayers
Pope reflects on link between Christian hope, mutual support
Ukrainian Catholic leader affirms ‘love and devotedness’ to Pope
Hungarian government gives grant to Russian churches
Fight corruption, Romanian Orthodox Church urges
EU bishops’ commission reiterates position on migration
Vatican newspaper: the Church is distinct from partisan politics
Released Tuesday, Feb. 7
Israel OK seizure of Palestinian land for Jewish settlements
Australian royal commission finds 7% of Catholic priests accused of abuse
Rome police search for source of posters criticizing Pope
Chinese official, tied to organ harvesting, invited to Vatican conference
Pope’s 2017 Lenten message focuses on rich man, Lazarus
Puerto Rico’s bishops grateful that Obama commuted activist’s sentence; Pope intervened
Prelate urges Tillerson not to move US embassy to Jerusalem
Myanmar: 60 Christian churches destroyed since 2011
Church in Iraq calls for assistance to rebuild towns liberated from ISIS
Catholic, Lutheran leaders invite Pope Francis to Germany
Released Monday, Feb. 6
Reformation anniversary is ‘opportunity to take a further step,’ Pope tells German ecumenical group
In homily, Pope again warns against ‘rigid’ focus on Commandments
Iraqi prelate: foreign troops, sectarian militias could endanger Iraq’s future
Vatican unveils Charter for Health Care Workers
Filipino archbishop resigns after clash with Vatican on reported apparitions
Trump to meet Pope in May?
SNAP president resigns, following director, after lawsuit filed against group
Posters criticizing Pope appear on streets of Rome
Accord between Holy See, Congo
Pope appoints special delegate to Sovereign Order of Malta
Prevent money-centered economy from claiming more victims, Pope tells Focolare
Pope emphasizes good works in discussing call to be salt, light
Pope emphasizes: ‘every life is sacred’
Papal video message for Super Bowl
Released Friday, Feb. 3
Priests leaving for Europe, African bishop reports
Pope encourages Nobel laureates to pursue nonviolence
Vatican Secretary of State signs diplomatic accord with Republic of Congo
Filipino leader moves to rein in vigilante squads
Leading Russian Orthodox official hopes Trump’s policies will help persecuted Christians
Report finds rising hate speech against Christians in Turkey
Ukraine’s bishops urge prayers for peace
Sovereign Order of Malta thanks Pope for intervention, sees ‘renewed vigor’
Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop of Canterbury criticize Trump’s policies
Mexican bishop: Trump’s economic views contradict Christian faith
USCCB rues Trump’s decision to retain Obama’s LGBT executive order
Released Thursday, Feb. 2
Pope’s prayer intention for February 2017
Rumors in Rome anticipate date in 2017 for accord between Vatican, SSPX
Iraqi archbishop welcomes Trump order to help religious minorities
For religious orders, survival is not enough, Pope says
Trump preparing new executive order to protect religious freedom
Ukrainian Catholic leader meets with families of slain protestors
Archbishop of Canterbury: ‘we have failed terribly’ on abuse
Cardinal Marx lauds Merkel, criticizes populism
Iraqi archbishop’s US visit postponed because of executive order
USCCB calls for transparency in mining industry’s transactions with foreign governments
Papal encouragement for climate movement, religious life
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