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Stories for August 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 31

 Rhode Island bishop joins calls for investigation of Vigano charges
 Archbishop Chaput suggests cancellation of October Synod meeting
 Archbishop Vigano: McCarrick sanctioned by Benedict, but ‘didn’t obey’
 Archdiocese of San Juan files for bankruptcy
 Australian bishops defend seal of Confession, accept most of Royal Commission’s recommendations
 Dallas bishop, priests call on Pope Francis to convene extraordinary synod on clergy
 Atlanta archbishop advises laity to speak boldly, share anger with priests
 Princeton professor asks: Is it time for Pope Francis to resign?
 Whistleblower Father Boniface Ramsey reacts to Archbishop Viganò’s letter
 Fulani raiders continue to target Nigerian Christians; US diplomat blames ‘climate of impunity’
 Jesuit denies involvement in plot to kill India’s prime minister
 Cathedral desecrated in Philippines
 Holy See’s nuncio at UN highlights importance of mediation
 ‘Just wages and human flourishing’ is theme of US bishops’ Labor Day statement
 Nuns in Indonesia trained to fight corruption
 Al-Azhar issues fatwa against sexual harassment of women
 Mob of 2,000 attacks Jesuit refugee camp in South Sudan
 Egypt’s president meets with Coptic Orthodox youth
 EU bishops’ commission affirms commitment to Paris climate agreement
 New UN report documents Ortega’s repressive rule in Nicaragua
 4 Iranian Christians sentenced to combined 45 years in prison
 Ukraine’s president renews call for Ukrainian Orthodox independence from Moscow
 Cardinal Wuerl asks priests for forgiveness, says Pope Francis ‘is the object of concentrated attack’

Released Thursday, Aug. 30

 Pope is ‘serene’ despite furor, says Secretary of State
 Cardinal Maradiaga: critical reporter is journalistic ‘hit man’
 Bishop Lopes: ‘we all knew’ of McCarrick’s habits
 Vigano ‘most honest man in the Vatican,’ says former nuncio official
 While McCarrick was under investigation, seminarians still served as his assistants
 Ave Maria University president criticizes Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Viganò
 Oklahoma prelate: ‘I have the deepest respect for Archbishop Viganò and his personal integrity’
 Spokane bishop decries ‘corruption and degeneracy in the clergy’
 Colombian cardinal: the Pope is being attacked ‘in a shameful way’
 Cardinal Burke: It is ‘licit’ to call for the resignation of Pope Francis
 McCarrick kept a robust public presence during years he was allegedly sanctioned
 Migrants fleeing Venezuela are desperate to survive, archbishop says
 Caritas official: plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon remains largely unchanged
 EU bishops’ commission to contribute to Pan-Amazon Synod
 Vatican newspaper again sounds alarm on Yemen as ‘the worst humanitarian crisis in the world’
 Wall Street Journal devotes editorial to ‘Pope Francis in the dock’
 Father Reese calls on Pope, Vatican to offer transparent response to Archbishop Viganò’s statement
 “I fired that nuncio” over Kim Davis meeting, Pope Francis reportedly said of Archbishop Viganò
 Federal appeals court upholds ‘In God We Trust’ on US currency
 To prevent abuse, pontifical commission member calls for ‘radical change’ in Church’s culture in India
 Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Coptic churches seeking legal recognition

Released Wednesday, Aug. 29

 Papal greetings to Methodist-Waldensian Synod
 Boston priests meet with Cardinal O’Malley, discuss abuse crisis
 Summit meeting of Orthodox patriarchs could be cancelled?
 Archbishop Vigano defends himself in new interview
 Archbishop Cordileone joins in call to investigate Vigano’s claims
 Philippine senator wants probe into threats against priest
 Italian journalist discusses his conversations with Archbishop Viganò before publication of statement
 Journalist: Archbishop Viganò has gone into hiding and fears for his life
 Bishop Schneider sees ‘no reasonable cause’ to doubt the truth of Archbishop Viganò’s statement
 Pope Francis discusses his visit to Ireland
 Florida bishop removes priest from prominent diocesan positions following allegations
 Former residents discuss abuse at Vermont Catholic orphanage, allege some orphans were killed
 ‘Please forgive us’ and ‘help us repent,’ New Orleans archbishop tells abuse survivors
 Catholic schools struggle to accommodate disabilities
 Pakistani Christians’ homes ransacked by mob after man falsely charged with abduction, rape
 Illinois bishop says Pope’s ‘no comment’ is ‘not adequate,’ calls on Vatican to release McCarrick files
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to migrants’ entry into Australia
 Australian prelate urges pro-life Catholics to reject ‘polarization,’ avoid graphic images
 Cardinal Cupich accuses Pope’s critics of anti-Latino bias
 Church in Myanmar promotes reconciliation as nation’s government is accused of genocide
 ‘We are protecting your religious liberty,’ President Trump tells evangelical leaders

Released Tuesday, Aug. 28

 San Jose bishop will not live in retirement home
 Russian hackers sought emails of Patriarch of Constantinople
 Cardinal McCarrick left seminary residence in 2008
 Pope-emeritus Benedict has no comment on Vigano report, secretary stresses
 National Review Board calls for lay-led investigation
 Italian journalist helped write Vigano testimony
 Beijing: Communist Party members who profess religious faith should receive ‘thought education’
 Syrian prelate: Iran-Turkey-Russia summit a step towards peace, but the West frightens us
 Abuse survivor reacts to Pontiff’s claim she is ‘fixated’ on accountability for bishops
 California diocese buys $2.3M home for retiring bishop
 Wisconsin bishop disappointed by Pope’s ‘no comment,’ praises Viganò’s ‘impeccable integrity’
 San Diego bishop blasts Archbishop Viganò for ‘hatred for Pope Francis and all that he has taught’
 Where did retired McCarrick live after alleged Vatican sanctions?
 Cardinal Tobin reacts to Archbishop Viganò’s testimony with ‘shock, sadness and consternation’
 Phoenix bishop: Archbishop Viganò is ‘a man of truthfulness, faith and integrity’
 Chicago cardinal ‘astonished’ by Archbishop Viganò’s statement
 Archbishop Viganò issues new statement, denies halting investigation of Archbishop Nienstedt
 India’s Christians mark 10th anniversary of brutal persecution in Odisha
 2021 World Meeting of Families to take place in Rome
 Indonesia’s president visits bishops, praises nation’s religious diversity
 ISIS takes dozens of hostages in Syria, beheads 1
 Arizona bishops pay tribute to Sen. John McCain
 Italian dioceses, Albania, Ireland to take migrants rescued by Italian coast guard
 Religious persecution worsening in Asia, UN official says

Released Monday, Aug. 27

 Cardinal DiNardo: Vigano charges ‘deserve answers’
 Full text of Archbishop Vigano’s testimony
 On return from Dublin, Pope prays to Virgin Mary, St. Monica
 Pope names Cardinal Tobin to participate in Youth Synod
 Another Mexican priest killed; diocese downplays crime as ‘isolated case’
 Archdiocesan spokesman confirms: Cardinal Wuerl cancelled McCarrick appearance at nuncio’s request
 Buffalo’s Bishop Malone will not resign, promises cooperation with abuse inquiry
 Texas bishop says Vigano charges are credible, demands investigation
 Former nuncio official confirms Archbishop Vigano’s testimony
 Pope says abuse survivor ‘fixated’ on tribunal; declines to offer comment on nuncio’s allegations
 Pope Francis knew of McCarrick’s abuse, former nuncio discloses
 Witness to the Gospel despite hostility and indifference, Pope preaches at Mass in Ireland
 Persevere in your ministry, confront scandal with ‘honesty and integrity,’ Pope tells Irish bishops
 Pope begs forgiveness for abuse scandal
 Marital love is ‘marked by fidelity, indissolubility, unity and openness to life,’ Pope says in major Irish address
 Pope rebukes priests ‘who in Confession dig, dig, dig into consciences’
 Pope pays tribute to enduring married love
 Pope Francis, in address to Irish prime minister, laments sexual abuse, abortion
 Welcoming Pope, Irish PM decries abuse, calls for new Church-state relationship
 Treaty between Holy See, Benin ratified
 Ireland’s Catholic schools forbidden to grant preference to Catholics in admitting students
 Curial congregation, with Pope’s approval, revises recent instruction on studies in canon law

Released Friday, Aug. 24

 2nd Missouri diocese invites attorney general to investigate abuse claims
 Irish bishops, on eve of papal visit, announce decision to divest fossil fuels
 Cardinal Cupich dodges question on resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
 Holy See, Benin inaugurate new diplomatic pact
 Pope not expected to make further statement on abuse scandal
 Amid Vatican talks, Chinese government official says foreign forces can’t control religion
 Pope Emeritus Benedict writes letter to priest of childhood parish
 The Holy Family is a bright light in dark times, Indian cardinal tells World Meeting of Families
 USCCB, CRS: Call on Congress to address root causes of migration
 Brazil’s abortion activists hamstrung by pro-life victory in Argentina
 Former Minnesota archbishop steps aside from role at lay organization
 A decade after brutal anti-Christian violence, Indian prelate discusses Church’s growth
 Pontifical commission ‘encouraged’ by Pope’s letter on abuse scandal
 Judge sympathetic to Catholic peace activists’ religious-liberty argument
 Highlights of opening morning at World Meeting of Families
 American Jesuit addresses World Meeting of Families on how parishes can welcome gay Catholics
 Illinois attorney general launches investigation as follow-up to Pennsylvania grand jury report
 World Youth Day Cross now on historic tour of US

Released Thursday, Aug. 23

 University will investigate Newark archdiocesan seminary
 K of C leader: sex-abuse scandal calls for action ‘at the highest levels’
 Missouri archbishop invites attorney general to review files on abuse charges
 Jesuit denounces Ohio prosecutor for seeking death penalty
 English bishop suggests special Synod on clerical life
 Pope emphasizes religious freedom in address to Catholic lawmakers
 EU bishops’ commission calls on EU to protect, promote religious freedom
 Vatican establishes Neocatechumenal Way seminary in Tokyo
 Ireland denies visas to Iraqi Christians for World Meeting of Families
 Decades after excommunication, Kenyan group claims 5 million members
 Groups call for federal investigation of sexual abuse in the Church
 Cardinal Wuerl’s name removed from Catholic high school in Pittsburgh
 2 Pennsylvania Catholic colleges remove names of bishops from buildings
 Miami archbishop deems priest’s Facebook posts ‘inappropriate and unacceptable’
 Cardinal Wuerl target of rising anger after Pennsylvania grand jury report
 Vatican newspaper: Northern Sea Route could transform world commerce
 Pope Francis reflects on the Second Commandment
 No Christians, other religious minorities in new Pakistani PM’s cabinet

Released Wednesday, Aug. 22

 Chinese Catholics fearful of government’s campaign to ‘Sinicize’ religions
 Medical test clears Indian priest who was charged with rape
 Abuse claims leap in response to Pennsylvania grand-jury report
 Indiana priest attacked in sacristy
 Canadian archbishop says his faith has been shaken by abuse scandal
 Accused Dallas priest has disappeared, diocese says
 Federal court awards attorneys’ fees in contraceptive mandate case
 Massachusetts court: churches may install solar panels despite historic preservation commission’s objection
 Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over failure to accept gender equality
 Molotov cocktail thrown at church in Indonesia
 Persecution, war and poverty: the hard life of Catholics in Myanmar
 Activists hope South Korea’s Moon will discuss religious freedom with North Korea’s Kim
 Pope Francis will meet abuse survivors during visit to Ireland
 Church in India joins relief efforts as floods, landslides wreak havoc in Kerala
 Pope Francis sends video message to Ireland ahead of his visit
 Wisconsin detectives hope trail won’t go cold in priest’s murder probe
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of children detained on Nauru

Released Tuesday, Aug. 21

 Cardinal Tobin tells priests not to discuss homosexual subculture
 Amoris Laetitia is Thomist, Pope tells author
 Mexican cardinal: abuse victims should recognize their own problems
 Cardinal O’Malley: ‘clock is ticking’ for Church leaders
 Report: Vatican-China agreement will be signed in October
 Philippine bishop condemns extrajudicial murders of suspected drug dealers
 Chinese regime’s ‘Sinicization’ campaign portends crackdown on sacred music, composer fears
 India: 10 years after anti-Christian pogrom, prelate calls for ‘forgiveness, reconciliation and peace’
 Publisher indefinitely postpones Cardinal Wuerl’s new book following grand jury report
 Virginia bishop announces Mass of atonement for abuse victims
 Cardinal Mahony cancels speech following grand jury report
 Florida priest resigns after ‘serious boundary violation,’ financial irregularities
 New database documents Irish clergy linked to sex abuse
 Abuse scandal: nuncio highlights ‘serious concern’ of Pope, US bishops
 Hidden agendas cloak Turkish-US feud over jailed pastor
 US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military over Rohingya atrocities
 USCCB president welcomes Pope’s emphasis on prayer, penance in letter on sexual abuse
 USCCB: ‘profound and steadfast solidarity’ with Nicaragua’s bishops
 Father Zollner: Pennsylvania abuse report horrific
 EEOC sues health care network over harassment of Catholic employee
 Christian law school drops chastity pledge following Canadian Supreme Court decision
 Papal message offers reflection on God and the desire to change the world

Released Monday, Aug. 20

 Pope Francis writes letter to the entire Church on the abuse scandal
 Cardinal Cupich decries ‘catalogue of horrors’ in Pennsylvania grand jury report
 As former Buffalo parish becomes mosque, new Georgia church incorporates its altar, stained glass
 Catholics play ‘outsize role’ in Vietnam’s dissident movement
 Pennsylvania prelate says bishops who covered up abuse should resign
 Armed robbers kill Nigerian priest
 Cardinal Wuerl cancels World Meeting of Families appearance
 A ‘homosexual subculture within the hierarchy’ is ‘wreaking great devastation,’ Wisconsin bishop tells faithful
 Pittsburgh bishop: ‘I can well understand the rage’ over grand jury report
 ‘Collective Apostasy’ movement encourages Argentines to leave the Church
 Pope prays for victims of Kerala floods
 ‘To receive Communion is to receive the living Christ,’ Pope Francis tells pilgrims
 Italian president, UN Secretary-General send messages to Communion and Liberation gathering
 Ireland is now 76% Catholic
 Christians, Muslims in Israeli village feel ‘second-class’ after new law passed
 Catholic relief organizations warn of deteriorating conditions for humanitarian workers
 Cardinal Bagnasco at state funeral: bridge collapse ‘lacerated the heart of Genoa’

Released Friday, Aug. 17

 Ecumenical Patriarch: we desire ‘with all our heart’ the restoration of Ukrainian Orthodox unity
 Ukrainian Catholic leader recalls Soviet repression
 Australia senate defeats bill legalizing assisted suicide
 Myanmar’s persecuted Christians have been forgotten, Canadian journalist says
 Muslim clerics in Pakistan honor late Cardinal Tauran
 Vietnamese court jails Catholic activist for 20 years
 India’s bishops lament ‘unprecedented’ Kerala floods, pray for victims
 Roundup: bishops react to sexual abuse scandal
 Venezuela’s bishops decry grave violations of justice under Maduro regime
 Pennsylvania attorney general: lift statute of limitations for child sexual abuse
 Cardinal Burke: Church in US in ‘possibly the worst crisis that it’s ever experienced’
 Abortion advocate appointed to top UN human rights slot
 Wall Street Journal op-ed laments ‘the Catholic bishops who failed us’
 Boston cardinal cancels Ireland trip to focus on St. John’s Seminary investigation
 Vatican responds to Pennsylvania grand jury report, says Pope is on the side of the victims
 Former priest alleges Erie bishops ignored his abuse reports
 USCCB president announces effort to address ‘moral catastrophe’ of McCarrick scandal, PA grand jury report
 Colorado commission rules against cake baker following transgender complaint; baker files suit

Released Thursday, Aug. 16

 Indonesian bishops call for election date change
 Church in Pakistan calls for equal rights for members of all religions
 Indian Christian kidnapped, others threatened by Hindu radicals
 Another Catholic parish demolished in China
 Papal prayers for victims of bridge collapse
 Pope Francis pays tribute to St. Stanislaus Kostka
 Evangelical helps end Ethiopian Orthodox schism
 Chilean police conducts raid on bishops’ conference office
 Philosophers, theologians ask cardinals to address Pope’s ‘gravely scandalous’ Catechism revision
 Archdiocese creates, takes down website defending Cardinal Wuerl’s record on abuse
 Nebraska bishops called for prayer during prisoner’s execution
 Philippine president says he is no longer Catholic
 CNN op-ed: sex abuse scandal saps trust in the Church but not in Catholic teaching
 US bishops’ official ‘angry’ at abuse revelations
 Pope Francis: the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption confirms our glorious destiny
 Pope appoints Venezuelan prelate as Sostituto
 USCCB president: we are ‘shamed and sorry’ for sins of priests and bishops
 Pennsylvania dioceses react to release of landmark grand jury report
 US Department of Labor issues directive on protecting religious freedom

Released Wednesday, Aug. 15

 More than 300 Pennsylvania priests abused over 1,000 minors since 1940s, landmark report finds

Released Tuesday, Aug. 14

 CWN closed for feast of the Assumption
 Abuse survivor decries home sentence for Australian archbishop
 Spokeswoman discusses preparations for World Meeting of Families
 Pakistan: blasphemy accusation draws mob to town’s only Christian street
 Abuse accusations bring scrutiny to McCarrick’s charity fund
 War is contagious, with negative impact on society, says South Sudan bishop
 Canadian bishops: ‘palliative care is not to include euthanasia or assisted suicide’
 Egyptian police thwart suicide attack at Coptic church
 Reconstruction of historic Syrian monastery nears completion
 Priests in Australian state would be forced to report abuse revealed in Confession under plan announced by senior Catholic lawmaker
 Filipinos welcome US vow to return historic church bells
 Nicaragua’s Cardinal Brenes laments death of protester
 Parents, students criticize Catholic school for placing employee in same-sex marriage on leave
 Turkey’s non-Muslim communities signed declaration out of fear, politician says
 LGBT group will not have stall at World Meeting of Families
 Chaldean Catholic bishops conclude weeklong synod

Released Monday, Aug. 13

 Thousands of Muslims in China protest against demolition of mosque
 Leading prelate sees Blessed Paul VI, Pope Francis as ‘contemplatives in action’
 Missouri bishop is ‘dismayed, disgusted, and numbed’ by McCarrick scandal
 Cardinal Wuerl seeks to clarify recent comments; says, ‘This is a very grave moment’
 Spanish Jesuit murdered in Peru
 Egyptian monk charged with murder of Coptic Orthodox bishop
 Papal praise, gratitude for Knights of Columbus
 Pope Francis meets with Chilean Abuse Prevention Council
 As Protestant churches in South Carolina dwindle, Catholic churches flourish
 Cameroon bishop says priest was murdered, not killed accidentally
 Hope overcomes misery, oppression, Pope tells young Italians at prayer vigil
 Pope Francis: shun evil, be ‘protagonists of the good’
 Denver Catholics recall 25th anniversary of World Youth Day
 Washington Post: ‘Francis’s track record in handling abuse is mixed’
 ‘Let Catholic adoption agencies be Catholic,’ says leading Southern Baptist

Released Friday, Aug. 10

 Cardinal O’Malley announces investigation into Boston seminary
 Archbishop: do not forget bloodshed in Ukraine
 Chilean police raid another bishop’s office in abuse inquiry
 Pennsylvania grand-jury report again delayed
 Richard Sipe, chronicler of clerical abuse, dead at 85
 Persecution drives migration of indigenous Bangladeshis
 Survey examines why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion
 Sting presents show on Sistine Chapel to Pope Francis
 Christians beaten, arrested during Hindu festival in Uttar Pradesh
 Pope’s message raises spirits during Indonesian rescues
 Vatican diplomat: apply St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises to indigenous rights
 Former PA chief justice: releasing clergy abuse report risks violating constitutional rights
 Food and Drug Administration signs controversial contract with fetal tissue provider
 Archbishop Sample emphasizes ‘liturgy according to the mind, heart of the Church’
 EU bishops commit to ‘full integration’ of Roma into European society
 Turkey’s non-Muslim religious communities deny ‘oppression’ claims, say they are ‘freely’ practicing religions
 Italy’s Catholics flock to the right on immigration
 English Benedictine monks hid ‘appalling sex abuse’ in schools, inquiry finds
 Archbishop Gregory: ‘we are enraged by the actions of Theodore McCarrick’
 Abuse crisis is call to new vision of priesthood, accountability, says expert
 Vatican newspaper: ‘pitiless’ media coverage of abuse scandals is one-sided but helpful
 Rocket barrage from Gaza prompts fierce retaliation by Israeli warplanes
 Benedict XVI criticized for new article on Jewish-Christian relations

Released Thursday, Aug. 9

 Argentine legislators defeat bid for elective abortion
 Cardinal Errazuriz replies to criticism on sex-abuse response
 US commission condemns detention of Iranian Christians
 9-year-old gang raped, murdered in India following family’s conversion to Christianity
 Philippine bishops urge Catholic journalists to combat ‘fake news’
 Ireland denies visas to thousands of Pakistani Christians for World Meeting of Families
 4 years after jihadist invasion, Christians return to hometown
 Pope’s Catechism revision could be quandary for US politicians
 Metuchen bishop rues McCarrick’s ‘atrocities,’ pledges independent structure for seminarians to report abuse
 Missouri bishop decries McCarrick’s deeds and ‘the silence of so many bishops’
 EU defiant in face of Trump threats over Iran trade
 Lawmakers call for transparency in insurance plans that fund abortions
 The Church should rid its supply chains of links to modern slavery, says former Vatican ambassador
 Sarajevo cardinal exhorts Europe to return to Christian roots
 Prelate calls for international peacekeeping force on Nineveh Plains
 Vatican newspaper article: Amoris Laetitia #35-37 is at heart of Pope’s thought

Released Wednesday, Aug. 8

 Orthodox churches burned, priests killed in Ethiopia’s unsettled Somali region
 California bishop bans Communion services without priest
 Young Catholics issue call for investigation of scandal, penance, and reform
 Roundup: bishops react to McCarrick scandal
 9-year phase in Catholic-Lutheran dialogue concludes
 Thousands of UK churches convert to renewable energy
 USCCB, CRS urge advocacy on behalf of girls’ education
 Christian student group sues University of Iowa
 Pope pays tribute to St. Dominic, St. Edith Stein
 Pope Francis reflects on idolatry and the golden calf
 Nearly 100 Iranian Christians in legal limbo because of Trump administration’s refugee policy
 Arson attack on Syrian Orthodox church in Sweden
 Italian bishop, Catholic press decry deaths of migrant workers
 Nicaraguan prelates lament government repression; American archbishop visits Managua
 Cardinal Cupich supports investigation into mishandling of complaints against McCarrick
 Report: Vatican rejected Nicaraguan regime’s request for meeting with Pope, Cardinal Parolin
 Nagasaki archbishop links international problems to nuclear deterrence

Released Tuesday, Aug. 7

 Russian Patriarch to meet with Patriarch of Constantinople: Ukraine tops agenda
 Chilean seminarians give haunting accounts of sexual abuse
 Cardinal Sodano sought to hide abuse documents, former Irish president says
 Vatican prelate sees ‘no grounds’ for using Veritatis Splendor to challenge Pope Francis’s teaching
 Nicaraguan bishops, citing pilgrims’ safety, will not host pre-World Youth Day events
 Postulator of Paul VI’s sainthood cause discusses late Pope’s legacy
 Pope praises Chile’s bishops for ‘decisive’ efforts against abuse
 Latin American bishops welcome Catechism death penalty revision with ‘joy in the Spirit’
 Pope offers prayers for Indonesian earthquake victims
 Franciscans reopen Holy Land museum
 Coptic Orthodox patriarch: no social media for monks
 US lay missionary physician is a reluctant hero in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
 Philippine bishops support new national ID system but are wary of abuses
 Indian bishop accused of having ‘wife,’ 18-year-old son
 In China, bishop asks priest to remove cross and sign from new church
 Nuncio, Hiroshima Catholics recall atomic bomb anniversary at memorial Mass
 Nicaraguan foreign minister visits Vatican, seeks removal of ‘unfair’ bishops from dialogue
 Pittsburgh bishop urges faithful to ‘stay close to God in prayer’ when grand jury report is released
 Fearing persecution, Afghan Christian refugees seek asylum in India
 Albany bishop calls for creation of lay commission to investigate bishops accused of abuse
 UN report: North Korea still pursuing nuclear, missile programs
 1 killed, 90 wounded by Israel in Hamas-led Gaza protests
 International Federation of Catholic Universities elects 1st woman president

Released Monday, Aug. 6

 Cardinal Wuerl proposes panel of bishops to investigate McCarrick scandal
 Egypt presses investigation into killing of Coptic bishop
 Ohio pro-life protesters file suit against city, police
 Historic cave monastery reopens in Lebanon after dispute with government resolved
 Americans far more likely to pray than those in other wealthy nations
 Peruvian cardinal calls for more open battle against corruption
 Los Angeles archbishop: Catechism is not equating capital punishment with evils of abortion, euthanasia
 Turkey’s Erdogan imposes sanctions on US officials; pastor remains under house arrest
 Lincoln diocese responds to reports of misconduct by former vocations director
 China to require national anthem, raising of flag at Mass, other religious ceremonies
 Protestant church demolished in Chennai to widen road
 Relationship with Jesus is even more important than material needs, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope Francis pays tribute to Blessed Paul VI, the ‘Pope of modernity’
 ‘Digital transformation’ is theme of Vatican’s World Tourism Day message
 USCCB welcomes revision of Catechism text on death penalty
 US ambassador: Ortega regime is ‘virtually waging war’ against the Church
 Chile’s bishops apologize to abuse victims, pledge to cooperate with prosecutors
 ‘ISIS is not dead,’ says priest who documented genocide
 Italian nuns rescue migrant women from the streets, help them become seamstresses
 Trump proposes rollback in fuel-efficiency standards
 UN talks to end Yemen war set for September

Released Friday, Aug. 3

 New US poll shows decline in Pope’s approval ratings
 Chilean priests resign; charged with involvement in gay network
 Nebraska’s Catholic governor holds firm on stand for capital punishment
 Federal judge orders Puerto Rico to permit residents to alter their sex on their birth cerficates
 150 indigenous groups at risk of extinction, Amazon Church agencies warn
 Federal judge backs Chicago cardinal in lawsuit filed by former music director
 US imposes sanctions on Turkish officials over detained American pastor
 Pope’s August prayer intention: ‘for the treasure of families’
 South Korean priest describes efforts to address demographic crisis
 Pope accepts resignation of 47-year-old prelate in Austria
 Hungary’s Orbán calls for defense of Christian national culture
 Catholic Church in Zimbabwe prepares to mediate between government, opposition
 US bishops begin novena of Fridays for Supreme Court and legal protection for life
 Food for the Poor appeals California attorney general’s order on donation percentages
 Catechism’s revision is instance of ‘true dogmatic progress,’ Vatican prelate says
 Canadian ecumenical dialogue issues report on climate change
 Address youth unemployment, Pope tells European Jesuits in formation
 UN agency sounds alarm on overlooked humanitarian emergencies

Released Thursday, Aug. 2

 Vatican cardinal: allow Communion for Protestant spouse ‘every time’
 Chilean prosecutor seeks Vatican files on bishops, priests in abuse probe
 Pope revises Catechism’s teaching on death penalty
 In Ukraine, war forces response to new pastoral needs
 Planned Parenthood sues after South Carolina bans Medicaid funds for abortion clinics
 Number of permanent deacon candidates in US has declined 16% in past 7 years
 Federal judge orders Florida school to admit transgender teen to boy’s bathroom
 Survey finds 35% of Americans use the Bible at least weekly
 Haryana families risk marginalization following conversion to Christianity
 Court upholds bus ad restrictions on religious subject matter
 University announces joint effort to advance causes of black sainthood
 Catholic classical education pioneer to lead US bishops’ education office
 Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in international aid sector, UK parliament report finds
 Indian cardinals, other prelates blast government commission’s call for abolition of Confession
 Mixed feelings among Pakistan’s Christians after Imran Khan’s election victory
 Catholic ethics conference concludes with ‘prophetic calls’ for new political, social order
 Delaware governor signs law banning conversion therapy
 Egypt’s Greek Orthodox patriarch backs Moscow in Ukrainian church jurisdiction dispute

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