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Stories for November 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 30

 Catholics, Orthodox should cooperate for peace, care for creation, Pope says
 European bank regulators signal approval of Vatican reforms
 Athens archbishop charges that other European bishops will fund social projects but not churches
 Ring with Pilate’s name found at archaeological site in West Bank
 Archdiocese of Santa Fe to file for bankruptcy
 Archbishop Cordileone: abuse scandals have cost archdiocese $87M in settlements
 Lay movements ‘next frontier’ in abuse crisis, former Vatican official says
 In Aleppo, religious sisters help war survivors rebuild lives
 India: a decade after persecution, Christian life flourishing in Kandhamal
 Ethiopia: missionary prelate discusses ‘pre-evangelization’ of Muslim region
 Iraq’s president affirms commitment to religious tolerance, invitation to Pope to visit Iraq
 At weekday Mass, Pope warns against paganization of Christian life
 Separate referendum debate from 2022 general elections, Kenya’s bishops urge
 Vatican official looks forward to adoption of 1st global migration treaty
 Islamists fire at house where Asia Bibi’s daughters live
 Pope praises the role of shrines in the Church’s life
 Pope Francis weighs in on the decommissioning of churches

Released Thursday, Nov. 29

 Cardinal Müller, in new interview, weighs in on Archbishop Viganò, US bishops, ‘clericalism’
 Federal, local investigators raid offices of president of US bishops’ conference
 Arsonist sets fire to historic church in Cornwall
 Russia’s ban on LGBT rallies violates rights, European court rules
 In letter to Franciscans, Pope expresses closeness to ‘martyred land of Syria’
 Catholic groups pledge to make Church’s voice heard at UN Climate Change Conference
 Congress passes bill to assist Christians, Yazidis in Iraq and Syria
 Ukrainian Catholic leader affirms support for ‘unification of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’
 Pope recalls principles of Catholic social teaching in message to business executives
 Vatican hosts 1st international conference of shrine rectors
 Israeli military takes over land belonging to Church
 ‘White Fathers’ have 507 young people in formation
 Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East gather in Baghdad
 Pope visits Russian art exhibit in Vatican

Released Wednesday, Nov. 28

 Honduran outlet details charges against disgraced bishop
 2nd miracle approved, canonization looms for Cardinal Newman
 Pope concludes catechesis on Ten Commandments, reflects on Law’s fulfillment in Christ
 Answering critic, Pope Benedict calls for dialogue about Jesus with the Jews
 Examine your conscience to prepare to encounter the Lord, Pope preaches at Mass
 Melbourne archbishop: bill threatens Catholic schools’ right to teach the faith
 Report: Chinese government authorities targeting Christian students at universities
 Idaho jury: homeowner’s association engaged in anti-religious discrimination
 Damascus archbishop describes Syrian Catholics’ plight
 New report says Islamic extremism spreading with defeat of ISIS in Middle East
 Russian Orthodox bishop meets with Vatican cardinal, criticizes Ecumenical Patriarch over Ukraine
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘Hear the voice of the blood’ of victims of Soviet-induced famine
 Norcia basilica to be restored to ‘exactly how it was before earthquake’
 Exorcism requests on the rise in US
 Catholic whistleblower discusses why she contacted reporter
 Pope writes preface to Italian priest’s book on joy
 Vatican hosts conference on addictions
 Sharia set aside: in Tunisia, women will inherit as men do
 Massive Orthodox cathedral consecrated in Romania; controversy over cost to taxpayers
 3 priests kidnapped in Cameroon

Released Tuesday, Nov. 27

 Doctrinal differences bar progress in SSPX—Vatican talks
 Leading Chinese dissident rips Vatican deal with Beijing
 ‘Red Wednesday’ in Australia calls attention to religious persecution
 Vatican faces ‘last chance’ on abuse: former papal commission member
 Chinese researcher claims success with ‘genetically-edited’ embryos
 ‘Generosity enlarges the heart,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Ambassador sees Britain, Holy See as allies in fight against sexual violence in war zones
 Catholic migrant advocates have mixed reaction to Tijuana border events
 ‘Retaliate against the invader,’ Ukrainian Orthodox leader says following Russian attack on ships
 Bishops’ commission calls on EU to protect refugees, prevent human trafficking
 Vatican Secretary of State: human rights, including right to life and religious freedom, are universal
 4 Finns arrested in Malaysia for handing out Christian pamphlets
 Peruvian bishops say corruption in the nation has become intolerable
 Jesuit superior to head Union of Superiors General
 Colombian bishops’ conference deplores violence against women
 +Father Ivan Golub, 88
 Pope Francis recalls Ukraine’s Holodomor famine under Stalin
 ‘White Fathers’ celebrate 150th anniversary
 +Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak, 110
 Cardinal O’Malley: bishops ‘must be held accountable’ for failure to protect children from abuse
 Pakistan’s chief justice calls for state protection—not asylum—for Asia Bibi

Released Monday, Nov. 26

 German bishop: priests have no right to restrict access to Communion
 Catholics in Chinese diocese issue appeal against oppression
 No funerals for accused priest-abusers in some Irish dioceses
 Open archives to understand Blessed Cardinal Stepinac, Croatian cardinal suggests
 Central African Republic bishops call Day of Lamentation and Prayer
 Roman Curia heads meet with Pontiff
 ‘Jesus asks us to let Him become our King,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Cardinal Parolin praises work of lay economist Blessed Giuseppe Toniolo
 Basilica of St. Nicholas has assumed important ecumenical role, Pope says in letter
 Pope pays tribute to sacred music, tells choirs not to be the ‘prima donna’
 Iraq’s president meets with Pope, invites him to visit Ur
 Superiors of women’s religious orders deplore ‘culture of silence and secrecy’ on abuse
 Vatican newspaper highlights European leaders’ call to action on climate change
 Reflect on Gospel passage of the disciples journeying to Emmaus, Pope tells Sicilian seminarians
 Ecumenical Patriarch calls for renewed commitment to protect childhood’s sacredness
 Priest discusses Vatican’s preparation for February abuse meeting
 Pontifical Mission Societies: emergency appeal for flood-ravaged parts of India
 Indonesian government promoting religious tolerance among Southeast Asian youth
 Christian student senator at UC Berkeley harassed for abstaining from pro-LGBTQ vote
 Asia Bibi’s family hunted ‘house to house’ in Pakistan
 Catholics suffer violence in 3 areas of Nigeria
 Archbishop Scicluna says February meeting start of ‘global approach’ to fighting sex abuse
 We need a springtime in politics, Pope says in tribute to saintly mayor of Florence
 Vatican Nativity scene to be sculpted out of sand
 Pope to discuss clericalism, homosexuality in book-length interview on consecrated life

Released Friday, Nov. 23

 French priest convicted of abuse, bishop convicted of cover-up
 New director for British bishops’ charity had defended contraception, gay unions
 Vatican, Israel’s chief rabbinate issue joint statement on dignity of children
 Jerusalem archbishop calls for revival of Israeli-Palestinian talks
 Pope Francis names Cardinal Cupich, 3 others to organizing committee for international meeting on abuse scandal
 Act now to avoid climate catastrophe, international Lutheran leader urges
 Ecumenical Patriarch: the ecological crisis is primarily a theological and spiritual crisis
 Federal judge strikes down Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks
 Court upholds California’s repeal of religious exemption to vaccination law
 Court permits lawsuit against Charlotte diocese over supervision of youth minister
 Montecassino recalls 1300th anniversary of rebirth
 Peru’s Cardinal Barreto rips ex-president’s request for asylum
 Togo’s bishops call for constitutional reforms
 Catholic patriarch congratulates Assad for defeating terrorists
 Christmas tree arrives in St. Peter’s Square
 Freedom threatened by poverty, technology, consumerism, Pope says in video message
 Report finds ‘especially serious decline’ in religious freedom in China, India
 Kenyan missionary priest killed in Cameroon
 New edition of ‘Misal Romano’ becomes mandatory at Spanish-language Masses in US
 Report: bones found under apostolic nunciature in Rome are more than 100 years old
 Vatican newspaper warns of starvation of children in Yemen
 CCD announces 3 grants for National Bible Week

Released Thursday, Nov. 22

 Over 1,000 churches around the world go red in support of religious freedom
 Ukrainian Catholic leader, Italian cardinal recall genocide
 Federal court orders release of Iraqi Christians detained for deportation
 Madrid cardinal praises new musical devoted to Christ
 Vatican cardinal calls for ‘renewed missionary impulse’ in African island nation
 Pakistani religious orders’ official: Punish those who make false blasphemy accusations
 Internet, social media can contribute to family breakdown, Coptic Orthodox bishop warns
 Vatican foreign minister: reform the fishing industry through ‘human rights-based approach’
 DR Congo bishops pledge to stand by the people as election campaign begins
 Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo to lead Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences
 Vatican hosts conference on choral music
 Papal aid to Ukraine has assisted 900,000 people
 Say ‘yes’ to your vocation from God, Pope says in video message for World Youth Day
 Alleged gang sex assault at Toronto Catholic school shocks Canada
 Vatican diplomat: strengthen peacekeeping, education efforts in Africa
 Priest in Afghanistan laments indifference to ‘Way of the Cross of killings’
 President Trump: Thanksgiving Day proclamation
 Vatican message for World Fisheries Day calls for increased legal protection for workers
 Ireland: Catholic, Protestant leaders call on politicians to avoid inflammatory language in Brexit discussions

Released Wednesday, Nov. 21

 Ghana’s bishops decry illegal migration, urge action to stop exodus
 Missouri bishop: ‘I could not keep silent’ during USCCB discussion on scandal
 Vatican cardinal, publishing house pay tribute to Trappist martyrs of Algeria
 Vatican, Orthodox churches hold dialogue on primacy and synodality
 Church has great appreciation for contemplative life, Pope says in message
 Vatican newspaper praises Capuchin’s new book on prayer
 Ghana bishops meet, discuss holiness, lament bribery and corruption
 Pope reflects on Ninth, Tenth Commandments
 St. Thomas Becket’s bloody tunic may return to Canterbury for martyrdom’s 850th anniversary
 Caritas Philippines has built 30,000 homes for typhoon victims
 Pope Francis dines with 1,500 poor at the Vatican
 Schedule released for Pope’s 2019 visit to Panama
 Orthodox, Catholic prelates discuss rebuilding of Syria
 Religious sisters who work against human trafficking gather in US to share experiences
 World Day of Migrants and Refugees moved from January to September
 EU bishops’ commission: ‘Freedom of religion is a cornerstone of human rights’
 Pope thanks Lebanon for welcoming refugees, maintaining ‘creative balance’ between Christians and Muslims
 Catholic, international aid agencies press for end of war in Yemen
 Austrian bishop tells Pope that his people want married priests and women deacons
 US bishops renew call for ‘reasonable gun measures’ following Chicago hospital shooting
 Interreligious peace partnerships counter secularist attacks on religious freedom, leading Vatican diplomat says

Released Tuesday, Nov. 20

 Papal support for ‘RedVenice’ event, highlighting persecution of Christians
 Constantinople moving forward to recognize independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 Nuns kidnapped, then released, in Cameroon
 Chilean bishops, government reach accord on sex-abuse investigation
 Leading Vatican diplomat encourages Catholic universities to respond to ‘moral and ethical imperative’ of migration
 Vatican message urges Christians, Sikhs to promote a culture of tenderness
 African Jesuits call for disarmament in South Sudan, prosecution of priest’s killers
 Deceased bishop accused of abuse while a priest in Minnesota diocese
 Vatican hosts Russian art, icons from Tretyakov Gallery
 Rwanda’s new leading prelate places focus on family evangelization, laments divorce
 Austria’s new Vatican ambassador meets with Pope
 Pope meets with delegation of Chief Rabbinate of Israel
 Cardinal Marx thanks victims, media for speaking about abuse scandal
 Shrine to Vietnamese Lady of La Vang rises in Southern California
 Church in England, Wales recalls ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’
 EU bishops’ commission calls for family-friendly policies
 2 priests killed, church burned down in Central African Republic
 Cardinal Cupich denies he and Cardinal Wuerl hatched rival plan before USCCB Baltimore meeting

Released Monday, Nov. 19

 ‘Dictator Pope’ author dismissed from Knights of Malta
 4th Minnesota diocese to enter bankrupcty
 Vatican reinstates German rector sympathetic to women priests, homosexuals
 Papal prayers for California wildfire victims
 Pope lauds Albania’s glorious history
 Vietnamese cardinal retires
 Former Phoenix priest alleges Bishop O’Brien removed his faculties after he reported abuse to police
 Report: Cardinal Cupich, Cardinal Wuerl collaborated on alternate sex abuse proposal
 Current Erie bishop distances himself from Bishop Trautman’s criticism of media, attorney general report
 Individuals and peoples are journeying toward a ‘definitive encounter’ with the Lord, Pope tells pilgrims
 Stretch out your hand to the poor as Jesus did, Pope preaches at Mass for World Day of the Poor
 Vatican message calls for action against antimicrobial resistance
 Pope Francis pays tribute to Pope Benedict’s theological approach
 Pope praises Apostolic Movement of the Blind’s missionary commitment to the poor
 Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new Vatican ambassador meets with Pontiff
 Nobel Peace Prize winner meets with Pope, expresses ‘grave concern’ about abuse by priests

Released Saturday, Nov. 17

 Background: World Day of the Poor

Released Friday, Nov. 16

 Christian homes seized in Nineveh Plains region, bishop complains
 Italian bishops set new abuse policies
 Pope asks Knights of Holy Sepulcher to support oppressed Christians
 New class-action lawsuit by abuse victims against Church
 Cause for beatification of Father Pedro Arrupe to open in February
 Church leaders rap Trump for stopping migrant caravan
 Bishop Trautman criticizes media, attorney general report
 Editorial: ‘The Catholic Church is in crisis, and its leaders are making it worse’
 Angolan police close 34 churches
  In Kyrgyzstan, convert from Islam to Christianity attacked, severely injured
 Pakistan’s foreign minister: Asia Bibi not permitted to leave Pakistan due to pending court review
 Bible students escape from China-backed militia in Myanmar
 Salvadoran martyrs gave voice to voiceless, Vatican official says
 Pontifical Mission Societies leader highlights importance of extraordinary missionary month
 God’s Kingdom, manifest in the Eucharist and good works, ‘doesn’t make the news,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope and Pope Emeritus write letters for Ratzinger Foundation symposium
 Kenyan cardinal calls on fathers to lead their families, children to seek to please God
 Vatican newspaper column warns against overprescription of antibiotics
 Kenyan Jesuit murdered in South Sudan
 At UN, Holy See Mission commemorates WWI centenary with performance of Mozart’s Requiem
 Abortion dominates international family-planning conference
 Brexit could lead to renewed border violence, bishop in Northern Ireland warns
 Pope Francis, Israel’s president discuss Jerusalem
 UNICEF chief meets with Pope, lauds his commitment to children affected by war
 Be artisans of communion and evangelizers who are close to the people, Pope tells Latin American seminarians

Released Thursday, Nov. 15

 Chilean cardinal confirms exit from Pope’s advisory council
 Italian court orders Archbishop Vigano to pay brother from family estate
 FBI: 73 anti-Catholic hate crimes in 2017
 Catholic colleges spared in Indonesia’s mass closing of private colleges
 Christians investigated for ‘forced conversions’ in Uttar Pradesh
 In China, 4 underground priests subjected to ‘brainwashing’ for over a month
 Jerusalem bishop praises Jordanian, Egyptian efforts to mediate Gaza crisis
 Morocco archbishop: Pope’s upcoming visit will encourage Christian-Muslim dialogue
 Seattle archdiocese pays $7M in abuse settlement
 Denver archdiocese removed seminary’s vice-rector after abuse allegations
 Cardinal DiNardo: US bishops will take ‘strongest possible actions’ against abuse ‘at the earliest possible moment’
 ‘Open Wide Our Hearts’: US bishops issue pastoral letter against racism
 US bishops endorse opening of sainthood cause for Sister Thea Bowman
 US bishops elect new committee chairmen
 Catholic leaders express ‘deep concern’ about President Trump’s new asylum limits
 Religious leaders call for repeal of new federal ‘parking lot tax’ on churches, nonprofits

Released Wednesday, Nov. 14

 US bishops defeat resolution to encourage Vatican candor on McCarrick
 Iraqi prelate promotes ‘spirituality of exile and return’
 Sicilian priest excommunicated for public attacks on Pontiff
 Archbishop Lori: many bishops want to vote, despite Vatican directive
 Jesuit-sponsored study examines deportation and its effects
 11th-century church vandalized in Bordeaux
 Holy Land: Catholic spokesman worried about the ‘sudden and inexplicable’ escalation of Gaza violence
 Pope, in general audience, reflects on Eighth Commandment
 Connecticut needs a parental notification law, state Catholic conference states in abortion report
 Christians in Indian state seek religious freedom, end to discrimination and violence
 Fired Muslim awarded $3.2M in discrimination suit against California hospital
 Patriarchs, bishops rue sectarian ‘political militias’ that govern Lebanon
 Landmark anti-trafficking conference begins in Nigeria
 Indian Christians demand equality for Dalits
 Pope encourages Spanish religious to be prophets, ‘tired through living the works of mercy’
 Survivors call Vatican telling US bishops to wait on abuse ‘totally unacceptable’
 NPR report: Immigrant communities were the ‘geographic solution’ to predator priests
 Greensburg, Pittsburgh Catholic dioceses to launch compensation fund for clergy abuse victims
  ‘Shaken to the core,’ Michigan lay group releases clergy abuse reader
 ‘Punished’ for being sexually abused: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ culture of cover-up
 Editorial: ‘Vatican dodges and delays on sex-abuse scandal’
 US bishops hear presentation on assisting abuse victims
 Intense debate over handling of abuse scandal ensues at USCCB meeting

Released Tuesday, Nov. 13

 News outlets ignore arrest of Chinese ‘underground’ bishop
 Pope will travel to Morocco in March
 Archbishop Scicluna given new role in Vatican abuse cases
 No asylum plans yet for Asia Bibi
 Archbishop Vigano urges US bishops to be ‘courageous shepherds’
 Head of National Review Board issues challenge to US bishops
 Tribal Christians molested, raped in Bangladesh
 EEOC backs Pentecostal restaurant employee who wished to wear skirt
 Episcopal Church: Albany bishop vows there will be no same-sex marriage liturgies in his diocese
 Leading Bolivian bishop warns: without human rights, democracy becomes totalitarian
 Intervene firmly against witchcraft, magic, and superstition, Vatican cardinal tells Angolan bishops
 A bishop should be a humble and meek servant, not a prince, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope thanks Bose monks for ‘fruitful presence’ in Church and society
 To exempt ourselves from ‘zero tolerance’ is ‘unacceptable and cannot stand,’ Cardinal DiNardo tells brother bishops
 Proclaim Christ, heed the Pope as you pursue reform, nuncio tells US bishops
 Pope institutes peace studies program at Pontifical Lateran University
 Vatican hosts conference on the Church after WWI
 Renovations to Buffalo bishop’s new home cost $200,000
 Spokane bishop: ‘we have degenerate behavior, hypocrisy, and now cover-up’
 Archdiocese of Philadelphia announces abuse reparations fund
 Cardinal Nichols faces questions over his handling of sex abuse claims
 New Zealand announces inquiry into abuse in religious institutions
 Editorial: ‘The Catholic Church proves incapable of exorcising clergy sex abuse—again’
 Editorial: ‘After delaying bishop vote, can Vatican be trusted to right its own ship?’

Released Monday, Nov. 12

 Nigerian police free kidnapped priests
 Swiss president meets with Pontiff
 Pope bids Pontifical Academy of Science focus on climate change, nuclear tension
 Cardinal Zen reports new moves against ‘underground’ Chinese Catholics
 US bishops table key votes on response to scandal, at Vatican’s request
 Leading Holy See diplomat calls for ‘ruthless’ honesty in addressing human trafficking’s causes
 Pope, at weekday Mass, warns against idolatry of money in the Church
 Reject the culture of war, Pope says on 100th anniversary of WWI armistice
 Imitate the poor and generous widow, Pope tells pilgrims
 School bells ring again at Mosul’s Christian school
 Priest held hostage in Yemen: ‘I have witnessed the power of prayer’
 UK commits £12M to support religious liberty worldwide
 16 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified in Barcelona
 Pope Francis offers thanks to God on 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence
 Apostolic nuncio meets with Pope on eve of US bishops’ meeting
 Cultivate life of prayer in order to evangelize with song, Pope tells young Turin singers
 Pope Francis: a ‘Eucharistic culture’ fosters communion, service, and mercy
 Greece to take clergy off its payroll in agreement with Orthodox Church
 Pope praises German Catholic journalism school, calls for ‘journalism by the people, for the people’
 Pope receives Ireland’s new Vatican ambassador
 Ukrainian Catholic leader writes book
 Vatican sends message of friendship as delegation attends Thai Buddhist anniversary celebration
 Jewish attorneys’ group meets with Pope
 ‘A child is always a blessing,’ Pope Francis affirms

Released Friday, Nov. 9

 Pope and Assyrian patriarch decry oppression of Christians in Middle East
 Chinese ‘underground’ bishop taken into police custody
 French bishops announce independent commission on sexual abuse
 1st native bishop ordained in Solomon Islands
 Syriac Orthodox Church opens university
 Parishes in China pay tribute to the elderly
 Vatican newspaper highlights UN report on food loss, waste
 In Uganda, Catholics protest as archbishop asks government to enforce tithe
 Vatican Christmas stamps feature Milan inmate’s art
 Catholic agencies closely monitor giving after clergy sex abuse shock
 USCCB president renews call for ‘reasonable gun measures’ following California mass shooting
 Church, aid groups sound alarm over humanitarian crisis in Yemen
 Pope, at weekday Mass, warns against murmuring, reflects on importance of witness
 Asia Bibi in an undisclosed location in Pakistan following release
 Gunmen abduct 4 priests in Nigeria
 Pope Francis receives Danish royal couple
 Romanian, Moldovan bishops meet with Pope

Released Thursday, Nov. 8

 American religious brother among new martyrs recognized by Vatican
 Diocese will not pay defense costs of bishop accused of rape
 Cardinal Parolin: bones found under nunciature not connected with missing girl’s case
 Trump administration widens conscience protection for contraceptive mandate
 Asia Bibi released from prison, waits to leave Pakistan safely
 Lack of access to clean water is ‘great shame’ for 21st-century humanity, Pope says in message
 Leading Argentine bishop warns: evil spirit is trying to divide bishops
 Pope Francis will visit North Korea if Pyongyang issues formal invitation
 ‘Let us build the evangelical peace that excludes no one,’ Pope says in video
 Take ‘great precaution’ in using nuclear energy, Holy See diplomat says at UN
 Massachusetts voters uphold law prohibiting ‘discrimination based on gender identity’
 West Virginia voters approve pro-life state constitutional amendment
 Alabama voters affirm sanctity of unborn life
 Florida: voters, bishops agreed on gambling amendment, felons’ voting rights
 Cameroon kidnapping: joy as freed students returned to parents
 Christian-Taoist dialogue on ethics affirms 7 points
 Cardinal O’Brien reflects on work of Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Released Wednesday, Nov. 7

 National Review Board chairman wants to tighten Dallas protocols
 Cardinal O’Malley to head Papal Foundation
 Italy promises help for Asia Bibi
 Vatican cautioning US bishops not to invite Cardinal Burke?
 US, Mexican bishops join in Mass on border for immigrants
 Guam archdiocese will file for bankruptcy
 Pope discusses Seventh Commandment, universal destination of goods
 Persevere in fight against child sexual abuse, Pope tells French bishops
 India’s bishops issue message for Diwali
 Jesus invites us to the banquet of the Kingdom, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Indian nun honored for service to destitute women
 Increasing fear reported among foreign missionaries in Philippines
 Human rights, social outreach at the center of Indonesian bishops’ assembly
 Beatification process begins for young man martyred during Lebanon’s civil war
 Philippine cardinal retires
 82 students, staff abducted from Christian school in Cameroon
 Over 100 windows smashed at Irish church
 Over 200 mass graves discovered in territory once controlled by ISIS
 Asia Bibi’s family appeals for help from President Trump, Prime Minister May
 Canadian diocese wins lawsuit against insurance company that refused coverage for payments to abuse victims

Released Tuesday, Nov. 6

 Turkey: priest’s convicted assassin shot by police
 World Day of Peace theme: politics in service of peace
 EU bishops’ social commission reflects on future of work
 Dalit Christians suffer discrimination in Church as well as society, priest says
 India: Missionaries of Charity to register all its children’s homes with state governments
 Bishops back Philippine workers’ demand for higher minimum wage
 Pope, in weekday Mass homily, warns against selfish ambition and conceit
 Pakistani cathedral rector advises Catholics against discussing other religions
 Nepal: 4 Christians arrested on ‘forced conversion’ charges
 ‘Failure at the top’: US bishops failed to police themselves
 Pope recalls Holocaust, deplores anti-Semitism
 Paraguay’s president, Pope Francis discuss the family, poverty, corruption
 Pope, in video message to youth, reflects on identity
 Catholics, Taoists discuss ethics
 A Habsburg with a Twitter account: an interview with Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican
 Vatican Secretary of State, South Korean president speak about peace in Korea

Released Monday, Nov. 5

 Four ‘underground’ Chinese priests arrested
 Bishop Malone defends himself amid calls for resignation
 Ukrainian president, Orthodox Patriarch in accord on self-government
 Copts vow to continue services
 Cardinal Brandmüller laments ‘almost epidemic’ homosexual influence in clergy
 Leading African cardinal retires
 Church desecrated in French Guiana
 Report: Christians flee Henan to escape persecution
 Pakistan’s government caves in to hardline Islamists, prevents Asia Bibi from leaving country
 Caritas criticizes Austria for withdrawing from global migration pact
 Iran urges Pope Francis not to be indifferent to US sanctions
 Yemen war needs ceasefire, not the world’s silence, says bishop
 Pope offers All Souls’ Day Mass at Roman cemetery chapel
 Injustice toward migrants, refugees takes place with complicit silence, Pope says in message
 Pope Francis celebrates Mass for deceased cardinals, bishops
 ISIS terrorists attack Coptic Christian pilgrims; at least 11 killed
 Link between love of God and love of neighbor is inseparable, Pope tells pilgrims
 Italian nun beatified in Rome
 ‘Listening to reality’: Vatican newspaper’s editorial on Synod of Bishops

Released Friday, Nov. 2

 Study shows high correlation between homosexual priests, clerical abuse
 Ugandan archbishop asks government to collect taxes for Church
 Filipino president mocks saints, suggests reverence for himself
 French priest who led calls for cardinal’s resignation is suspended
 Vatican: no agreement with Spanish government on reinterment of Franco
 Mexico City archdiocese: ‘For the Catholic Church, no human being is illegal’
 Vatican diplomat, at UN, weighs in on diplomatic immunity
 Sri Lankan bishops urge nation to resolve political crisis peacefully
 Jury awards $3.5M to Catholic school teacher in wrongful-termination suit
 Cologne Cathedral pays tribute to Pope Francis with a gargoyle
 French bishop on trial for failing to report abuse
 Holy Land bishops lament law declaring that Israel is a Jewish state
 Bishops reaffirm support for EU
 German bishops’ conference examines how spiritual abuse can precede sexual abuse
 Let the saints, ‘our truest brothers and sisters,’ challenge us, Pope says on All Saints Day
 Vatican establishes new organization to serve Catholic charismatic renewal
 Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘in the service of peace’
 Cardinal Bo denounces potential EU sanctions against Myanmar
 Bangladeshi Christians ask that elections not be held on Christmas
 ISIS-linked group threatens to assassinate Pope
 Indonesian Christians oppose bill requiring permit for religious education classes
 ‘Untouchable’ caste identity haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi

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