Stories for June 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jun. 30

 Top Vatican ecumenical official rips Moscow Patriarch’s support for war
 Pope decries ‘cruel and senseless war of aggression’ in Ukraine
 Knee pain again forces Pope to miss meeting
 Albany diocese proposes mediation for abuse victims: bankruptcy as alternative
 Nicaragua expels Mother Teresa’s sisters
 Vatican investigation in Strasbourg marks latest upheaval in Church in France
 Santa Fe cathedral will be mortgaged to help pay abuse settlements
 Federal court sides with Brooklyn diocese against former teacher
 Peter and Paul teach us to grow daily in faith, Pope tells pilgrims
 New realities require care for people in poverty, Pope tells Caritas Spain
 Pope Francis congratulates, offers prayers for Marcos
 Pope: Ukraine shopping center bombing the latest ‘barbarous’ attack
 Archbishop asks faithful to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck
 Church called to promote a culture of care, Pope preaches at Mass of Saints Peter and Paul
 Abortion opponents consider how far to press after end of Roe v. Wade
 Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights

Released Wednesday, Jun. 29

 Vatican releases English translation of curial-reform constitution
 New papal document defends Vatican II liturgical changes
 FBI investigating New Orleans archdiocese on abuse complaints
 Pelosi receives Communion at papal Mass
 122 priests ordained in France this year
 USCCB hosts youth conference with emphasis on diversity
 Winning 2025 Jubilee Year logo unveiled after global competition
 Killing of Jesuit priests in Mexico shakes nation afflicted by violence
 Spanish government expands transgender practices to children as young as 12
 Abortion providers confront new landscape after Roe overturn
 Russell Crowe to star in supernatural thriller ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’
 Germany: Over 2,700 anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2021
 In Nicaragua, the Ortega regime steps up efforts to silence civil society—especially the Catholic Church
 Archbishop, Ukrainian president call missile strikes on mall terrorist act
 Pope tells young people to be messengers of hope

Released Tuesday, Jun. 28

 Record number of German Catholics left Church in 2021
 French bishop says differences within clergy prompted postponement of ordinations
 Cameroon: bishop reports separatists lose support because of ‘heinous acts’
 Cardinal Parolin to substitute for Pope on trip to Africa
 Respond to opposition with firm decision to do good, Pope tells pilgrims
 ‘Betting on family love is courageous,’ Pope preaches at conclusion of World Meeting of Families
 Pope praises work of Italian nun killed in Haiti
 ‘I’ve been able to walk for 3 days,’ Pope tells Brazilian bishops
 Holy See: Migrants are not just numbers
 Orthodox delegation visits Rome for feast of Saints Peter and Paul
 Vatican publishes slightly updated guidelines for handling abuse cases
 Bishop chairman welcomes passage of landmark gun legislation
 Pope to Orionine Fathers: ‘May the fire of faith ignite new charitable works’
 English accountant appointed to board of Vatican finance watchdog agency
 Vatican cardinal: Subordination of women to men is ‘fruit of sin’
 Vatican spokesman reacts to Dobbs decision, cautions against ‘polarization,’ ‘extremisms’
 Leading UN official deplores Supreme Court ruling, says abortion is ‘international human right’
 US Secretary of State pledges push for global expansion of abortion

Released Monday, Jun. 27

 Supreme Court sides with football coach fired for on-field prayer
 Historic West Virginia church burned; arson suspected
 Two more priests killed in Nigeria
 Papal encouragement for Neocatechumenate Way
 US cardinals, in separate statements, welcome Dobbs decision
 Pontifical academy: Roe overturn ‘challenges the whole world’
 Archbishop leads protest against Indian Supreme Court decision on ‘eco-sensitive zones’
 US Maronite bishop: ‘I’ve never seen Lebanon like this before’
 Vatican’s chief diplomat ‘very pleased’ after Ukraine becomes EU candidate
 Pope calls on Ecuadorians to abandon violence and extremism
 Vatican to start monthly newspaper by and with the poor
 Leading European center-left lawmaker, Pope discuss famine, migration, populism
 IFAD president, Pontiff discuss food crisis
 ‘What is needed is an infinite mercy,’ Pope recalls on feast of Sacred Heart

Released Friday, Jun. 24

 Fertility doctors moving embryos to guard against legal protection
 Pope orders public release of archives from World War II
 Canon lawyer for jailed Argentine bishop now investigating accusers
 Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
 Chicago parish offers pulpit to same-sex couple
 German sex abuse lawsuit targets former Pope Benedict
 World Meeting of Families looks at how families protect life, pray, connect generations
 Ask Congress to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, USCCB says in action alert
 ‘Pacelli’s list’: Vatican makes archives detailing aid to Jews available online
 Without Jesus, we can do nothing, Pope tells Comboni Missionaries
 Pope: ‘The drama of Cain and Abel unfolding in Ukraine’
 Resist fear spread by organized crime with healthy, hopeful roots, Pope says
 Pope Francis: Catholics, Oriental Orthodox should examine more sacramental sharing
 Council of Cardinals, Pope hold online meeting
 Cardinal Parolin on arms for Ukraine: ‘Peace cannot be constructed with weapons’

Released Thursday, Jun. 23

 Cardinal Parolin dismisses rumors of papal resignation
 Cardinal Kasper rips German Synodal Path as ‘attempted coup’
 Vatican confirms schedule for Pope’s July trip to Canada
 Myanmar diocese warns priest on political activism
 Marriage is not an unattainable ideal, Pope tells World Meeting of Families
 With 200 witnesses on docket, Vatican finance trial likely a marathon
 Camino pilgrims help rural Spain’s emptying villages survive
 Pro-abortion vandalism targets Michigan clinic, Minnesota pro-life group
 Do not forget the suffering of the Ukrainian people, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope blasts violence in Mexico as he mourns 2 slain Jesuits
 Papal prayer for victims of devastating earthquake in Afghanistan
 Archbishop: postponement of Pope’s Africa trip ‘fell on us like a thunderbolt’
 Pope renews condemnation of anti-Semitism
 2 kidnapped Chibok girls freed in Nigeria after 8 years
 Vatican official calls for greater pastoral care of families
 USCCB renews appeal for Ukrainian, Afghan refugees

Released Wednesday, Jun. 22

 Nigerian state near collapse, Church leaders warn
 Elderly can find strength in weakness, Pope tells audience
 Pope to Syro-Malabar youth: Walk along Jesus’ path of love
 Evoke hidden thirst for God through all media, Pope tells Society of St. Paul
 Supreme Court declines to hear California bishops’ challenge to lifting of statute of limitations for abuse claims
 Kyiv bishop warns against papal visit to Ukraine, says Francis no longer seen as ‘non-partisan’
 North Dakota diocese begins beatification inquiry for laywoman
 Australian public and Catholic school teachers hold ‘historic’ joint strike over pay
 4 Newfoundland churches sold to fund abuse settlements
 Pope Francis plans to remain Pope ‘for as long as God allows it,’ Brazilian bishops say
 NBA player brings Congo to the Pope after papal trip canceled
 Pope pays tribute to Zaire Use as ‘the only inculturated Roman missal’
 US bishops welcome Supreme Court decision on tuition aid and religious schools

Released Tuesday, Jun. 21

 Pope repeats condemnation of nuclear arms
 Tennessee diocese imposes 25% tax on parish funds from federal program
 Wild driver near Vatican prompts fears of terror attack
 Two Jesuit priests killed in Mexico
 Supreme Court strikes down Maine law barring tuition aid for religious schools
 Firebombed pregnancy-help center faces New York state investigation
 Vatican newspaper responds to new book on Pius XII and World War II
 Father Richard Rohr meets with Pope
 Smaller, more low-key World Meeting of Families begins this week in Rome
 Renewed papal appeal for Ukraine
 Pope pens preface to new book, ‘The Church in the Digital’
 Pope to international community: ‘Don‘t forget the people of Myanmar’
 Archbishop of Canterbury calls Church of England’s slave trade links a ‘source of shame’
 Gunman kills 3 people at Alabama church
 Order considering contract with Bill Gates hits back against criticism
 Notorious Australian ex-priest pleads guilty to 13 fresh charges
 Citing persecution of Church, UN human rights chief decries oppression in Nicaragua

Released Monday, Jun. 20

 Vatican cardinal cancels election of new leader for Communion and Liberation movement
 Pope encourages Melkites to reflect on synodality
 Vatican coin commemorates Covid vaccine
 New massacre in Nigeria: two churches attacked
 Bring the Eucharist to everyday life, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Canada: Mounties arrest priest for assault at school
 South African Presbyterian to lead World Council of Churches
 ‘Ukraine is on fire,’ Major Archbishop warns
 EU bishops affirm Ukrainian right to self-defense, call for expanded EU peacemaking efforts
 27 Spanish Dominican martyrs beatified
 Theologians must find new ways to express, share the faith, Pope says
 Synod of Bishops releases 53-page document on spirituality of synodality
 German governor, Pope Francis discuss Ukraine, Synodal Way
 Man paralyzed 12 years ago becomes Italy’s 1st assisted suicide victim
 Human rights organization calls on Malta to legalize abortion
 In Nigeria, gunmen kidnap priest, demand ransom
 Indian bishop faces criticism for outreach to Hindu nationalists
 Bishops warn that Sri Lanka is close to the worst tragedy in its history

Released Friday, Jun. 17

 Italian parish holds ‘Mass of Thanksgiving’ for same-sex union
 GOP lawmakers urge action against attacks on pro-life centers
 Belief in God declining in America
 Pope says Buddhists, Christians should work together
 Pelosi affirms Catholicism, support for abotion
 Ukraine’s Donetsk bishop: ‘We stay with our people, even as bombs fall’
 Myanmar army burns down Catholic church
 NATO leader dismisses Pope’s comments on Ukraine
 Poland: 10 nuns beatified, martyrs of wartime violence
 California bishops oppose move to ‘enshrine’ abortion in state constitution
 Cardinal Gambetti on Corpus Christi: ‘Give of yourselves like Jesus did’
 US abortions increase by nearly 70,000 in 3 years, reversing long-term decline
 Synagogue sues Florida, saying abortion restrictions violate religious freedom
 Sexual abuse in focus as leading Slovenian bishops visit Vatican
 New Franciscan superior in Germany is openly gay, backs women’s ordination
 Kenyan bishops express alarm at potential for election fraud

Released Thursday, Jun. 16

 British government sanctions Moscow Patriarch for supporting war
 Top Vatican liturgical officer laments ‘quite serious’ resistance to liturgical changes
 Abortion zealots announce ‘open season’ on pro-life centers
 Belgian bishop declines red hat
 Peter’s Pence collection rises, but expenditures outpace revenue
 Massachusetts bishop: Jesuit school cannot call itself Catholic
 Historic Canadian cathedral basilica sold for $3M
 Texas pastor elected Southern Baptist president
 Canadian cabinet member: Pope’s health an ‘extreme concern’ but trip unchanged
 Speak out against Israeli extremist groups, Jerusalem Christian leaders urge President Biden
 Head of UN’s disarmament office meets with Pontiff
 Pope: Remember those suffering in Ukraine and pray for them
 DR Congo’s government ‘firmly awaits’ Pope’s visit
 Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation
 UK court orders life support removed from 12-year-old; family vows to appeal
 USCCB: ‘Ask Congress to provide a permanent solution for Dreamers’
 US bishops’ domestic policy chairman commends congressional efforts to address gun vviolence
 Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Egyptian government sign environmental protection protocol
 More than 400 Ukrainian Orthodox parishes have left Moscow Patriarchate
 Ecumenical Patriarchate holds ecological summit; participants see ‘decisive turning point’

Released Wednesday, Jun. 15

 Pope requires Vatican approval for new lay associations
 Elderly should serve and be served, Pope tells audience
 Priest killed in Tanzania
 Bolivian bishops: include religion question in next census
 Vatican foreign minister emphasizes respecting Ukraine’s territorial integrity
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores Russian torture of civilians
 Archbishop of Canterbury lectures African Anglican primates on poverty, environment
 Vatican announces international summit on sports and inclusion
 At least 50 civilians killed in suspected jihadist raid on Burkina Faso village
 Bishop chairmen plead for peace as attacks on pro-life organizations mount
 New Philippine President Marcos ready to work closely with Church, nuncio says
 Australian archbishop criticized for article on ‘modern green religion’
 Pope’s approval rating falls to 52% in Argentina

Released Tuesday, Jun. 14

 Pope attacks efforts at ‘restoration’ in Church
 Pope rips ‘senselessness of war,’ damaging effects on the poor
 American Jesuit to be rector of Gregorian University
 Report finds 196 clerics abused minors in German diocese
 Pope Francis steps in to appoint new Order of Malta leader
 Religious lament decay of democracy and the social fabric in Latin America and the Caribbean
 #ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
 Pope plans July Mass for Congolese in St. Peter’s Basilica
 Myanmar’s bishops call for prayer, action to address political crisis
 Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes papal comment on war
 Spanish official presses Pope on cooperation with government’s abuse inquiry
 8 abuse survivors meet with Pope
 Chile’s new ambassador to the Vatican meets Pope Francis
 Despite ‘steady trend of improvement,’ Vatican finance inspector files 104 suspicious activity reports
 ‘The apostle is not a manager,’ Pope tells Missionaries of Africa
 Pope decries scourge of child labor

Released Monday, Jun. 13

 Indian bishop, acquitted of rape charge, awaits Vatican move
 Pope will not celebrate Corpus Christi Mass
 New study finds higher youth-suicide rates after sex-change procedures
 Nigerian bishop chides Irish president: massacre not caused by climate change
 USCCB president marks 20th anniversary of ‘Dallas charter’
 Church leaders: Culture of Life means working to end gun violence
 Holocaust memorial chairman thanks Pope for opening archives
 German seminary rector found dead following abuse allegations
 Israel’s top court upholds sale in Jerusalem’s Christian quarter to Jewish organization
 Pope Francis cancels trip to Congo and South Sudan over health issues
 In address to Catholic family federation, Pope decries pornography, surrogacy
 Papal encouragement for ‘Long Night of the Churches’
 Von der Leyen and Pope discuss war in Ukraine
 Pope appoints San Diego auxiliary to replace Bishop Olmsted in Phoenix, in significant shift

Released Friday, Jun. 10

 Colorado bishops ask pro-abortion lawmakers to refrain from Communion
 In first, Yad Vashem chief meets Pope Francis at Vatican
 Czech prime minister meets with Pontiff
 Look to Saints Charles de Foucauld and Peter Faber as models, Pope tells future Vatican diplomats
 Pope urges Sicily’s priests to be moral guides — but to drop lace vestments
 Pope Francis mourns Order of Malta leader Fra’ Marco Luzzago
 Jailed bishop close to Pope Francis released to private clinic for treatment
 Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox Patriarchate denounces trespassing, vandalism by Israeli radicals
 Ukrainian foreign minister: Vatican needs to ‘better understand’ why Russia invaded
 Cardinal Dolan weighs in on abortion, guns, and the ‘throwaway culture’

Released Thursday, Jun. 9

 The elderly show us the tenderness of God, Pope says at general audience
 $78M paid to sex abuse victims in Philadelphia archdiocese
 Head of Order of Malta dies unexpectedly
 Pray for Luhansk, Ukrainian Catholic leader pleads
 At German canonical trial, financial penalty imposed on priest convicted of abuse
 Pope challenges faithful to put the most vulnerable at the center
 Pope praises Church in Amazonia for missionary evangelization
 Vatican announces ‘Perosian Year’
 Pope creates, staffs committee to guide future investments
 USCCB ‘encouraged’ by $555B in climate-related expenses in House budget
 US bishops’ international justice and peace chairman laments Nigerian church attack

Released Wednesday, Jun. 8

 Metropolitan Hilarion moved in Russian Orthodox Church shake-up
 Vatican bank reports $19M profit in 2021
 Moscow Patriarch praises Belarus strongman
 Priest abducted, Nigerian diocese says
 US Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin discuss Venezuela, Ukraine
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘There is nothing sacred for the Russian occupier’
 As Ukraine’s Catholic Church responds to war, Polish clergy play key role
 Nigerian church attack: Pope laments ‘unspeakable violence’
 Broker blames ‘irrational’ Vatican choices for London losses
 Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing
 ‘We found love for Albania like nowhere else’: leading lawmakers meet with Pope
 Gibraltar leader meets with Pontiff

Released Tuesday, Jun. 7

 Pope at Pentecost Mass: Let us sit at the school of the Holy Spirit
 The Holy Spirit is a specialist in bridging distances, Pope tells pilgrims
 Congo bishops say ongoing violence will not deter Pope Francis visit
 Pope pleads for renewed peace negotiations, end of attacks on eastern Ukraine
 Vatican dicastery discusses ‘interreligious dialogue and conviviality’
 Dublin archbishop calls for lay ministers, pastoral volunteers to address priest shortage
 Archbishop: Polish nuns’ beatification is ‘prophetic’
 Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Iraqi Christians are true patriots, not a ‘minority’ of ‘infidels’
 The Holy Spirit transforms lives and restores peace, Pope tells charismatic prayer vigil
 Ukrainian government: Russians have destroyed 133 religious buildings
 Beatifications of martyred priests lift Lebanese mired in poverty
 ‘I want to go to Ukraine, but at the right moment,’ Pope tells children
 Papal prayer for orphaned children, abortion victims
 Pope: Cutting healthcare resources ‘an outrage against humanity’
 New French ambassador meets with Pontiff
 Announcement of papal visit to L’Aquila sparks resignation speculation
 Colombian bishops plead for papal intervention on behalf of strife-torn Chocó

Released Monday, Jun. 6

 Nigeria: gunmen kill dozens in ‘satanic’ attack on Catholic church
 ‘A pathologist, a priest, and a hunt for justice in the Philippines’
 Leading Russian Orthodox official meets with Hungarian cardinal
 Report: Nicaraguan priest jailed under strange circumstances
 US State Dept.: Religious freedom violations continue around world
 AP poll: 64% of US Catholics say abortion should be legal in most or all cases
 Ukrainian Catholic leader reflects on 100 days of war
 The Church is a ‘caravan of brothers’ on a journey, Pope tells Oriental Orthodox delegation
 Pope Francis will not celebrate public Corpus Christi Mass
 Neocatechumenal Way leaders meet with Pope
 Vatican relaxes vaccine mandate, masking rules
 US bishops call for congressional action on gun violence, note link to family breakdown

Released Friday, Jun. 3

 Priests describe danger of famine in Kenya as bishops launch aid appeal
 ‘Life and dignity for all’ is theme of US bishops’ Religious Freedom Week
 Retirements of permanent deacons in US outpace ordinations
 Scholar discusses ‘Pope’s secret back channel to Hitler’
 Video released for June papal prayer intention
 EU military bishops in Brussels discuss perspectives for peace
 Manitoba residential school survivors hopeful about Pope’s visit, but want a say in apology
 Patriarch Kirill excluded from EU sanctions after Hungary’s objection
 Church in Australia issues recommendations ahead of final Plenary Council meeting
 Ordinations of priests, deacons in French diocese postponed at Vatican request
 New Brazilian cardinal highlights Pope’s concern for Amazon region

Released Thursday, Jun. 2

 Ousted Puerto Rico bishop seeks meeting with Pontiff
 Papal greetings to Queen Elizabeth on platinum jubilee
 Bishop Barron to head Minnesota diocese
 New personnel office for all Vatican staff
 Cardinal decries torture by police in Mauritius
 Pope merges 2 Quebec dioceses
 Leading Polish prelate: Russia invaded Ukraine because it fears democracy
 Vatican financial trial highlights intrigue and rivalries in the papal court
 Uvalde priest to lead 12 funerals for school shooting victims over next 2 weeks
 Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for renewed international condemnation of Russian aggression
 Assyrian church destroyed by Turkish shelling in northeastern Syria
 Russian Catholics take part in Pope’s Rosary for peace
 ‘Stop the war in North Kivu,’ DR Congo bishops plead ahead of papal visit
 German Catholics discuss Church reforms, war at 102nd Katholikentag
 US embassy to Holy See displays gay pride flag
 Russian troops shell major Ukrainian Orthodox monastery
 Pope Francis: Guarding ‘dead traditions’ is dangerous for the Church’s life

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