Stories for July 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 29

 New Vatican appointments threaten sovereignty of Knights of Malta
 Pope thanks indigenous peoples for their welcome
 Indonesian government revises text after Catholic complaint
 Terrorists close off access to churches in Burkina Faso
 Federal court backs Catholic school’s right to require faithful teachers
 Papal protesters demand: ‘Rescind the doctrine’
 Vatican spokesman: Pope rejects imposition of culture
 Dobbs decision seen as boost for parental rights
 Catholic woman is opposition’s vice-presidential nominee in India
  Answer secularism with joy of Gospel, Pope exhorts priests
 Synod cannot change Church mission, Spanish bishop cautions
 Participation light in local Synod meetings

Released Thursday, Jul. 28

 Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau wants more from papal apology
 Bishop Paprocki joins critics of Father Martin
 Women’s religious orders disappearing in US
 New candor from Vatican’s ‘foreign minister’
 Pope repeats condemnation of ‘deplorable’ residential schools
 Inuits, local Catholics differ in anticipation of Pope’s arrival
 Kansas: nuns urge vote against pro-life amendment
 Myanmar: troops occupy church
 Italian priest rebuked for celebrating Mass on floating lawn chair
 At oldest Canadian pilgrimage site, Pope speaks of reconciliation

Released Wednesday, Jul. 27

 Pope reaches Quebec, meets government leaders
 Latin American bishops call for disarmament in region
 Anglican leader scraps statement confirming male-female marriage
 At native shrine, Pope calls for healing
 Chile’s bishops warn against new constitutional proposal
 We need history, Pope tells congregation in Edmonton
 English court denies parents’ appeal, allows removal of boy’s life-support
 Conservative coalition opposes ‘Respect Marriage’ act in plea to US Senate
 Luxembourg Synod calls for changes in Church teaching
 Quebec statistics show Church in decline as Pope arrives
 South Sudan: bishop decries attacks on civilians, farmers
 Vatican launches visitation of Australia’s Anglican ordinariate
 Syro-Malabar archbishop reportedly resigns in liturgical dispute

Released Tuesday, Jul. 26

 Corporate executives guilty of ‘formal cooperation’ with abortion: Bishop Paprocki
 Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam
 Pope confirms ‘great desire’ to visit Ukraine
 Still no bodies found at reported ‘mass graves’ of residential schools
 Pope laments suffering in residential schools

Released Monday, Jul. 25

 Pope, in Canada, rues ‘disastrous error’ of residential schools
 Syro-Malabar priests defend archbishop, fear Vatican will force resignation
 Former Vatican bank boss loses appeal; conviction affirmed
 Terrorist attack on Syrian church
 Cardinal Parolin: Pope Francis in Canada to embrace indigenous peoples
 Be ‘artisans of the revolution of tenderness,’ Pope tells grandparents, elderly
 Italy faces ‘crucial choices for the life of the country,’ Pope tells Italian president
 Abortion a ‘human rights issue’ more than a religious issue, Archbishop Naumann says
 Thieves stole Precious Blood relic; it reemerged at detective’s door
 Priest reports that blockade of Tigray harms Church’s humanitarian response
 War and peace: Ukraine ambassador sees vital role for Vatican
 Church protests India’s apathy toward coastal erosion
 USCCB action alert: Stop the Respect for Marriage Act
 Vatican official chides East African bishops on abuse reporting

Released Sunday, Jul. 24

 Background: 2nd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

Released Friday, Jul. 22

 Pope consecrates Canada trip to Virgin Mary
 Papal decree alters status of Opus Dei
 German Synodal Path leaders ‘astonished’ by caution from Vatican
 Washington archdiocese bars most traditional liturgies
 In victory for free-speech rights, federal appeals court denies review in conversion therapy case
 ‘We can forgive, but we’ll never forget’: residential school survivors in Manitoba travel to papal visit stop
 Vatican cardinal, at press conference, calls for ‘immediate end’ to coal, oil, and gas production
 Religious freedom is under fire across the globe, experts warn
 Guatemala’s bishops lament dysfunctional government
 House passes LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act
 In 2 months, 68 Christians are killed in Nigeria’s Benue State
 The youngest new cardinal of the Church has been an exorcist for more than 20 years
 Pro-life groups are facing new challenges in abortion-friendly states
 A New York court denies Yeshiva University its religious freedom
 Bucharest mayor orders demolition of office building that threatened cathedral
 Pope Francis attends funeral of Jesuit Father Diego Fares
 ‘In persona episcopi’: diocesan consolidations accelerate in Italy
 US bishops issue ‘renewed call to solidarity with Africa’

Released Thursday, Jul. 21

 Vatican issues caution on German ‘Synodal Path’
 Attorney General vows to challenge state laws restricting abortion
 Pope seeks ‘covenant with environment’
 Vatican Council on Economy hears annual report
 Cardinal Pell affirms central role of celebrating Mass
 Can Vatican order bishops to ban Tridentine Mass?
 Lebanese prelate blasts detention of archbishop
 Federal court halts enforcement of San Francisco’s permit requirement for park church services
 Myanmar: Cardinal Bo’s home village hit by airstrike
 US ambassador meets with Ukrainian Catholic leader
 Vatican foreign minister: Results of agreement with China ‘not terribly impressive’
 Indian Catholics oppose move to stop rations for the aged, orphans
 Vatican holds briefing on Pope’s journey to Canada
 Pope Francis receives Prince, Princess of Monaco
 ‘The agony of world’s green heart’: Vatican newspaper laments Amazon deforestation
 +Father Diego Fares, SJ, 66
 US bishops’ committee lends support to Educational Choice for Children Act

Released Wednesday, Jul. 20

 US House passes measure to protect same-sex marriage
 Michigan governor will veto funding for pregnancy help
 English woman, fined for praying at abortion clinic, wins appeal
 Louisiana bishops, pro-life group endorse ‘emergency contraceptive’ pill
 Angry liturgical dispute divides India’s Syro-Malabar Catholics
 Southwest flight attendant fired over anti-abortion social media posts wins $5.1M verdict
 Edmonton’s Indigenous church reopens for Pope’s visit next week
 Order of Malta’s new leader: ‘Our constitution needs an updating’
 Myanmar junta escalates attacks on historic Catholic villages
 Former Vatican spokesman: ‘Why is the Pope going to Canada?’
 Greek Orthodox Church protests archbishop’s baptism for celebrity same-sex parents
 Pope praises outgoing African Church, ‘discerning what God is telling us today’
 Kidnapped Nigerian priest found dead, another escapes
 Lebanese military court detains, questions archbishop for 8 hours
 Texas bishops call for immigration reform after migrant deaths in trailer
 Vatican publishes ‘Keys to Bioethics: A Manual for Youth’

Released Tuesday, Jul. 19

 Vatican unveils new policy for all investments
 Papal encouragement for Pan-African Catholic Congress
 Corporations responding to Dobbs decision, survey shows
 Ukrainian Catholic archbishop sees ‘disaster’ if Pope visits Moscow
 Pope at Angelus: ‘Listen to Jesus, everything else comes after’
 Nigerian prelate sees attacks on Christians as part of broader government failures
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman deplores passage of House bill imposing abortion on demand nationwide
 62 ordinations in 1 diocese: Indonesian island described as ‘little Vatican’ for priestly, religious vocations
 Ecuador’s bishops broker talks between government, indigenous organizations
 Ukrainian Catholic leader warns of new wave of refugees
 Ethiopian cardinal condemns migration as a hindrance to integral human development
 Interview: Archbishop Gallagher on Vatican diplomacy, Ukraine, and the threat of World War III
 Ahead of papal visit, Canadian bishops begin payouts to indigenous communities
 India’s top court delays hearing anti-Christian violence plea
 Pontiff renews call for negotiations to end war in Ukraine
 Vatican spokesman explains Pope’s ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada

Released Monday, Jul. 18

 Chicago archdiocese, Georgia diocese to shut traditionalist churches
 Detroit churches to host popular music concerts
 Pope asks prayers for ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada
 Pope warns against ‘toxicity’ online
 German lay leader: change ‘required’ in Church teaching on homosexuality
 Poll finds US Catholics split on Biden, lax on faith
 Retired bishop given Vatican reprimand for handling of abuse complaints
 With Mary’s eyes, see Jesus in others, Pope tells Dominican nation in jubilee message
 2 more priests abducted in Nigeria, diocese says
 Pope Francis’ comments on Cuba were callous, columnist writes
 Archbishop Aquila on evangelization, false gods, abortion, Germany’s ‘Synodal Path’
 Maryland priest describes arson, desecration of tabernacle
 House passes pro-abortion ‘Women’s Health Protection Act’; Senate odds dim
 Pro-life pregnancy clinic hired 24-hour security, shut down mobile clinic, director says in Senate hearing
 Church wants lesson on Indian Catholic saint back in schools
 Jesuit who was missionary in rural Germany is beatified
 Cambodian priest named leader of Church jurisdiction for 1st time since Pol Pot
 Thousands flee jihadist violence in Cabo Delgado; Christians beheaded
 ‘To die of hunger’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to famine in Uganda

Released Friday, Jul. 15

 US bishops’ conference allows lesbian foster parent
 Texas files suit to block Biden administration roles on abortion
 Mass protests around the world go without media coverage
 Pakistani archbishop shines spotlight on abducted and abused girls, women
 2 men face felonies in fire that destroyed historic West Virginia church
 Canadian government providing $27M in funding during papal visit
 Journalist reflects on ‘puzzle of Peter’s Pence and the Vatican London deal’
 Sri Lankan cardinal warns against emergency power abuses
 Report estimates nuns saved 26,000 Asian women from trafficking through prevention, rescue
 US bishops decry Women’s Health Protection Act; vote imminent in House
 Ukrainian ambassador is ‘doing everything possible’ to prevent meeting between Pope, Patriarch Kirill
 Archbishop Naumann says he is ‘sad’ over Pope’s handling of Biden, Pelosi on abortion
 Catholic voters sour on Biden, split over midterms

Released Thursday, Jul. 14

 Evangelize as the saints taught, Pope tells religious orders
 Iraqi patriarch seeks coexistence with Shi’ites
 Father of alleged victim files suit against Cardinal Pell
 Cardinal Parolin confirms plan for Pope to visit Ukraine
 Dick’s faces legal complaint for policy funding employees’ abortions
 Italian journalist and papal interview Eugenio Scalfari dead at 98
 Co-leader of German ‘Synodal Path’ calls for abortion access
 Gender reassignment for children: cautionary perspectives from science
 State government clears Indian cardinal on contested real estate deals
 Kenyan bishops urge respect for laws ahead of general elections
 Global Anglican Communion given voice in choice of future Archbishops of Canterbury
 Fire destroys half of the Chapels of Light at Lourdes shrine
 Metropolitan Gudziak: Pope’s rhetoric about the war is getting tougher
 Pope, in interview, confirms plans to meet Russian Patriarch in Kazakhstan
 Fort Worth Catholic Charities CEO removed after planning women’s empowerment summit
 Tanzanian president praises East African bishops’ focus on environment
 Ukrainian Catholic leader warns against hatred of the enemy
 New headquarters should serve those on peripheries, Pope tells CELAM
 Sri Lanka’s Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith calls for restraint amid political crisis

Released Wednesday, Jul. 13

 Pope names three women to Vatican panel choosing bishops
 Pope repeats call for ‘ecological conversion’
 Pope committed to Ukraine trip; date uncertain
 18 Nigerian priests kidnapped in 2022
 Despair, illness, death: Ethiopian diocese sees ‘existential threat’ to the people of Tigray
 Catholic funds in quandary after companies support abortion
 San Antonio archbishop says exploitation of poor, migrants is ‘grave’
 Palestinian leader calls Pope to discuss Israeli measures in Jerusalem
 Indigenous priest appointed to key role for papal visit to Canada
 Papal document on bioethics being planned?
 Advocate for the MINDS Act, USCCB, CRS urge
 Pope encourages Catholic-Pentecostal dialogue
 Vatican prefect seeks collaboration from East African bishops

Released Tuesday, Jul. 12

 USCCB official predicts greater pressure on Church
 False report of death of Benedict XVI was journalist’s hoax
 Pope says he would not stay at Vatican after retirement
 Mexican bishops’ spokesman rejects president’s criticism
 Oklahoma archbishop says Church must do more to help pregnant women
 Biden administration threatens hospitals on abortion access
 Malta archbishop decries abortion, IVF
 Pope Francis assures Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops of prayers, ‘involvement’ to end war
 The ‘cities and villages of Ukraine are burning,’ Major Archbishop warns
 Bishops consider personal prelature for Philippine migrants
 China offers women perks for having babies, if they’re married
 Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access
 Arizona bishops laud signing of state school choice bill
 Following Christ means seeing, helping the suffering, Pope says
 Papal condolences following death of longtime Angolan leader
 Pope makes appeals for Sri Lanka, Libya, Ukraine
 New Vatican interview series on Ukraine war emphasizes need for negotiations

Released Monday, Jul. 11

 ‘Marriage tax’ hits poor US couples hardest, study shows
 SSPX now 5th-largest religious congregation of Catholic priests
 Text from Pontifical Academy for Life questions ban on contraception
 Lebanese prelate warns against bid to ‘sabotage’ new government
 Sri Lanka: cardinal prods president to honor resignation promise
 Vatican trial: defendant says Pope authorized loan for London property
 Pope urges young to be ‘new face of Europe’
 September beatification set for ‘Smiling Pope’ John Paul I
 Indian Christians, civil society mark death of jailed Jesuit priest
 Holy See takes part in Ukraine Recovery Conference
 Migrants and refugees are ‘fundamental’ to societal growth, Pope says in video
 Jesuits in moment of silence in Mexico for murdered priests
 Vatican newspaper sees ‘planet split in half’ by climate change
 South Sudan: Cardinal Parolin urges tenderness and aid
 Archbishop Gallagher: ‘I wouldn’t rule out Pope going to Ukraine in August’
 Ruling clears Louisiana to enforce near-total abortion ban
 ‘Deeply disturbing and tragic’: bishop chairman responds to executive order on abortion access
 Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by ‘senseless’ assassination of Shinzo Abe

Released Friday, Jul. 8

 Australian plenary council concludes; voters favor female deacons, general absolution
 Biden signs order to promote abortion access
 EU bishops decry pro-abortion resolution
 Pope plans two September trips in Italy: to Assisi and Matera
 Holy See becomes party to UN climate-change convention
 European Parliament urges stronger Vatican support for Cardinal Zen
 Argentine women complain of mistreatment in Opus Dei
 Pope says crackdown on abuse is ‘irreversible’
 ‘Nuns on the bus’ sister receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
 Pro-abortion protesters disrupt Mass in Chicago
 Catholic trade college launched in Ohio
 Include abortion in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, European Parliament demands
 China deploys hundreds of auditors to monitor religious activities online
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: Russian troops are targeting grain warehouses
 North Carolina parish vandalized
 Little-known abortion pill maker faces scrutiny
 Chicago, Newark among 65 US dioceses that failed to conduct abuse charter-compliance audits in parishes
 Vatican spokesman recalls the ‘prophecy of Lampedusa’
 Cardinal Parolin at Mass in Juba: ‘War and corruption cannot bring peace’
 A ‘question of survival’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to Yemenis’ plight

Released Thursday, Jul. 7

 Vatican cardinal: seafarers must be allowed shore leave
 Pope confident financial reforms will stop scandals
 Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria
 Our Sunday Visitor to launch news service
 Survey finds partisan divide in US opinions on Covid response
 Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of abortion ban
 Australia’s Plenary Council assembly passes motions on Indigenous, abuse
 Kremlin spokesman: There are no ‘substantive contacts’ on a papal visit to Moscow
 Philippine bishops’ conference, laity council condemn filing of divorce bill
 German plan for permanent ‘synodal council’ sparks backlash
 Major Archbishop: The past day has been ‘very difficult’ for Ukraine
 US bishops renew call for ban on assault weapons
 Updated US ‘Program of Priestly Formation’ is released
 ‘Religious freedom guarantees peace,’ Vatican cardinal says in message to international conference
 ‘The only necessary fight is the one for peace and development,’ Cardinal Parolin tells South Sudan’s president

Released Wednesday, Jul. 6

 Mississippi judge allows abortion ban to take effect
 Pope speaks of personal prayer life in new podcast
 Pope will appoint women to help choose Bishops
 Retired Pope surprised to be alive
 Cardinal Ranjith demands resignation of Sri Lanka leader
 5 Catholic parishes in Wisconsin vandalized
 Vote on female diaconate throws Australian plenary council into crisis
 Catholic leaders welcome Supreme Court ruling in Biden v. Texas
 Papal condolences upon death of Cardinal Cláudio Hummes
 19 Catholic institutions announce divestment from fossil fuels
 Investigative series on abuse in New Zealand’s Marist schools
 Maine religious schools may face another hurdle to state tuition
 New York archdiocesan official analyzes legal consequences of Dobbs
 Suspected arson causes $1M in damage to Catholic school in Ohio
 After shooting, Chicago cardinal urges unity to ‘build path to safety and peace’
 Florida 15-week abortion ban reinstated after legal appeal
 Kidnapped Nigerian priest regains freedom

Released Tuesday, Jul. 5

 Two more Nigerian priests kidnapped
 One million Muslims join in Hajj as Covid restrictions ease
 UN missions charged with sex-abuse cover-up
 Pope hopes for renewal of secret China accord
 Vatican diplomat warns: expect crackdown on Church in Hong Kong
 Lay brother becomes superior general of Holy Cross congregation
 Vatican confirms discipline of African priest who criticized Pope Francis
 Only 44% of Australians identify as Christian
 Ukraine renews its invitation for Pope Francis to visit
 In India, more than 200 cases of violence against Christians in 5 months
 University of Idaho violated Christian students’ free-speech rights, federal court rules
 ‘We proclaim Jesus through witness of brotherly love,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 ‘Peace begins with each of us,’ Pope preaches to Rome’s Congolese community
 Pope Francis: ‘Sports are a sign of hope amidst war’
 Bishop given new mission to Ukrainian refugees in Ireland
 Pope prays for victims of Italian glacier tragedy, appeals for care of environment
 In Sri Lanka, Church takes legal recourse for Easter attack victims
 Pope calls for de-escalation of war in Ukraine

Released Monday, Jul. 4

 Two more priests kidnapped in Nigeria
 Pope scoffs at rumors of resignation, cancer
 Brazilian Cardinal Hummes, key liberal leader and papal ally, dead at 87
 Blaze ‘new paths of reconciliation and forgiveness,’ Pope tells peoples of DR Congo, South Sudan
 Martyrs of Zenta beatified in Orán, Argentina
 +Patriarch Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, 95
 Pope to Mediterranean Games: ‘Sport can create bridges between cultures’
 Pope calls on elderly to be ‘teachers of tenderness’
 Oceania Catholic groups unite to advocate at UN Ocean Conference
 German bishop: ‘Do not forget Jesus Christ’
 Rabbi: ‘Jews are flourishing in America. For that, I thank the Catholic Church’
 Cardinal Parolin speaks of importance of journey to Africa
 Biden administration’s proposed Title IX regulations could ‘erase women and girls,’ bishops warn

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