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Stories for August 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Aug. 31

 St. Louis archdiocese urges schools to drop federal lunch subsidies
 Pope pleads for peace in Iraq after Baghdad violence
 Iraqi prelate voices fears for country’s future
 Cardinal suggests: only Rome-based prelates vote in papal conclave
 Villanova institutes ‘gender inclusive’ policies on Catholic campus
 Pope, at audience, begins talks on discernment
 Backers of priest’s cause vow to fight recommendation to suspend it
 Anger in Washington over Catholic Charities’ plan to turn hotel into homeless residence
 GOP lawmakers demand Garland, ‘spineless’ DOJ ‘bring justice’ for anti-Catholic attacks
 In homily to cardinals, Pope Francis reflects on ‘instances of wonder’
 World’s cardinals discuss curial reform, 2025 jubilee
 A Catholic podcasting star says theocracy is not the way
 World-renowned artists participate in 1st Vatican ‘Vitae Summit’
 Chile’s bishops call for end to violence as vote on constitution approaches
 Egyptian president grants land for construction of Coptic Catholic hospital
 Reversing deficit, USCCB improves its financial position in 2021

Released Tuesday, Aug. 30

 Vatican: Pope’s stand on Ukraine is not political
 Synod official raps critics of German ‘Synodal Path’
 Cardinal Becciu still not eligible to vote in conclave?
 German report shows accused priests were transferred, abused again
 Bartholomew: How can we bless this war, as Kirill does?
 Manila archbishop: Philippine Church is still lacking in being ‘Church of the poor’
 World’s cardinals discuss importance of Church’s communion and outreach
 +Bishop Ye Ronghua, 91
 Proposition 1 is ‘worst-case scenario for abortion in California,’ bishops warn
 Mexico’s bishops call for renewed national emphasis on education
 Protestants on the verge of overtaking Catholics in Brazil
 Pope Francis and new cardinals visit Benedict XVI
 Ukraine is on the brink of a nuclear disaster, Major Archbishop warns
 The Zanchetta affair (Part 3): allegations and Vatican denials

Released Monday, Aug. 29

 Vatican’s top liturgy official raps ‘hysterical’ reaction to restrictions on Latin Mass
 President of Pontifical Academy for Life affirms legal abortion in Italy
 Salvadoran cardinal sees ‘very confused, delicate’ situation in country’s emergency
 Eritrea: government takes over Catholic schools
 St. Louis archdiocese continues planning to reduce 178 parishes to about 100 parishes
 HHS can’t force Catholic hospital network to perform abortions, gender transitions, court says
 ‘Be proud of your work,’ Pope tells French altar servers
 ‘A true Salesian’: papal praise for Italian priest who baptized him
 Be ‘women of the Word’ like Mary: papal remarks to Canossians
 Pope to families: ‘Never forget prayer, which keeps our faith alive’
 Continental phase of synod on synodality begins; Cardinal Hollerich backpedals from remarks on homosexuality
 Knights of Malta joust with ‘arbitrary’ Vatican intervention
 Pope travels to L’Aquila, opens Holy Door of Celestinian Pardon
 Pope Francis creates 20 cardinals

Released Friday, Aug. 26

 Wall Street Journal asks: why impose Biden transgender policy on Catholic hospitals?
 Pope willing to visit North Korea
 Catholic priest fined under registration law in Russian-occupied Crimea
 Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies, federal judge rules
 Swiss bishops’ Synod report: Church denies equality to women and excludes LGBT people
 Trappists open 4th monastery in Indonesia
 German ‘synodal way’ to press on with permanent ‘synodal council’ vote
 ‘We should daily bear witness to God’s tenderness and love,’ Pope tells secular institutes
 East Timor’s founding president meets with Pontiff
 Hungarian president, Pope discuss family values and Ukraine
 May St. Nerses be declared patron saint of Christian unity: Armenian Catholic bishops
 ‘The Ukrainian heart was broken by the Pope’s words’: foreign ministry summons apostolic nuncio
 Beijing tells new Catholic leaders to ‘fend off infiltration by foreign forces’

Released Thursday, Aug. 25

 Russian Orthodox Patriarch withdraws from meeting with Pope
 Russian Catholic lawmaker faces trial for posting Pope’s peace message
 Pope bids lawmakers strive for justice, fraternity, and peace
 Former papal spokesman says Benedict XVI is preparing for judgment
 Historic parish for sale in Illinois as ‘entertainment venue’
 Ortega regime shuts down another Catholic radio station in Nicaragua
 Websites selling unapproved abortion pills are booming
 Minister sees messy Methodist Church schism
 Mozambique’s jihadi rebels launch new offensive in north
 Pontiff receives former Mongolian leader
 Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, revered Orthodox Christian theologian, dies at 87
 Prayers, action urged worldwide during Season of Creation
 Sierra Leone: Bishop calls for dialogue, calm in wake of protests

Released Wednesday, Aug. 24

 Ukrainian ambassador finds Pope’s statement ‘disappointing’
 Pope prays for Ukraine, raps ‘madness’ of warfare
 Pope concludes series of talks on old age
 Pope says he seeks dialogue with the world’s bishops
 Pope reverses policy on Vatican finances
 Washington Post editorial urges Vatican condemnation of Nicaragua
 Ukrainian Catholic archbishop fears Putin’s ‘genocidal intent’
 Abortion ‘trigger laws’ in 3 states take effect this week
 Omaha archdiocese tells its schools to follow Catholic teaching on gender identity
 Australian court rules lawsuit brought by Pell accuser’s father can continue
 HHS proposed rule coerces health care professionals and insurers
 Sudanese authorities urged to investigate murder of permanent deacon’s children
 Kidnapped nuns freed in Nigeria: police
 Cardinal Ranjith calls for system change in Sri Lanka
 Iraqi Christians ‘will soon disappear,’ Chaldean Patriarch warns
 Theologian at Pontifical Academy for Life claims one may dissent from Church teaching on contraception
 The Zanchetta affair (Part 2): resignation, Archbishop Stanovnik, and a Vatican position

Released Tuesday, Aug. 23

 Pakistan’s government seeks action against human-rights lobby
 Pope orders all Vatican offices to deposit funds in Vatican bank
 Indian bishop resigns post to become hermit
 Canadian blogger will no longer update site chronicling clerical abuse
 Vatican statement raises questions about Cardinal Becciu’s ‘reinstatement’
 Economic squeeze adds to Christian exodus from Middle East, says Chaldean Patriarch
 Vandals target crisis pregnancy center in western Massachusetts
 In note to nuns, Pope says he is doing everything he can for Ukraine
 ‘Archbishop Rembert Weakland, critic of Vatican orthodoxy, dies at 95’
 Argentine bishops oppose legalization of euthanasia
 As Pope calls for dialogue, Nicaraguan police continue harassing Catholics
 Leading Chinese bishops pledge to promote Xi Jinping’s socialist thought
 30 Uvalde shooting survivors given Catholic school scholarships to help ‘long road to recovery’
 Vatican official to lead Schoenstatt fathers
 Ukrainian clergy say Russian occupiers target them with threats, violence
 US bishops’ committee chairman expresses solidarity with Church in Nicaragua

Released Monday, Aug. 22

 Cardinal Becciu claims Pope has reinstated him
 New leader for Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association
 Four nuns kidnapped in Nigeria
 Nicaraguan bishop wants stronger stand from Pope
 The Zanchetta affair (Part 1): the bishop’s rise
 Caritas Internationalis draws attention to ‘unprecedented food crisis’ in parts of Africa
 Shadow of war looms over Pope’s Kazakhstan visit
 Europe faces ‘genuine environmental catastrophe,’ bishops warn
 Sant’Egidio founder meets with Pope
 Pope at Angelus: Enter the ‘narrow door’ by serving God and others
 3 days of war in Gaza: ‘The situation seems unreal’
 Pope voices worry over bishop’s detention in Nicaragua
 Michigan county prosecutors temporarily enjoined from enforcing pre-Roe abortion ban
 US bishops’ committee chairman expresses solidarity with Maronite Church

Released Friday, Aug. 19

 Cardinal Ouellet denies allegations of misconduct
 Nicaraguan bishop arrested in pre-dawn raid
 Google employees want to suppress results for pregnancy-help centers
 Nigerian journalist who criticized government faces legal charges
 Pope calls for friendship toward all in message to Rimini meeting
 Democrats propose tax exemptions for ‘infertility’ treatment in same-sex couples
 Sri Lankan priest involved in protests granted bail
 Wuhan hosts ‘official’ national assembly of Chinese Catholics
 Pakistan’s bishops urge the faithful to serve the country with devotion
 Cardinal Ouellet’s alleged victim, attorney offer additional details on claim, Vatican investigation
 UN: China’s mistreatment of the Uyghurs amounts to modern-day slavery
 Idaho Supreme Court upholds state law banning most abortions
 Burkina Faso cardinal calls for support of victims of jihadist attacks
 Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoön statue
 ‘The sea devours the coasts of Senegal,’ Vatican newspaper warns
 USCCB committee chair: ‘Catholics in the US stand in solidarity with our Muslim neighbors’

Released Thursday, Aug. 18

 Vatican Secretariat of State will face trial in UK court
 Vatican will not pursue abuse case against Cardinal Ouellet
 Public-school enrollment dropping in US
 Boston clinic offers sex-change services for children
 Georgia recognizes preborn babies’ personhood with tax credits for parents
 All 3 Louisiana abortion clinics are leaving the state, staff say
 Cardinal Dolan: As Jesus taught, Church must welcome, help newly arrived migrants
 Moscow archbishop: papal visit to Kazakhstan important for Russian Catholics
 Sri Lankan terror victims thank Pope for financial help
 Pope entrusts ‘destiny of Europe and the world to the Black Madonna’
 Seoul archbishop calls for Korean reunification
 Moroccan court sentences woman to 2 years in prison for insulting Islam
 Sostituto denounces ‘ideological colonization’ as Dominican Marian jubilee concludes
 New cardinal says he is worried about ‘survival of Christianity’ in Nigeria

Released Wednesday, Aug. 17

 Pope speaks at audience on ‘wisdom of dying’
 California church wins appeal against lockdown fines
 Planned Parenthood readies huge campaign spending
 Bishop Burbidge explains restrictions on traditional Mass
 Vatican’s top communications official sees misuse of internet
 Arizona governor lauds ‘gold standard for educational freedom’
 Nicaraguan police force priest to celebrate Mass outside church
 Irish Synod report urges ‘dogma-altering’ changes
 Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation
 Judge refuses to block Georgia abortion ban
 Principal calls vandalism at Catholic school in Washington ‘a hate crime’
 Leading South African bishop supports ordaining married men to priesthood
 Tempest in the Order of Malta: 13 national presidents call on Pope to halt changes
 Priest, seminarian freed in Nigeria
 Lag in slavery reparations from US Jesuits irks descendants
 Ukraine envoy invites Pope to Bucha
 Kenya’s faith leaders call for peace amid tension after declaration of presidential result
 Lawsuit: Cardinal Ouellet accused of sexual assault; Pope Francis appointed investigator last year

Released Tuesday, Aug. 16

 Vatican stops cause for beatification of American ‘Grunt Padre’
 Cardinal details regime brutality in Myanmar
 Judge blocks Biden administration plan to exclude NFP funding
 Biden administration will not force gender mandate on religious schools
 Nicaraguan government blocks religious procession
 Globe Theatre to present ‘non-binary’ Joan of Arc
 US bishops given Vatican extension for Synod report
 Vatican reaches diplomatic accord with Sao Tome
 Belarus: Catholic priest fined for ‘Ukraine, forgive us’ sticker on his car
 Ukraine war diverts attention from hunger, Pope says in Somalia appeal
 Cardinal vows to continue struggle for the Easter Sunday victims
 Inside the Vatican-backed fund of big promises and small returns
 18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire
 Cameroon’s bishops object to new law allowing for artificial insemination, IVF
 Ortega regime prevents Marian image from being displayed in diocese
 Nigeria: Priest, seminarian abducted near military checkpoint, ransom demanded
 Pope on Assumption: Mary takes us by the hand, inviting us to rejoice

Released Friday, Aug. 12

 Rhode Island bishop gives traditionalists his support
 Pope speaks with Ukrainian leader
 Vatican cardinal sees strict conditions for ‘summit meeting’ with Russian Patriarch
 Nicaraguan human-rights groups urge Vatican to speak out
 Somalian famine looms
 Some suspects in Pentecost Sunday attack on church in Nigeria arrested: governor
 Witch hunts on the rise worldwide, warns German aid agency Missio
 Bishop in Zambia cautions priests against allowing politicians to speak in Church
 ‘Too harsh’ and ‘out of step’: synod surveys find NJ Catholics want a more inclusive Church
 Polish Church official: State commission can’t access abuse documents
 US bishops’ migration chairman calls for swift passage of Afghan Adjustment Act
 German Catholics want expanded lay roles, greater tolerance for dissent
 Montana voters to consider Born-Alive Infant Protection Act
 Spanish shrine where Our Lady of Fatima appeared to Sister Lucía is falling into ruin
 Cardinal Tomko’s love for service to Church recalled at funeral Mass

Released Thursday, Aug. 11

 Nicaraguan Church observes day of prayer after bishop’s arrest
 Canon lawyer for jailed Argentine bishop dismissed from university post
 With Gen Z, women are no longer more religious than men
 Kansas pro-lifers will ‘redouble efforts’ to help women, protect unborn
 More than 600 hostages of the Islamic State freed in northern Mozambique, but attacks continue
 Reconciliation is key to national cohesion in Côte d’Ivoire, say country’s bishops
 Holy See diplomat: Ensure the peaceful use of nuclear energy
 Irish pro-life advocates may face fines, imprisonment for praying near abortion clinic
 Kentucky Catholics urged to support amendment as state ban faces court battle
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to papal meetings with transgendered persons
 Papal praise for Argentine parish’s missionary work among indigenous people
 Pope: Ukrainians still suffering from a ‘cruel war’

Released Wednesday, Aug. 10

 Most English babies in 2021 born out of wedlock
 September trial date for Cardinal Zen
 Ohio bishop removes Paulist campus chaplains
 Pope finishes series of audience talks on old age
 Pope praises indigenous peoples’ sense of family, community
 Vatican cardinal honors St. Edith Stein, tells his own story
 UK court says Mincione-Vatican lawsuit can go ahead
 DR Congo priest, wounded in attack on convent, dies
 Caritas head warns of grave food crisis in Africa
 Nuns and priests flee, more churches shut in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
 USCCB committee chair welcomes Senate passage of legislation on environment, drug prices
 Archbishop Paglia on Archie’s death: ‘Humanity defeated when life decided by a court’
 Peace is a duty that concerns all, say bishops of Japan
 Pope recalls ‘great faith’ and service of late Cardinal Tomko

Released Tuesday, Aug. 9

 Religious Americans having larger families, statistics show
 Taiwan’s envoy decries China’s reaction to Pelosi visit
 Two drive-by shootings damage Denver church
 Cardinal Parolin speaks on Ukraine war, legitimate defense
 Indiana passes abortion legislation
 Vatican pension obligations seen as ‘ticking time bomb’
 In final Lambeth address, Archbishop of Canterbury calls his church to tell, teach and transform
 Kerala bishops call for government mechanisms to protect country’s secularism
 McCarrick, New Jersey dioceses, accuser fail to reach settlement agreement
 Nuncio weighs in on synodality, Eucharistic revival, abortion
 USCCB publishes updated Catechism conformity review list
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman responds to executive order facilitating abortion
 Pope to digital evangelizers: “Go and ‘Samaritanize’ these environments”
 Pope prays for victims of massive blaze at Cuban fuel depot

Released Monday, Aug. 8

 German bishop helped abusive clerics in Latin America, report says
 Indian cardinal denies cover-up of bishop’s offenses
 Slovak Cardinal Tomko dead at 98
 Don’t be afraid, but be ready, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Federal judge rules Catholic Relief Services must provide health insurance to spouse in same-sex marriage
 Italian bishop named president of Pontifical Academy for Theology
 Ukraine’s Vatican envoy hints Pope may be set to visit the country
 Pope to Teams of Our Lady: ‘Be courageous witnesses to faith, hope, fraternity’
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to homelessness
 Nicaraguan government places bishop, 6 priests under house arrest
 Archie Battersbee: 12-year-old boy dies hours after hospital ends life support against parents’ wishes
 6 beatification causes advance
 Thousands take to streets in support of Syro-Malabar archbishop
 ‘May Jesus become your great friend,’ Pope tells young people

Released Friday, Aug. 5

 ‘Summit meeting’ in view as Pope meets Russian Orthodox official?
 Lebanese Patriarch seeks international probe of Beirut explosion
 Syro-Malabar archbishop says Vatican ordered immediate resignation
 Vatican economic overseer sees progress, warns of future uncertainty
 Portuguese cardinal meets Pope amid abuse cover-up complaints
 Pennsylvania diocese settles with abuse victims
 Nigeria is on the path of disintegration, bishop warns
 Archbishop Gallagher defends Vatican neutrality in Ukraine conflict
 UK transgender clinic to close after damning report: ‘not safe’ for children
 US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment
 Vatican cardinal opens Pardon of Bibione
 Chinese embassy reacts to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit with anti-Catholic tweet
 Colombian prelate who brokered peace deal dead at 80
 Pope calls on priests to be compassionate shepherds, recalls St. John Vianney
 Vatican newspaper draws renewed attention to crisis in Lebanon
 USCCB hails environmental, health-care cost provisions in massive economic bill

Released Thursday, Aug. 4

 Chicago archdiocese denies banning Mass at traditionalist shrine
 YouTube censors experts on abortion-cancer link
 Cuban government tightening restrictions on religious leaders
 Biden signs order to allow federal funding for abortion
 Pope renews criticism of traditionalists
 Bishops call for peaceful protests in Congo after clash with UN peacekeepers
 Court refuses to dismiss suit against Tennessee bishop
 Pope promotes ‘personal health assistant’
 Vatican names administrator for troubled Syro-Malabar archdiocese
 Indian Catholics to call for ‘justice’ after archbishop’s resignation
 Primate admits Anglicans remain ‘deeply divided’ over sexuality
 Former Vatican spokesman takes stock of new cardinals
 Canadian archbishop evaluates Pope’s visit to Canada
 Federal judge blocks Indiana law on transgender athletes
 Judge’s order further freezes Michigan abortion ban
 Bishops of Africa: It is painful to see young people leave the continent
 Bishops back EQUAL Act on drug-crime sentencing
 Pope, in video, pays tribute to small businesses
 Ukrainian priests meet with Pope, who blesses crown for Marian image

Released Wednesday, Aug. 3

 Pope could meet Russian Patriarch in Kazakhstan
 Detroit auxiliary steps aside, denies sex-abuse charge
 Nigerian violence ‘getting out of hand,’ cardinal reports
 Papal praise for work of Father Martin
 Pope offers plea for Lebanon
 Pope, at audience, recaps trip to Canada
 Synodal Path was always doomed, says Cardinal Müller
 Michigan bishops troubled by court ruling on sexual-orientation discrimination
 ‘The scenario is frightening,’ Cardinal Sako says after protestors storm Iraq’s parliament
 Colombian prelate laments rising violence
 22 attorneys-general challenge new regulation linking school lunch funding to transgender policy
 Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly discusses the future of the Knights of Columbus
 Bishops back ‘Save Our Sequoias Act’
 ‘Peace, bread, and work’: Argentine bishops issue statement amid economic crisis
 Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ pro-life amendment fails
 Minnesota churches write reflections for international Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 ‘Drama without end’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Rohingya
 Program announced for papal journey to Kazakhstan

Released Tuesday, Aug. 2

 Appeals court dismisses complaint against Canadian pastor who defied lockdown
 Annual Irish pilgrimage resumes after Covid-lockdown hiatus
 Papal encouragement for Medjugorje youth rally
 Cardinal Ranjith sees ‘no justice’ in Sri Lanka
 Archbishop of Canterbury pleads for unity at Lambeth Conference
 Cardinal Mahony: photo portrait shows humility
 Nicaragua shuts down Catholic radio stations
 Appeals courts back abortion restrictions in Louisiana, Kentucky
 Chinese bishop demands priests, laity accept role of Patriotic Association
 Nigerian bishop says Christ appeared to him in a vision, gave him hope for end of Boko Haram
 Pope underscores need for a world free of nuclear weapons
 ‘Do your utmost to end insecurity on the African continent,’ continent’s bishops urge leaders
 Michigan Supreme Court redefines ‘sex’ to include sexual orientation, gender identity
 Kansas officials expect record turnout as abortion amendment campaign nears finish line
 With 2 years before National Eucharistic Congress, director planning for a ‘transformative’ event
 US bishops urge Congress to assist families—not promote abortion
 Jesuits conclude Ignatian Year
 Indonesian scandal-hit bishop dies at 63
 Canadian bishops see papal visit as ‘significant milestone on the path of healing and reconciliation’

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