Stories for June 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 28

 Pope confirms hope to visit Nicea for 1,700 anniversary of Council
 Pope plans regular summer break; audience curtailed
 Archbishop Vigano fires back, charges Pope with schism
 Cardinal O’Malley urges Vatican not to use Rupnik artwork
 Pope encourages Dehonians to foster unity, love through sacramental life, prayer
 Pope: Latin America Commission must foster reconciliation, fraternity
 ‘Great cordiality’ characterizes meeting between Pope, Knights of Malta leader
 Holy See calls on governments to combat prostitution
 Vatican prefect makes 8th visit to Ukraine, calls for repentance
 New Vatican synodal contribution rues paternalism, ‘welfare mindset’ toward the disabled
 Wives, mother of Ukrainian POWs meet with Pontiff
 Pope splits Brazilian diocese into two

Released Thursday, Jun. 27

 Belgian bishops ordered to pay damages to woman denied deacon training
 Supreme Court says Idaho hospitals must do ‘emergency’ abortions
 Vatican debunks alleged Marian apparitions outside Rome
 Eternal life at stake in environment crisis, Pope says
 Eastern churches ‘suffering and bleeding’ through Mideast violence, Pope says
 400,000 German Catholics left Church in 2023
 Himalayan climate change puts the lives of 1.5 billion at risk, Vatican newspaper warns
 Vatican prefect writes book on hope
 Synod leaders discuss draft of working document for October session
 Islamic militants attack churches, synagogues in Russian region
 Lebanon must remain a model of coexistence, Cardinal Parolin tells Christian, Muslim leaders
 Vatican makes fundraising pitch for Peter’s Pence
 Vatican releases logos, mottos for papal trip to Luxembourg, Belgium
 Holy See deplores use of land mines, calls for attentiveness to victims

Released Wednesday, Jun. 26

 US bishops’ conference cuts justice-and-peace staff
 Cardinal Pizzaballa: Lebanon, West Bank, could explode
 Oklahoma’s high court nixes Catholic charter school
 SSPX rejects Archbishop Vigano’s stand
 Vatican ‘trial of the century’ defendant opens countersuit in London court
 Slight dip in US public support for same-sex marriage
 Pope orders solar arrays installed on Vatican territory outside Rome
 Pontiff repeats prayer for peace in Ukraine, Holy Land, Myanmar
 Never impose beliefs, Pope tells Muslim visitors
 Pope praises St. Peter’s Circle for 155 years of volunteer service
 Papal tribute to St. Columban, early Irish monks
 Pope, at general audience, decries ‘social scourge’ of drug addiction
 ‘Warm and affectionate’ papal meeting with Opus Dei’s leaders
 Pope Francis encourages Traditional Latin Mass institute in its charism
 Cardinal Parolin appeals for stability in Lebanon
 Archbishop Paglia, at climate justice conference, calls for ‘new planetary humanism’
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘care economy,’ praises Global Coalition for Social Justice

Released Tuesday, Jun. 25

 Bishop Schneider argues against excommunication for Archbishop Vigano
 Strong Vatican emphasis on AI continues as dicastery announces conference
 Diocese of Rome concludes 1st step toward sainthood for young wife, mother
 Spain has more missionaries than any other nation
 Pope on AI: Welcome its benefits to humanity, but mitigate its risks
 Singapore’s president meets Pope Francis ahead of September visit
 Russian ambassador meets with Pope, praises his ‘balanced and invariably peaceful stance’
 Cardinal Fernández ordains 1st bishop of UK ordinariate
 Papal encouragement for Italy’s pro-life marchers

Released Monday, Jun. 24

 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped
 Syro-Malabar bishops at odds as liturgical dispute continues
 Catholic health system agrees to allow ‘necessary’ abortions
 Rome, Beijing agree on prelate to head Hangzhou archdiocese
 Church leaders in Jerusalem protest taxes on church properties
 Spanish nuns excommunicated after renouncing Pope’s authority
 Pope, at Angelus audience, prays for peace
 Papal book preface pays tribute to Father Giacomo Tantardini
 Vatican foundation president calls for global authority to regulate AI
 European bishops’ council moves headquarters to Rome
 Archbishop Gänswein named apostolic nuncio to 3 Baltic nations
 Vatican diplomat decries small arms, light weapons
 Cardinal Parolin on Archbishop Viganò: ‘I don’t know what happened’
 Step out of comfort zones and reach out to needy, Pope advises
 Foster good relations with Muslims and the government, Pope tells Guinea’s bishops
 International safeguarding conference examines abuse of the disabled
 Vatican newspaper laments Haitians’ plight
 Vatican prefect doubles down in defense of use of Rupnik’s art

Released Friday, Jun. 21

 Notre Dame alumni, students urge rescinding of award to Biden
 Pope wants to visit China, Cardinal Parolin confirms
 Italy’s Meloni blocks Biden’s push for abortion at G7
 Be true to yourselves, Pope urges students
 TLM scheduled for National Eucharistic Congress
 Southern Baptists explain opposition to IVF
 President Biden pledges ‘national strategy’ to counter ‘scourge’ of Islamophobia
 A decade after ISIS advance, churches are ‘filled again’ in Iraq
 Korean Catholics mark day of prayer for reconciliation between North, South
 Church in US needs culturally sensitive safeguarding training, expert says
 USCCB committee chairman highlights ‘urgent need’ to promote refugees’ dignity, rights
 Cardinal Parolin warns against credulous faith in technology, ‘delirium of self-sufficiency’
 Do not be indifferent to refugees, Pope urges
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to ‘dead lagoon’ in Mexico

Released Thursday, Jun. 20

 Russia’s absence limited Ukraine peace conference: Cardinal Parolin
 Canadian Catholic hospital faces suit for refusing euthanasia
 Pope meets leaders of World Lutheran Federation
 Vatican advances six candidates toward beatification
 Pope encourages research on origin of universe
 Archbishop Vigano, charged with schism, defiant
 Spanish newspaper: Jesuits covered up crimes of priest who abused more than 100 girls
 Dueling federal court rulings on EEOC abortion mandate
 USCCB committee chairman warns against political violence
 Wives, mothers of Ukrainian POWs meet with Pontiff
 Members of Council of Cardinals hear presentations from women
 3 young Buenos Aires priests named bishops
 Papal appeal for fraternal openness to refugees

Released Wednesday, Jun. 19

 Bishop Paprocki explains bid to ‘sunset’ CCHD
 Pope recalls slain Ukrainian solider in call for peace
 FBI questions whistleblower nurse on illegal ‘transgender’ treatment for children
 Vatican hosts conference on fighting surrogacy
 USCCB pro-life chairman: Supreme Court ruling does not change facts about abortion pills
 No accounts of extraterrestrial life in Vatican Archives, official says
 Nearly 40% of world’s permanent deacons serve in US
 Vatican conference explores youth ministry promotion, highlights singer’s Manifesto for Change
 International Theological Commission drafting document on First Council of Nicaea
 Papal tweet warns against hate speech
 Israeli hostage’s mother praises Pope’s ‘global vision of suffering’
 Vatican finance inspector received 123 suspicious activity reports in 2023
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the Psalms as ‘symphony of prayer’

Released Tuesday, Jun. 18

 US bishops win partial victory in suit to block Biden abortion rule
 Argentine archbishop decries political chants during Mass
 Spanish nuns face excommunication for schism
 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped
 Welcome the seed of God’s Word, and be generous sowers, Pope tells pilgrims
 Papal appeal for end to Congo violence that has produced ‘many’ Christian martyrs
 Papal tweet deplores ‘poisonous’ culture that discards the elderly
 ‘Do not look at your navel,’ Pope tells Communion and Liberation leader
 Another papal meeting with Argentine political figure
 World Food Program director meets with Pontiff
 Archbishop Paglia pays tribute to Jérôme Lejeune, discusses Pontifical Academy for Life’s ‘new phase’
 The environment should be ‘at the center of your attention,’ Pope tells CEOs
 Ukrainian Catholic leader travels to Kharkiv, appeals for international assistance
 Vatican prelate says Church should be voice of voiceless refugees
 Leading Italian prelate makes solidarity visit to Holy Land
 Holy See calls for urgent climate action and migrant protection

Released Monday, Jun. 17

 ‘Non-binary’ leader chosen for German Synodal Committee
 Al Kresta, radio host, dead at 72
 Synodality seen as unlikely approach to Christian unity
 San Diego diocese files for bankruptcy for 2nd time
 Parolin, at summit, lauds Ukrainian bid for peace talkss
 British financier accuses Pope of illegal wiretapping
 Council of Cardinals meeting this week
 Syro-Malabar liturgical disputes flare anew; police called to prevent violence
 President Biden, Pope Francis discuss world conflicts
 Pope swaps jokes with comedy stars at Vatican
 Vatican Bank reports net profit of €30.6 million in 2023
 Father Michał Rapacz, slain by Communists, beatified in Kraków
 Theologians finish work on instrumentum laboris for October Synod session
 ‘A memorable meeting’: Cabo Verde’s president meets with Pontiff
 Persecution has led to evangelization, Equatorial Guinea’s leading prelate says
 Pope, at G7 summit, calls for ban on lethal autonomous weapons
 Recap of US bishops’ spring meeting in Louisville

Released Friday, Jun. 14

 Nuncio tells US bishops: Eucharist remains ‘place of encounter’ where Christ transforms wounded Church
 Cardinal Koch discusses ‘reformulation’ of Vatican I’s dogma on papal infallibility
 Pope, in book preface, pays tribute to the Olympics and peace
 A ‘caress’ and ‘kiss from the Church’: Cardinal Zuppi donates 80 fans to Italian prison
 Holy See calls for reopening of Gaza entry points for humanitarian assistance
 Pope to hold bilateral talks today with President Biden, leaders of 8 other nations
 Buenos Aires governor meets with Pontiff
 Vatican foundation announces conference on AI

Released Thursday, Jun. 13

 Supreme Court rejects pro-life challenge on abortion pill
 Pope issues message for World Day of the Poor
 Vatican document suggests new look at papal primacy
 Nebraska bishop writes pastoral letter on mental health
 80 years after historic meeting with Pope, Irish regiment returns to the Vatican
 Chaldean Patriarch returns to Baghdad, ending dispute with government
 Synodality should be permanent model for Church, Pope says
 Mexican bishops call on new president to ‘prioritize dialogue with everyone’
 Armenian Apostolic leader proposes Third Vatican Ecumenical Council to Pope Francis
 Vatican releases information about papal meeting with priests, including discussion of homosexuality
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Sudanese refugees
 Papal tribute to St. Anthony, renewed papal appeal for peace
 Father Martin meets with Pope Francis, who ‘showed openness and love for the LGBTQ community’

Released Wednesday, Jun. 12

 New survey: 69% of American Catholics believe in Real Presence
 Gaping deficits endanger future of CCHD
 Pope again warns against homosexual influence in clergy
 USCCB announces public session agenda for June meeting
 Honoring Lemaître, Vatican Observatory organizes conference on black holes, gravitational waves
 Vatican hosts gathering for international lay leaders on synodality, mission
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the Holy Spirit and Scripture
 Vatican newspaper describes 2023 as annus horribilis for war
 Pope Francis to address Biden, other G7 leaders on artificial intelligence

Released Tuesday, Jun. 11

 Polish bishops weigh in on public debate on abortion
 Cardinals Müller, Schönborn: women cannot be ordained
 Another Nigerian priest kidnapped, then freed
 Vatican tightens press access to Pope’s statements
 ‘Called to the fullness of dignity’ is theme of US bishops’ Religious Freedom Week
 Pontifical academy holds conference on religion and neuroscience
 Romanian Orthodox Church declares year of pastoral care for the sick
 Family, hope, peace: papal address to new ambassadors
 Under olive tree planted as sign of peace, Pope begs God to help Holy Land
 Harmony, communion, joy: Pope encourages church choirs
 Treasure the ocean, Pope urges in message
 Vatican letter asks priests to turn to the Sacred Heart for emotional maturity
 Turkish bishops consecrate Church, nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Released Monday, Jun. 10

 Pope, Rome’s mayor confer on Jubilee preparations
 European bishops’ commission sees signal in EU elections
 Australian archbishop sees ‘lawfare’ against Christian beliefs
 Syro-Malabar leaders threaten dissident priests with excommunication
 New Vatican document to cover papal primacy
 Zelensky’s chief of staff meets with Pope Francis
 Prominent comedians to meet with Pope in ‘significant moment of intercultural dialogue’
 Be cunning and pious: papal advice to future Vatican diplomats
 Vatican foreign minister deplores Hamas attack, rues ‘execrable anti-Christian acts by Jewish extremists’
 Colombian priest brutally murdered
 Cardinal Parolin: ‘Many doubt that we can speak of a just war’
 Pope pleads: ‘Act urgently, by all means, to come to the aid of the people of Gaza’
 Papal Angelus address: ‘Jesus was a free man’

Released Friday, Jun. 7

 Manila archbishop suspends priest after scuffle with bishop
 Archbishop Gänswein to become papal nuncio in Baltic region?
 Pope offers ‘condo catechesis’
 Brazilian finance minister meets with Pontiff
 Papal encouragement for 2 women’s religious orders
 Leftists end occupation of Vatican’s nunciature in Colombia
 EU bishops’ commission urges vote for parties that will ‘build a better Europe’
 Vatican News features Rupnik mosaic for Feast of Sacred Heart
 Schedule released for papal visit to Trieste
 Theologians begin work on instrumentum laboris for October Synod session
 Leading Italian cardinal decries gambling
 Cardinal Gambetti part of Vatican sting operation that led to ex-employee’s arrest

Released Thursday, Jun. 6

 Ukrainian Catholic priests held in Russian labor camp?
 Retired archbishop blames Cardinal Fernandez for turnover in Argentine archdiocese
 Brother of missing teenager rips Vatican investigators
 Clergy need continuing formation, Pope says
 Senate blocks passage of sweeping ‘Right to Contraception’ bill
 Vatican arrests ex-employee for trying to sell Bernini manuscript
 On D-Day anniversary, Pope notes fears of new wider war
 US bishops, other Catholic leaders weigh in on Farm Bill, deplore possible cuts to SNAP
 Vatican foreign minister laments attacks on religious freedom, calls on governments to have ‘detached neutrality’
 Jürgen Moltmann, leading Protestant theologian, dies at 98
 Vatican announces program for papal visit to Rome’s Capitoline Hill
 Pope meets with members of LGBTQ+ community, Vatican newspaper emphasizes
 Vatican newspaper publishes defense of Fiducia Supplicans
 Pope sends medicine to Ukraine, with funds donated by Taiwan

Released Wednesday, Jun. 5

 Pope writing document on Sacred Heart devotion
 Vatican inquiry clears New Zealand’s Cardinal Dew
 Pope recalls peaceful liberation of Rome in 1944
 US bishops’ conference protests Biden plan to tighten border controls
 Court finds discrimination against Catholic students in Colorado
 Jubilee Year is time to act on global debt, Pope suggests
 Teamwork is key, Pope tells Croatian soccer players
 Vatican newspaper laments plight of indigenous people threatened by rising sea levels
 Cardinal Zuppi, papal peace envoy, says his mission continues
 Renewed papal appeal for peace in Sudan, elsewhere; warning against escalation of conflicts
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the freedom of the Holy Spirit
 Pope takes ‘great interest’ in Venezuela, leading bishops say
 Pakistani government invites Pope Francis to visit nation
 Parish priest in California to lead Church in Tuvalu
 Peruvian cardinal sees Church in Amazon as model for worldwide Church

Released Tuesday, Jun. 4

 Hong Kong cardinal urges forgiveness for Tienanmen Square massacre
 Africans quit United Methodist Church over same-sex marriage
 Christians will not vote in contested Syrian elections, prelate says
 Israeli Christians feel pinch as war discourages pilgrimages
 Pope encourages homosexual rejected from seminary
 Over 1 million attend celebration for feast of Ugandan martyrs
 Papal encouragement for Italian Christian Workers’ Associations
 Struggle for justice for Aboriginal peoples, Australian bishops’ conference urges
 Cardinal Felix dies at 91
 Journalist explores new DDF members’ views on homosexuality
 Italian newspaper’s leaders meet with Pope, discuss Ukraine
 Leading Syrian Orthodox prelate visits Vatican
 Slovak president meets with Pontiff
 Parents are ‘protagonists and primary architects’ of children’s education, Pope writes

Released Monday, Jun. 3

 See migrants as image of God’s People, Pope recommends
 Time to speak out against renegade Bishop Stowe?
 Father Martin’s new book has preface by Pope Francis
 Pontiff joins Corpus Christi procession for first time in years
 Pakistani Christian dies from mob-violence injuries
 Papal praise for Focolare interfaith efforts
 Pontiff encourages inquiries on ‘sustainable finance’
 Corpus Christi procession is not sign of pride but invitation, Pope preaches
 US Ambassador to Holy See to step down
 Upcoming papal document on Sacred Heart of Jesus
 Pontiff, international organization leader discuss global financial structure
 Pope allegedly tells young Roman priests ‘gossip is a women’s thing’
 Pope to commemorate 10th anniversary of meeting with Israeli, Palestinian leaders
 Vatican diplomat: Health is a universal right, not a consumer good
 Pastoral care of elderly in Italian dioceses in insufficient, Archbishop Paglia warns
 Vatican foreign minister warns of hyper-individualized, Hobbesian society
 New Argentine ambassador lauds Pontiff, hopes for papal visit to homeland

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