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Stories for November 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 29

 Filipino prelate pleads for calm as government leaders feud
 Vatican prosecutor confirms existence of dossier on ‘Vatican girl’ disappearance
 British Parliament votes in favor of euthanasia
 World Council of Churches releases statements on Gaza, Ukraine, climate
 Jerusalem cardinal presents new Arabic translation of the Bible
 7th of ‘Pope Francis’s laundries’ opens in Italy
 Vatican to publish Chinese-language summaries of Pope’s general audiences
 Vatican Library’s leaders discuss 2024-25 cultural initiatives
 Docility to Providence, integral education: papal encouragement for Calansantian religious family
 Pope lauds work of ESNE, Hispanic Catholic TV network
 Pope asks International Theological Commission to ‘put Christ back at the center’ and ‘develop a theology of synodality’
 Leading Vatican prelates condemn political oppression in Nicaragua, Venezuela, US State Dept. says

Released Thursday, Nov. 28

 CWN closed for Thanksgiving Day

Released Wednesday, Nov. 27

 Congo archbishop defies general’s order banning Mass
 Pope again asks prayers for peace in Ukraine, Holy Land
 Congressmen inquire about federal funding for abortion
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on the fruits of the Holy Spirit
 USCCB announces $14.7M in home missions grant recipients
 St. Peter’s Basilica installs new webcams, launches magazine
 Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for world recognition of Holodomor famine
 Researcher paints bleak picture of Catholic practice in Italy
 14th-century English church suffers extensive vandalism
 Haiti on the brink: bishops issue a ‘cry of alarm’ for peace

Released Tuesday, Nov. 26

 Vatican dicasteries seek to define crime of ‘spiritual abuse’
 UK religious leaders unite against assisted-suicide bill
 Iraqi prelate sees Christian unity as ‘only solution to today’s challenges’
 Vatican news services hit by internet outages
 Jimmy Lai ‘convicted’ of good journalism, McGurn argues
 Pope, UN chief call on nations to end use of antipersonnel land mines
 Syro-Malabar priest, a future cardinal, ordained a bishop
 Promote the family without excluding anyone, Pope Francis tells John Paul II Institute
 Congo’s president meets with Pontiff
 South Sudanese diocese devastated by war
 USCCB announces National Prayer Vigil for Life
 Papal praise, advice for Druze peace organization in Israel
 Continue to promote road safety, Pope tells Italian motorcyclists

Released Monday, Nov. 25

 Illinois diocese, citing unspecified ‘incident,’ cancels tour of relics of St. Jude
 Former Vatican security chief reports no knowledge of ‘Vatican girl’ mystery
 Brazilian bishop, critic of Pachamama, expelled from diocese, dead at 84
 Congo cardinal raps government drive for 3rd presidential term
 Pope meets with Jains, calls for inter-religious solidarity
 Vatican celebrates mediating role in 1984 Argentine-Chile treaty
 Cardinal Ayuso Guixot, Vatican head of inter-religious dialogue, dies at 72
 Jerusalem patriarchs encourage faithful to celebrate Christmas despite dangers
 Vatican moves several closer to canonization, beatification
 Pope points to ‘novel features’ in Synod report
 Vatican announces papal visit to Corsica
 Papal reflections for fishermen, health care workers
 ‘Mercy does not cancel out justice’ in matrimonial processes, Pope tells Roman Rota
 Leading meteorologist, Pontiff discuss climate change
 Papal appeals for Myanmar, other war-torn lands
 2 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified in Barcelona
 Jesus transforms the meaning of ‘king’ and ‘world,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Accusations, approval, and truth: papal homily for feast of Christ the King, World Youth Day

Released Friday, Nov. 22

 Vatican union concerned about Pope’s plan for pension fund
 Georgetown’s president resigns after 23 years
 Ghana’s bishops to reject donations from illegal mining magnates
 Key Trump allies seek to slash federal funding for Planned Parenthood
 Cardinal Müller: ‘synodality’ at odds with Catholic teaching
 Cardinal Parolin: stop Ukraine war that ‘could spiral out of control’
 President-elect Trump can end religious discrimination, law professors argue
 Australia’s High Court rules diocese is not liable for abuse committed by priest
 Look at the world with ‘Christified eyes,’ Pope tells missionary congress
 UN official, Pontiff discuss climate action, world conflicts
 German cabinet member meets with Pope, praises Church for fostering social cohesion
 USCCB attorneys ask HHS to rescind proposed sexual orientation, gender identity regulation
 Call on others to broaden horizons, ‘overflow with inner vitality,’ Pope tells Vatican culture, education dicastery
 Church in Guinea-Bissau holds day of prayer, fasting amid oppression, hunger

Released Thursday, Nov. 21

 Citing serious imbalance, Pope names Cardinal Farrell to head Vatican pension fund
 Biden confers Medal of Freedom on former Planned Parenthood leader
 Indonesian priest’s dramatic gesture highlights trash-management problem
 Study Church history, Pope urges faithful
 Papal encouragement for Italian Catholic publishing house
 Pope Francis expresses closeness to Iran’s Catholics, says Church is not against the Iranian government
 Details announced for 2024 World Youth Day in Rome
 Amid protests, Vatican announces Christmas tree ceremony in St. Peter’s Square
 Ukraine‘s first lady meets with Pope, visits patients at Vatican children’s hospital
 Extend US bishops’ zero-tolerance policy to universal Church, survivor advocates urge
 Wyoming court strikes down state’s pro-life laws
 CCHD, US bishops’ anti-poverty program, lost $11.4M in 2023

Released Wednesday, Nov. 20

 At weekly audience, Pope speaks on charisms
 Canonizations set for Bl. Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati
 Pope announces plan for World Meeting on Children’s Rights
 Pope urges prayers to escape nuclear threat
 Pope Francis changes rules for papal funeral, wants plain casket
 France hit hardest in attacks on Catholic churches
 Jimmy Lai testifies at Hong Kong national-security trial
 Armenian leader discusses peace with Pontiff
 Abuse is a ‘betrayal of life,’ Pope tweets
 Iranian convert sentenced to 10 years for evangelizing
 Ukrainian Catholic leader marks 1,000 days of death, hope
 ‘Red Wednesday’ puts persecution of Christians in spotlight
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ offers overview of diplomatic activity in Africa
 Priest executed by Nazis is beatified in Germany
 USCCB awards $8.8M to 329 projects in Central, Eastern Europe
 Pope sends letter of closeness to Ukraine, marking 1,000 days of war

Released Tuesday, Nov. 19

 Kenya archdiocese rejects donations from president
 Harris campaign showed ‘aversion’ to Catholic voters, organizer charges
 Haitian bishop: international help needed to restore order
 Vatican approves special norms for Mayan liturgy
 Brooklyn pastor’s duties trimmed for financial misconduct
 World needs more international cooperation, Cardinal Parolin tells G20
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 2 martyred Albanian priests beatified
 End the scourge of hunger, Pope urges G20 leaders
 Make prison visits a priority, Pope tells Spanish seminarians
 Pope offers criteria for libraries
 Papal encouragement to Italian youth to encounter Jesus
 Details announced for Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers
 Dioceses should commemorate local saints, blesseds each year, Pope writes
 Lebanon’s Christians fear effects of Israeli attacks

Released Monday, Nov. 18

 Pope gathers leaders of Roman Curia for Monday meeting
 Cardinal Parolin joins G20 summit
 Ukraine ceasefire could begin in hours, if Russia agreed: Cardinal Parolin
 Ghana’s bishops back legislation banning homosexual advocacy
 Pope sees ‘characteristics of genocide’ in Gaza
 Priest in Belarus faces treason trial; reasons unclear
 Pope asks pilgrims: Are we attached to worldly things, or to the Lord’s words?
 2 Jewish students attacked at Chicago’s DePaul University
 Papal direction, encouragement for ‘prophetic’ stage of Italian synod
 Papal appeal to Rome’s priests, religious to shelter those in a ‘precarious housing situation’
 Anguish and hope: papal homily for World Day of the Poor
 Recap of US bishops’ fall meeting
 USCCB president, other prelates ‘stand in firm solidarity’ with immigrants
 Vatican diplomat urges support for UN relief organization for Palestinian refugees
 Fire set in German parish
 In Mali, jihadists intensify persecution, impose jizyah tax on Christians

Released Saturday, Nov. 16

 Background: World Day of the Poor

Released Friday, Nov. 15

 Cardinal Parolin defends Vatican deal with China
 Kenya’s bishops voice concern about lost trust in government
 Co-founder resigns after La Leche League opens to support breastfeeding males
 Nicaragua expels head of bishops’ conference
 Collaborate in God’s work, Pope tells craftsmen
 Study records over 2,000 hate crimes targeting European Christians in 2023
 Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis
 Pope Francis: Pursuit of the common good is essential to the defense of human life
 Pontifical academy showcases member who supports abortion ‘rights’; prelate decries inequality
 Renewed papal appeal for UN climate change conference
 Pope evokes martyred Ukraine, machine-gunned Palestinians as he renews peace appeal
 US bishops vote in favor of beatification causes of Minnesota nun, Pennsylvania laywoman
 Vatican diplomat: UN peacekeeping missions are essential to fostering world peace, stability
 Polish priest murdered in rectory
 In Bangladesh, radicalization of Islam drives discrimination and attacks against Christians

Released Thursday, Nov. 14

 At USCCB meeting, prelate suggests return of meatless Fridays
 Non-Catholics should be recognized as martyrs, Pope says
 Barbados prime minister meets with Pontiff
 Argentine-born priest laicized after saying Francis is an anti-pope
 Catholic woman, fired for refusing Covid vaccine, wins court award
 Indian archbishop fears mounting anti-Christian violence
 Cardinal Becciu declares his innocence in open letter
 At Vatican conference, speakers call for more decisive episcopal action against abuse
 Argentine bishops elect new leadership
 Bahrain to sponsor digitization of Vatican Library’s Arabic documents
 US bishops select treasurer, committee chairmen
 Vatican bank president promotes faith-consistent investment funds
 Vatican diplomat condemns racism
 Pepper spray attack at Italian Marian shrine
 Burkina Faso: priest asks for ‘fervent prayers’ as jihadist attacks multiply

Released Wednesday, Nov. 13

 Pope stresses urgency of climate issue
 Pope underlines ‘vital mission’ of preventing abuse
 Papal encouragement for French group serving homeless
 French bishops issue guide for confessors in handling abuse
 Report finds widespread violations of Canada’s euthanasia law
 Bishop Strickland decries silence of fellow US bishops in crisis of faith
 Pope, at audience, speaks of Marian devotion
 Nuncio, USCCB president reflect on Eucharistic congress, synodality, duty to proclaim Gospel
 Cardinal Parolin announces upcoming publication of Blessed John Paul I’s Vatican II-era diaries
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ see Holy See diplomacy as ‘a field hospital amid a battle’
 Pope expands Vatican Archives and Library
 Vatican cardinal, in message, urges protection for family fishermen, ecosystems
 Pope laments attacks on hospitals, other civilian buildings in Ukraine
 Papal solidarity, prayer for disaster victims in Indonesia, Spain
 Pope to dine with 1,300 poor people, Vatican announces
 Nun attacked in Roman church
 Bomb destroys Colombian bishop’s residence and offices

Released Tuesday, Nov. 12

 Archbishop of Canterbury resigns
 New Orleans archbishop offers to resign—or stay through bankruptcy process
 Mumbai cardinal decries bid for anti-conversion law
 Kidnappers release Nigerian priest
 Spanish friar confirmed dead after violent beating by intruder
 USCCB committee chairman lauds work of pregnancy help centers
 19th-century Spanish priest beatified
 Pontiff hopes UN climate change conference will make ‘effective contribution’
 Vatican, Microsoft unveil AI-generated ‘digital twin’ of St. Peter’s
 Papal tribute to St. Bernard of Aosta, patron saint of mountaineers
 Pope thanks American philanthropists who funded Vatican’s COVID-19 commission
 ‘Rediscover the Rosary,’ Pope writes in message to Marian shrine of Pompei

Released Monday, Nov. 11

 Calls for resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury after ‘abhorrent’ abuse report
 Guam archdiocese sells headquarters
 New York archdiocese plans staff layoffs
 Ex-priest fired from New York Catholic school after abuse complaints
 Pope thanks technical workers at St. Peter’s basilica
 Synodality is key to ecumenism, Pope tells visitors from Indian church
 US bishops gather for annual meeting
 Priest stabbed at altar in Singapore
 Franciscan monk feared dead, several injured by assailant
 Parents of children provided vote margin for Trump
 Pope warns against hypocrisy, praises humble service
 Brazilian governor, Pope discuss Marian festival, climate change
 Joy, witness, solidarity: papal praise for blood donors
 Papal warning against globalized ideological education
 Pope receives Assyrian Patriarch, adds St. Isaac of Nineveh to Roman Martyrology
 Pontiff, European official discuss human rights, abducted Ukrainian children
 ‘We are children of one Father’: papal audience with Viennese volunteers, homeless

Released Saturday, Nov. 9

 Pope names new Preacher of the Papal Household

Released Friday, Nov. 8

 Emergency-room visits increase with OTC abortion pill
 Microsoft to unveil AI-enhanced experience of St. Peter’s basilica
 Paris again hears the bells of Notre Dame
 Missouri bishop reconsidering list of banned hymns
 Bishop Conley: Catholic Hospitals Must Protect Children from Gender Ideology
 Convert becomes foundress of 1st Ethiopian Catholic convent
 Cardinal Schönborn pays tribute to 1947 Marian apparition
 Charity and justice demand welcome for migrants, pontifical academy president says
 Leading German prelate emphasizes importance of peace, upholds just-war theory
 USCCB president discusses bishops’ priorities for Trump presidency, links violence to abortion
 Vatican newspaper highlights plight of Rohingya refugees
 Teach the art of prayer with joy, Pope advises Augustinian nuns
 Hope is ‘a gift from God and a task for Christians,’ Pope writes in book introduction

Released Thursday, Nov. 7

 Bishop’s ordination postponed for 2nd time in English diocese
 Nigerian seminary rector freed by kidnappers
 Survey of likely relations between Vatican, Trump
 Stay close to bishops, Pope urges seminarians
 Pope praises Italian soldiers for humanitarian efforts
 Cardinal Parolin offers Vatican views on Trump victory
 US bishops’ president congratulates Trump, notes Church is ‘not aligned with any political party’
 Risk, effort, goal: faith is a pilgrimage, Pope writes in book introduction
 Chicago priest appointed to Vatican ecology post
 Pope again condemns killing of civilians in Gaza
 Ukrainian Catholic leader, at Lourdes, thanks bishops of France
 Papal condolences following Serbian railway station deaths
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for Valencia

Released Wednesday, Nov. 6

 Catholic prelates join in statement condemning anti-Semitism in Canada
 Vatican opens visitors’ center for St. Peter’s
 Pope visits home of ailing Italian abortion advocate
 Prayer must be spontaneous, Pope tells weekly audience
 Catholic vote moved toward Trump, poll shows
 Abortion ballot initiatives pass in most states, fall short in others
 Vatican diplomat calls for universal access to digital technology, ethical framework for AI
 Details announced for jubilee of artists
 Cardinal Tagle: new encyclical makes Christian foundation of recent encyclicals more explicit
 Papal praise for Notre-Dame’s reopening, Sacred Heart devotion
 Vatican announces sports photo competition for Jubilee
 Pope calls Rome’s Jesuit-run university to ‘self-criticism’

Released Tuesday, Nov. 5

 Pope adds one more prelate to list of new cardinals
 Soldiers escape death sentence for ransacking parish in Congo
 Nigerian bishops’ leader says drug use fuels crime
 Abortion on the ballot in 10 states
 USCCB, Lutherans mark 25th anniversary of ecumenical milestone
 IAEA director thanks Pontiff for commitment to peace, multilateralism
 December papal visit to Corsica under consideration
 Missionaries of Charity convent looted, burned in Haiti
 Vatican newspaper sees rural Midwesterners’ voting rights as major US election issue
 Holy See criticizes use of ‘gender,’ ‘diversity’ in UN refugee documents

Released Monday, Nov. 4

 Pope should not govern Vatican City, convicted cardinal says
 Papal encouragement for ‘Field Hospital Churches’
 Chinese diocese pays homage to Communist leaders
 Church rebuilding after ISIS amid uncertainty, Iraqi prelate reports
 Ukrainian Orthodox denounce Russian interference
 Kidnapped Nigerian rector offered himself to replace hostages
 Texas nuns vow to continue Carmelite path despite dismissal
 Catholics should not attend SSPX liturgy: Fort Worth bishop
 Papal prayers for deceased bishops
 New archbishops for Milwaukee, Warsaw
 Papal letter for 100th anniversary of apostolic adminstration in Estonia
 Be ‘big-hearted educators’ in ‘the labyrinths of complexity,’ Pope tells Italian Catholic Action movement
 The love of God and neighbor are ‘the heart of life and faith,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 On All Souls Day, Pontiff concelebrates Mass, prays at graves of miscarried infants
 Pope renews call for prayer for peace, denounces killing of civilians in Gaza
 Papal appeals for Valencia
 Papal closeness to Chad’s people following Islamist terrorist attack, flooding
 The path of holiness is God’s gift and our response: papal Angelus address on All Saints Day

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