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Stories for week of November 22, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 27

 Pope backs Covid restrictions in NY Times op-ed
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 English bishops pleased that worship will be opened
 Kentucky bishops: public Masses to continue despite governor’s request
 Supreme Court blocks New York restrictions on worship

Released Wednesday, Nov. 25

 Pope, at audience, speaks of prayer in early Church
 Hundreds injured in attack on Christians in India
 Spanish Twitter campaign promotes violence against priests
 Cameroon: kidnapped cardinal refused pyschological pressure
 Swiss diocese rejects Pope’s slate of candidates to be bishop
 French bishops, urged by laity, ask for eased restrictions on Mass
 Chinese government spokesman bristles after Pope decries plight of Uighurs
 Detroit archdiocese removes priest who alleges he denounced harassment by prominent archdiocesan employee
 Class action against Oblate priests jumps to 190 alleged victims from across Quebec
 Fired NJ Catholic school teacher may sue school, court rules
 Kentucky AG sues its governor over religious school closures
 Federal appeals court upholds Tennessee law against abortions on basis of race, sex, or Down syndrome
 Chiapas bishop denounces paramilitary attacks; religious sister, humanitarian workers injured
 West African bishops rue rising intolerance, lack of opportunities for youth
 Cardinal-designate Gregory: dialogue, not confrontation, with Biden
 Australian bishops discuss abuse, governance, and Covid
 Middle Eastern Christian leaders deeply concerned about Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh
 Historic first: 2 new cardinals will not be present at November 28 consistory
 8 beatification causes advance
 New Vatican prefect calls for greater transparency in canonization process

Released Tuesday, Nov. 24

 Former papal butler, convicted in ‘Vatileaks’ scandal, dead at 54
 New Chinese bishop installed: strong supporter of Patriotic Association
 ‘I disagreed with the institution’: South Dakota priest sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for thefts
 Mexico’s bishops announce closing of Guadalupe basilica around feast day
 US bishops’ internal memo: Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines are ethically produced
 At Vatican trial, seminary rector accuses victim of seeking payout
 NY attorney general files suit against Diocese of Buffalo
 Judge denies Christian schools’ challenge to Oregon governor’s Covid orders
 Federal appeals court rules against Florida county’s ban on conversion therapy
 ‘A terrible conflict’: prelate in Mozambique expresses closeness to 500,000 displaced persons
 40 years after killings, Salvadoran city claims murdered missionaries as its own
 Vatican cardinal mourns, pays tribute to late Serbian Orthodox Patriarch
 Pakistani cardinal calls for respect for human rights of Christians
 English bishops release independent review of safeguarding structures
 Pope pens new book on Christianity’s transforming power
 Vatican foreign minister sees Covid as potential ‘moment of conversion’ for international community
 Doctors, nurses are unsung heroes of the pandemic: papal video message
 Pope, in new book, discusses ‘3 Covids in my own life’
 NBA players discuss social justice with Pope

Released Monday, Nov. 23

 Vatican: Advent and Christmas liturgies will not be open to public
 Cardinal rebukes Catholic board members for barring Catechism reading
 Toronto again closes down public celebration of Mass
 Cardinal Becciu disciplined to satisfy bank regulators?
 German archbishop asks Vatican to investigate his handling of abuse complaints
 Jesus is waiting for you in the poor, Pope preaches to young people
 Diocesan World Youth Days to be celebrated on Feast of Christ the King
 Draw near to Christ, present in the suffering, Pope says in reflection on final judgment
 Kenya’s bishops call for united, healed, and reconciled nation
 Philippine bishop backs bill criminalizing child marriage
 Amid poverty, political crisis, and the pandemic, vocations to the priesthood increase in Venezuela
 Iraqi prelate praises Trump administration’s commitment to international religious freedom
 Vocation, culture, covenant: Pope addresses Economy of Francesco
 Vancouver archbishop criticizes British Columbia’s new Covid rules
 Church desecrated in Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Mexican bishops decry Senate’s marijuana legalization vote
 Vatican issues annual World Fisheries Day message
 Open the door of your heart, pitch in, and heal, Pope tells Latin American seminarians
 Papal encouragement for UN Food and Agricultural Organization

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