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Stories for week of June 04, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jun. 8

 European Court: Ukraine is in violation of human rights treaty because it does not recognize same-sex unions
 Planned Parenthood, in turmoil, cuts staff while channeling funds for abortion
 Vatican judges dismiss defense motions, end evidence phase in financial trial
 USCCB president calls for prayers for Pope Francis
 Work to change laws and hearts, bishops’ pro-life chairman writes in Dobbs anniversary message
 Salesian missionaries decide to remain in Sudan despite conflict
 Philippine bishops come to defense of indigenous Ati people
 Jesuits open Teilhard de Chardin Center in ‘French Silicon Valley’
 Decrying war, Pope appeals for ‘One Minute for Peace’
 Pope plans to write document dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, offers white rose to the Little Flower
 Saudi religious center chief meets with Pope, Vatican officials to promote interfaith dialogue

Released Wednesday, Jun. 7

 Pope’s surgery successful, full recovery expected
 FBI stalls on response to lawsuit over targeting Catholics
 Parents-rights organizations now listed as ‘hate groups’
 Irish bishop raps plan for abortion information in schools
 India: bishop facing ‘forced conversion’ charge denied bail
 Cardinal Herranz publishes book on Benedict XVI and Francis
 Program announced for Pope’s visit to Portugal
 +Bishop Macram Max Gassis, 84
 Notes of St. John Paul II’s spokesman published posthumously
 Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to St. Thérèse of Lisieux
 Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia
 Some Spanish priests, accused of abuse in the US, ‘fell off the radar’
 Vatican cardinal, in Congo Republic, offers critical assessment of missionaries’ work
 Cardinal Marengo: Pope’s Mongolia visit an encouragement for Catholics

Released Tuesday, Jun. 6

 Vatican bank boasts increased profits, top ranking
 Oklahoma school board approves Catholic charter school
 Pope taken to hospital, quickly returns to Vatican
 English bishops’ annual pro-life message is written by woman who regrets her abortion
 Cardinal Parolin: Current crises demand global and fraternal responses
 Pope prays for victims of India train accident, remembers victims of war
 ‘With war, everything is lost,’ Pope Francis says in Italian TV interview
 30 Nobel winners to gather in St Peter’s Square for human fraternity event
 Pope who’s a ‘slow food’ advocate meets with CEO of fast food empire
 Papal master of ceremonies ordained an archbishop
 Spanish biblical scholar named president of AVEPRO
 Mongolian foreign minister holds talks with Vatican counterpart
 Leading Chinese political philosopher, Ratzinger scholar named to pontifical academy

Released Monday, Jun. 5

 Pope Francis denounces ‘lawfare,’ but does he practice it?
 Moscow: no plans yet for papal envoy’s visit
 Climate-change action ‘cannot be postponed,’ Pope says
 Carmelites amend lawsuit against Fort Worth’s Bishop Olson
 Judge rules against protective order for documents in bishop’s defamation case
 Cardinal Zuppi, papal envoy, in Kyiv for peace talks
 ‘God is a communion of love,’ Pope tells pilgrims on Trinity Sunday
 Amazonia leaders grateful for papal encouragement
 Mexican bishops, Pope discuss migration, sociopolitical challenges
 Vatican conference marks CAPP Foundation’s 30th anniversary
 ‘Love your roots,’ Pope tells pilgrims from hometowns of Saints John XXIII, Paul VI
 Pope warns Pontifical Mission Societies of ‘alleged corruption’
 Opus Dei leader meets with Pope
 Scientists from 3 continents named to pontifical academy
 Confirmed: Pope Francis to make apostolic journey to Mongolia
 Penitential rite held at St. Peter’s Basilica following desecration of Altar of Confession

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