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Stories for week of December 01, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Dec. 5

 Papal praise for Spanish charity work
 Mercedes-Benz donates new electric popemobile
 Vatican to bar Latin Mass during Chartres pilgrimage?
 Beatification of Archbishop Sheen seen as inevitable
 Slovenian president meets with Pontiff
 Court permits Bishop Zanchetta to travel to Rome for treatment; canonical advocate laicized
 Liberian bishops discuss synodality
 Renewed papal plea for prayer for peace
 Vatican Advent sermons to be dedicated to theme of hope
 USCCB awards nearly $2.7 in grants to Church in Africa
 Jubilees are ‘precious times for taking stock of our lives,’ Pope tells religious sisters
 As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

Released Wednesday, Dec. 4

 South Korean bishops urge president to apologize for martial-law declaration
 Limit homilies to under 10 minutes, Pope tells priests
 Archbishop of Canterbury will not join public Christmas celebrations
 Central American bishops urge special prayer for Nicaragua
 Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square will feature Italian lagoon
 Pope, in book foreword, calls for jubilee ceasefire
 500 theologians to attend ‘historic’ Vatican conference
 Hungarian PM Orbán meets with Pope Francis
 Members of Council of Cardinals discuss collegiality, women, diocesan curias
 Hope is an anchor, Pope says in video
 ‘Climate of fear’ descends upon Christians after rebel takeover of Aleppo
 US churches encouraged to toll bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

Released Tuesday, Dec. 3

 Sudanese bishop ‘narrowly missed martyrdom’
 Lawyers question Catholic identity of Australian Catholic University
 Vatican ceremony prepares Holy Door for Jubilee opening
 Russian soldiers donating sperm before service in Ukraine
 Bishop Stowe protests lack of USCCB resistance to Trump administration
 Vatican suppresses Texas Carmelite community
 Irish archdiocese chides protesters who disrupted Mass in cathedral
 Britain is no longer Christian, bishop declares
 Parishes will share burden of Rockville Center diocesan bankruptcy
 Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame
 Pontiff grants plenary indulgence to Italian charismatic renewal
 Conference examines Holy See’s assistance to Jews during Holocaust
 New archbishop appointed for Mumbai, India’s largest city
 New bishop appointed for Father Rupnik’s Slovenian diocese
 Cuban president expresses appreciation for Pope’s teachings
 Pope decries modern forms of slavery
 Vatican marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun
 USCCB committee chairman welcomes Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
 Ukrainians are ‘tired and without hope,’ foreign priest says

Released Monday, Dec. 2

 Msgr. Philip Reilly, pro-life hero, dead at 90
 Biden administration targeted Christian colleges for enforcement actions
 Papal nuncio fears ‘hope is dead’ in Syria
 Russian bombers hits Franciscan college in Syria
 Papal letter urges Nicaraguans to maintain faith, hope
 Council of Cardinals meeting this week
 Bolivian VP, Pontiff discuss ecology, social justice
 ‘Do no harm, take care, heal’: papal warning against discarding human life
 Papal praise for Hindu spiritual leader’s legacy, call to promote common values
 Pope meets with French lawmakers, reflects on education, end-of-life care
 Papal tribute to those who preserve Nagasaki’s hidden Christian sites
 Ontario’s euthanasia regulators have failed to refer over 400 ‘compliance issues’ to law enforcement, report charges
 Sales of printed Bibles soar 22% in US
 Synodality, Nicaea commemoration foster Christian unity: papal message to Ecumenical Patriarch
 ‘Raise your head high, and keep your hearts light and awake,’ Pope tells pilgrims

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