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Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Stories for week of March 26, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 31

 Catholic priest found guilty in unusual violation of FACE act [April 1]
 Women’s religious leaders support ‘transgender’ ideology
 Pope recovering, expected ready for Palm Sunday Mass
 Ghana’s leading prelate urges government to reject American aid if it is tied to LGBTQ agenda
 Tabernacle stolen from murdered bishop’s residence
 Vatican rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms
 Pope takes step toward reviving Eastern Catholic church persecuted by czar, Stalin
 Vatican action halts Christchurch’s Catholic cathedral building plan
 In India, ancient Catholic group battles to keep its unique marriage rules
 Ciudad Juárez bishop calls for conversion, justice following migrant center fire
 USCCB welcomes Vatican statement on ‘doctrine of discovery’
 Papal gratitude for closeness, prayer in time of illness

Released Thursday, Mar. 30

 Vatican repudiates ‘doctrine of discovery’
 Iraqi Church leaders threaten to boycott elections
 Cardinal O’Malley ‘surprised’ by Father Zollner’s criticism of abuse commission
 Pope’s condition ‘improving,’ Vatican says
 New Myanmar bishop urged military not to fire on civilians
 Imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop appears in staged TV interview
 Asian prelates clash over Catholic media platform
 Papal prayer for migrants killed in Mexican migrant camp blaze
 Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for release of Chernobyl soldiers
 Sacked Maltese priest in fight with UK’s National Health Service over Catholic teaching on marriage
 In Nigeria, 53 priests kidnapped, 16 killed since 2006
 USCCB: Biden administration’s proposed asylum restrictions are ‘unlawful, unjust, and unwise’
 US bishops’ president asks faithful to pray for Pope Francis’ speedy recovery

Released Wednesday, Mar. 29

 Man arrested for 2022 firebombing of pro-family group
 Orthodox monks move out of Kyiv monastery after lease terminated
 China offers rewards for reporting ‘illegal’ religious gatherings
 Top Vatican abuse expert resigns from papal commission
 Pope hospitalized with respiratory infection [Updated]
 Papal audience: how zeal of St. Paul was transformed
 Papal condolences to Nashville victims
 Papal tribute to Cardinal Rauber, late critic of Benedict XVI
 Polish journalist: ‘True version of events’ is ‘favorable’ to St. John Paul’s handling of abuse claims
 Dissenting organizations condemn USCCB transgender statement
 Nashville bishop offers prayers for victims of Covenant School shooting
 US, Canadian diocesan synod leaders attend session on spiritual conversation
 Cardinal Hollerich, Archbishop Paglia, economist Mazzucato present new book
 American Catholics have favorable views of Jews
 Themes of French bishops’ meeting: sexual abuse, structural reform, euthanasia
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to Libya’s enslavement of migrants

Released Tuesday, Mar. 28

 St. Peter’s basilica offers quicker access for prayer
 Cardinal Hollerich: Loyal to the Pope; ready to change Church teaching [News Analysis]
 Arrest made in vandalism at New York pregnancy-help center
 Prayers of Pope Francis headed for space broadcast
 Kyrgyzstan police fine nun for giving reading during Mass
 Irish Catholic school transferred to government control
 American church attendance has declined after lockdown
 Rome billboards plead for preservation of traditional Latin Mass
 Archbishop Byrnes resigns from Guam post
 Priest reports possible Eucharistic miracle at Connecticut church
 New Zealand abuse survivors’ group says Pope ignored their letter
 Catholic University of America professor pushes back against anti-‘reparative therapy’ studies
 Supreme Court refuses case of Catholic school teacher punished amid fallout from racism lecture
 Church sex abuse allegations detailed in Georgia report
 How a landmark legal battle is impacting Catholic school boards across Ontario
 Popular Church architecture scholar accused of ‘sexually inappropriate’ conduct with seminarians
 Shattered: Catholic community confronts its founder’s lies
 Pope tells Calabria’s bishops to work together and combine seminaries

Released Monday, Mar. 27

 Massachusetts bishop: clerics face sanctions for hookup apps
 German Cardinal Rauber, veteran Vatican diplomat, dies at 88
 Pope issues final norms on abuse; key questions remain [News analysis]
 German bishops’ leader announces surprise resignation
 Americans less concerned about patriotism, faith, children
 Cardinal McElroy bars EWTN from San Diego diocesan media
 Jesus offers support when hope seems lost, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Nordic bishops reject gender ideology in pastoral statement
 Dioceses should share common programs, institutions, Pope tells bishops
 Pope urges ethical approach to artificial intelligence

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