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Stories for week of December 29, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 3

 The person comes first, Pope says in message for World Day of Sick
 Syro-Malabar Catholics debate liturgical orientation
 Judge throws out theft charges against former archdiocesan official
 Archbishop accuses Togo government of ‘specializing in fraud’ ahead of vote
 Yazidi survivors are key to bringing Islamic State members to justice
 Study: Anti-Christian vandalism on rise in Western Europe
 Windows smashed at renowned Bach church in Leipzig
 Abortionist kept fetal remains in moldy boxes amid piles of rubbish, report says
 29 missionaries killed worldwide in 2019
 Cardinal Bo, other Catholics call on Hong Kong executive to end police brutality
 New seminary under construction in Vietnam
 Iranian president sends Christmas greetings to Pope Francis
 Catholic scholars, activists weigh in on ‘Afghanistan Papers’
 Make the Church in the Holy Land a place for dialogue and encounter, Jerusalem archbishop preaches
 Christian faith stronger than ever in Iraq despite instability, says Mosul archbishop
 Pope leads funeral rites for Cardinal Grech
 Video released for Pope’s January prayer intention
 USCCB: Church in US ‘stands in solidarity with immigrants and refugees’

Released Thursday, Jan. 2

 Lawsuit alleges famed Jesuit abused boy ‘more than 1,000 times’
 Archdiocese of New Orleans staves off default
 English cardinal condemns anti-Semitic graffiti in London
 Oldest known church in sub-Saharan Africa unearthed
 Catholic Relief Services prepares for busy 2020 in Africa
 Church crisis comes from abandoning God, adapting to culture, Cardinal Müller tells college students
 Ohio woman wakes up from 7-month coma after family was told to ‘pull the plug’
 Cardinal Grech offered exemplary service to Church, Pope says in condolence message
 ‘We pray for the conversion of every heart that hates,’ USCCB president says in New Year’s message
 God enters the world in the least among us, Pope preaches as 2019 concludes
 Pope pays private visit to Roman parish for friend’s funeral
 Pope apologizes for slapping woman’s hand, encourages pilgrims to cultivate peace and hope in 2020
 Pope preaches on woman’s dignity, the Church, and the Virgin Mary at New Year’s Mass

Released Wednesday, Jan. 1

 Pope’s January prayer intention: promotion of world peace
 Background: World Day of Peace 2020

Released Tuesday, Dec. 31

 Morocco’s cardinal calls for synod on migration
 Ireland’s Minister for Health condemns parish’s ‘extremely hurtful’ comments about IVF
 Breakaway Ukrainian region bans Baptist books
 Hundreds of accused clergy left off sex abuse lists
 Chaldean patriarch: the time has come for Iraq to have a Christian political party
 Religious groups must spread Communist principles, Chinese government decrees
 Nigerian bridal party beheaded en route to wedding, diocesan spokesman says
 Cardinal Dolan denounces ‘sickening’ anti-Semitic attacks
 Mozambique bishop laments renewed violence
 +Cardinal Prosper Grech, 94
 ‘Be creative in God’: Pope recalls 170th anniversary of La Civiltà Cattolica
 Vatican spokesman reviews Pope Francis’ year

Released Monday, Dec. 30

 Vatican office approves use of papal images
 Providence diocese testing new law extending deadline for filing abuse cases
 Wheeling diocese quietly took huge loss on former bishop’s mansion
 Indonesian cardinal questions accuracy of abuse report
 Gunman kills 2 at Texas Protestant church before 2 members fatally shoot him
 Papal prayers, encouragement for Taizé’s annual youth meeting
 Sudan’s Christians enjoy holiday amid hope for new freedoms
 Syria’s Armenians are under assault yet again
 Group of South Sudanese clerics, laity reject Juba archbishop appointment
 India’s Cardinal Gracias says religion should not be criterion for citizenship
 Montenegro’s parliament approves religion law over Serbian protests
 Russian Orthodox Church suspends relations with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
 Islamic State says it beheaded 10 Christian hostages in Nigeria on Christmas Day
 Chinese Protestant pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison for ‘subversion’
 The Holy Family was ‘totally available to God’s will,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope prays for victims of plane crash in Kazakhstan
 Pope begins restoring normal governance to Chilean dioceses
 Pope appeals for prayers for Somalia blast victims

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