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Stories for week of December 30, 2018
Ordered from most to least recent.
Released Friday, Jan. 4
Argentine bishop, now working at Vatican, charged with abuse
Cardinal Brandmüller: scandal reflects increased homosexual activity
Egyptian president will attend Coptic Christmas celebration
14 attorneys-general challenge Trump administration’s HHS mandate relief for Little Sisters of the Poor
Some Coptic Orthodox Christians support changing date of Christmas celebratoin
US dioceses have released names of over 1,000 accused priests
Qatar’s emir funds construction of church in Lebanon
Vatican initiative aims to help Ukraine’s displaced families
South African bishops welcome national minimum wage
In presence of nation’s leaders, Haitian bishop decries corruption, ‘failure of political institutions’
Papua New Guinea bishops’ official laments treatment of refugees
7 Christians arrested during Christmas service in Laos
USCCB president sends message to Pope Francis
Vatican official: Pope’s letter to US bishops ‘indicates a way forward’
Address students’ questions about the faith without proselytizing, Ieading Italian prelate tells teachers
Influential journal: Amazon synod will focus on defending the indigenous against economic exploitation
Pope writes introduction to work on Jesuit Baroque composer
UK government orders global review of persecution of Christians
+Sister Wendy Beckett, 88
Chicago Tribune, in editorial, calls for resistance to China’s crackdown on religion
Congo’s bishops delay statement on presidential election results after nationwide Internet cutoff
India’s Kerala paralyzed by protests after women enter Hindu pilgrimage site
Released Thursday, Jan. 3
Catholic representation in US Congress remains at 31%
Irish bishop: pro-abortion politicians ‘out of communion’ with Church
Vatican was aware of charges against Maciel for decades
Church credibility damaged by scandal, Cardinal Parolin admits
Papal message to US bishops: solve scandal but avoid divisions
Phoenix bishop issues apostolic exhortation on the family
Pope, ahead of Epiphany: ‘We like the Magi must look up, so that we can see the star’
CDF: hysterectomy permitted when it is certain that future pregnancy will lead to miscarriage
Maronite patriarch calls for ‘neutral government of technocrats’ in Lebanon
Bishop says Christians enjoy ‘complete freedom of worship’ in Iran
Hong Kong bishop dead at 73
Nuns in India tell of enduring abuse
Jerusalem archbishop reflects on political action and the Kingdom of God
Chaldean patriarch: coexistence in peace and mutual respect is the only solution for Iraq
Al-Azhar’s grand imam visits Coptic pope for Christmas
Puerto Rico’s bishops declare 2019 to be extraordinary missionary year
In Indonesia, strong commitment by the Catholic community to tsunami victims
4 foreign trips planned for Pope Francis in early 2019
Italian president, in message to Pope, criticizes nationalism, xenophobia
Nicaraguan cardinal cancels traditional New Year’s procession
Released Wednesday, Jan. 2
Leaked Vatican letter challenges Cardinal DiNardo on US bishops’ blocked vote
US bishops begin week-long retreat
Theme of Pope’s general audience: the Lord’s Prayer at the center of the Sermon on the Mount
Patriarch Kirill: Bartholomew no longer the Ecumenical Patriarch of all Orthodoxy
House churches shuttered in northeastern China
6 Christians injured in stoning of Christmas service in Myanmar
Federal court allows Catholic parents to sue Texas school district over hair rules
Victims accuse Cardinal DiNardo of concealing Iowa sex abuse, call for his resignation
Nicaraguan cardinal denounces attack on parish
Vatican Secretary of State, in interview, discusses Christmas visit to Iraq, February abuse summit
Pope offers prayer, assistance for Indonesian tsunami victims
Pope Francis reflects on the Holy Family
Papal prayers for DR Congo elections
New Asian bishops’ president suggests 5-point roadmap for Church
‘Jesus unleashes the power of love,’ Pope preaches at Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for 2018
Jesus ‘is the Blessing for every person and for the whole human family,’ Pope tells New Year’s pilgrims
Let Mary gaze upon us, embrace us, and take us by the hand, Pope preaches at New Year’s Mass
Released Monday, Dec. 31
Background: World Day of Peace 2019
40 Catholic missionaries killed in 2018
No ordinations in many French dioceses this year
New York archdiocese provided referral for priest despite abuse charge
Vatican press office director and deputy abruptly resign
‘Human rights are under attack, and democracy appears to be in peril,’ Goa archbishop warns
Pope offers condolences following terrorist attack near Giza, Egypt
Pope appoints legate to 525th anniversary of first Mass in the Americas
Vatican’s Secretary of State, in Nineveh Plain, encourages Iraq’s Christians to forgive, remain in native land
Iranians are converting to evangelical Christianity in Turkey
Abuse summit organizing committee member hopes bishops’ accountability will be on agenda
Russian Orthodox patriarch sends Christmas greetings to Pope Francis, other heads of non-Orthodox churches
Ecumenical Patriarch, in Christmas proclamation, emphasizes centrality of the Incarnation
Nicaraguan bishop reiterates calls for dialogue, respect for human dignity
Christ is ‘the King who seeks not war,’ Syrian patriarch preaches during Christmas liturgy
USCCB president appeals for prayer, assistance for Indonesian tsunami victims
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