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Stories for week of January 03, 2021
Ordered from most to least recent.
Released Friday, Jan. 8
Pope offers sympathy for Venezuelan suffering
Coptic leader: Christians not persecuted in Egypt
Vatican charge: Italian financier pressed sale of misappropriated bonds
Belgian Franciscan named archbishop in Iran
Swiss Cardinal Schwery dead at 88
London’s mayor wants churches closed
Pakistani pastor arrested on blasphemy charges
Cardinal Dolan: The radicals who defaced St. Patrick’s Cathedral are pure bigots
Bishops mark 125th anniversary of Ivory Coast’s evangelization
Minnesota loosens Covid restrictions on public worship
Retirement of Mexican bishop seen as ‘end of an era’
Editor of Italian bishops’ newspaper: President Trump has ‘poisoned the wells of democracy’
Vatican newspaper headline: ‘Washington: Democracy Wounded’
Australian prelate ‘shaken and disbelieving’
Pelosi cites Epiphany, St. Francis as House confirms Biden win
US toughens ban on ‘abhorrent’ female genital mutilation
Today the Church is triumphant, Russian Orthodox Patriarch says in Christmas message
Pope sends Christmas greetings to Eastern Christians, praises Poland’s Three Kings parades
Mainline Protestant, Southern Baptist, Jewish leaders deplore Capitol violence
Brazil’s bishops urge faithful to receive Covid vaccine, promote vaccination as a right for all
Released Thursday, Jan. 7
Australian officials investigating Vatican financial transfers
Church welcomes bid to protect Pakistan’s religious minorities
Islamic extremist group attacks parish in southern Philippines
Priest’s ‘Bible in a Year’ is no. 1 podcast on Apple chart
Cardinal Gregory, Sen.-elect Warnock have history of collaboration
Deacon attacked in New York City subway
Egypt to develop ‘Way of the Holy Family’ for pilgrims, tourists
Iraqi Shiite political leader seeks return of property to Christian owners
Pandemic has heightened dangers to international religious freedom
Anglican primate: ‘Let us pray for the USA’
Brooklyn bishop laments ‘unprecedented day of national chaos’
Archbishop Cordileone: We do not need ‘an attempted civil war’
Archbishop Lori: ‘Our hearts are heavy’ on ‘this terrible day’
‘We should feel violated,’ DC Cardinal Gregory says of Capitol violence
Cardinal Cupich: DC events ‘should shock the conscience’ of ‘any faithful Catholic’
US bishops’ president condemns violent protests, prays for public safety, restoration of order
May the Savior bless every family and wipe away every tear, Ukrainian Catholic leader says in Christmas message
Papal appeal for peace in Central African Republic
Released Wednesday, Jan. 6
Christ is the star that guides the Magi, Pope says
Pope tells faithful: make more time for worship
Polish parliament honors Cardinal Wyszynski
Tucson diocese: no indoor Mass for a month
Germany: Catholic officials ask reporters for ‘silence’ on child abuse report
Judge dismisses 12 Covington Catholic students’ defamation suit against media outlets
Chicago activist priest removed from parish for decades-old abuse allegation
Uganda’s bishops caution police on election
Federal appeals court: County Covid order closing all high schools infringes parochial schools’ rights
Bishops in Dominican Republic deplore violence against women
Central African Republic: regional capital now a ghost town, bishop reports
French archbishop, others protest proposed law against religious extremism
Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site for first time since 1954
National Prayer Vigil for Life to take place virtually
Video released for January papal prayer intention
Vatican, Lutheran body recall 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s excommunication
Leading Korean prelate links pandemic, ecological damage
Released Tuesday, Jan. 5
Pope cancels traditional Baptism ceremonies in Sistine Chapel
Canadian man faces ‘hate crime’ charge after disrupting Mass
Lebanese cardinal prods politicians to form government
Catholic journalists inaugurate news site
Australian bishops puzzled by Vatican money transfers
Scotland’s bishops question closing of churches
Iceland’s bishop protests tight limits on Mass congregations
Report: Police stop Masses at Iceland’s cathedral for violating lockdown rules
California woman pleads guilty to hate crime for threatening to bomb Catholic prep school
North Dakota attorney general concludes investigation of state’s dioceses
Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church
Do not ‘repress the right to mobility of migrants,’ bishop urges Mexican government
2020 showed ‘the face of a Samaritan Church,’ leading Latin American prelate says
Central African Republic bishop calls for prayer as regional capital falls to rebels
New US Congress is nearly 30% Catholic
73 infected with Covid at Sisters of St. Joseph’s provincial house
Soccer legend was a poet on the field, Pope says in interview
As Jesuit chaplain retires, House of Representatives picks first female chaplain
Church in Philippines condemns killings of 9 indigenous leaders
USCCB grants $1.5M for Puerto Rico recovery
Released Monday, Jan. 4
Iraqi Shi’ite leader pushes for restoration of Christians’ property
Ukrainian Catholic leader says 2020 taught lessons
Hate crime committed at Catholic church in Edmonton: police
Benedict XVI remains very alert mentally, Archbishop Gänswein says
Catholics in India protest continued detention of elderly priest
Archbishop-elect of Dublin prepares for major reorganization
Connecticut bishop tests positive for Covid
Cardinal Gregory laments abortion, death penalty
Pandemic prompts acts of compassion: papal reflection on 2020
Pope Francis entrusts 2021 to Mary’s heavenly protection
To bless, to be born, to find: papal homily for New Year’s Mass
Kidnapped Nigerian bishop released
Vatican releases footage of 1968 papal New Year’s Mass at children’s hospital
Vatican’s Covid vaccinations to begin soon
Latin Patriarch calls on Church in Jerusalem to overcome clericalism, divisions
Pope chides those traveling abroad to escape Covid lockdowns
Welcome the Word made flesh, who ‘knocks on the door of our hearts,’ Pope says in Angelus address
Prelate blocked for months by Belarus resigns Minsk post
January papal prayer intention: human fraternity
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