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Stories for week of January 05, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 10

 Burkina Faso: bishop warns of Islamic plan to take over African region
 New York accepts offer to shelter homeless in empty archdiocesan buildings
 Woman arrested for bomb threats against DC Catholic school
 US bishops increase diocesan fees for episcopal conference
 Venezuelan bishops denounce invalid election to National Assembly
 NY bar association seeks investigation of AG Barr for promoting Judeo-Christian values
 Buffalo ex-seminarians charged with harassing diocesan official
 US and Iran escalation worries Christians in the Middle East
 Vatican official rues declining respect for human dignity, sense of community in Europe
 Avert war in Middle East, Maronite bishops plead
 Venezuelan bishops condemn Maduro’s actions against legislature
 Catholic leaders say Congo risks being broken apart by violence
 Pro-life teen Nicholas Sandmann wins settlement from CNN
 In Alberta, campus pro-life group wins appeal over security fees
 Parish destroyed in Puerto Rico earthquake
 Myanmar bishop upbeat about peace prospects in conflict-torn Kachin State
 In Philippines, an estimated 6 million people take part in Black Nazarene procession
 Vatican spokesman: ‘Realism and hope’ are key themes of Pope’s ‘state of the world’ address
 ‘To make war is the temptation of the devil,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Thursday, Jan. 9

 In address to diplomatic corps, Pope urges hope in times of trouble
 Judge allows parents to sue Pittsburgh diocese for failing to report abuse
 Maronite bishops urge Lebanese leaders: avoid involvement in Middle East conflicts
 Chinese restrictions on Church rose after deal with Vatican, US panel reports
 Cardinal Zen: Pope Benedict rejected secret deal with China
 Mexican priest kidnapped, shot, hospitalized
 Glorification of jihad in textbooks stokes violence against Pakistan’s religious minorities
 ‘We should not be afraid,’ Pope tells pilgrims from the Middle East
 Create a welcoming society, not more barriers for refugees, Catholic, Lutheran leaders tell Minnesotans
 ‘We have enough of wars,’ Iraqi archbishop says after Iran fires missiles
 Cardinal Dolan, Bishop DiMarzio address New York march against anti-Semitism
 Vatican announces papal visit to Bari
 Sisters of Mercy condemn US strike on Iranian general
 Indonesian human rights activist charged with ‘hate speech’ after criticizing ban on Christmas Masses
 US bishops, in new statement, urge US and Iran to embrace peace
 President of US bishops’ conference expresses sorrow for earthquake aftermath In Puerto Rico
 Slavery to oneself is the ‘greatest form of bondage,’ Pope says
 Pope requests prayers for the people of Australia

Released Wednesday, Jan. 8

 FBI probing McCarrick ties to Papal Foundation
 Pope sends condolences following Iran air crash
 Wild New Year’s party hosted at Vatican-owned building in Rome
 Bishop says he was given no ‘particular mission’ in troubled Buffalo diocese
 Hindu opposition stalls India’s tallest Christ statue
 Vietnamese priests, religious join local protests against dam
 Moscow patriarch denounces divisions in Eastern Orthodoxy
 Constantinople is the mother church of the Orthodox world, Ecumenical Patriarch affirms
 ‘Soleimani killing must unite Islamic countries,’ Malaysian premier says
 America’s religious order superiors condemn US killing of Iranian general
 ‘Volcano about to erupt’ in Iraq, Chaldean patriarch warns
 ‘Live through trials by staying close to Christ’: Pope reflects on St. Paul’s shipwreck in Malta
 Vatican spokesman warns against lack of charity in speech
 Say no to the spirit of the world that leads us to corruption, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Myanmar bishop calls for talks as fighting rages in Rakhine
 Church in Australia plans national response to bushfire crisis
 ‘Pray urgently,’ USCCB president says following Iranian attack

Released Tuesday, Jan. 7

 Controversy continues after archbishop’s appointment in South Sudan
 China: new rules for all religious bodies
 Portrait of Benedict XVI today: body weaker, mind still clear
 Poland: 1.3 Million People Participate in Marches of Three Kings
 McCarrick moved out of Kansas friary
 Arson attack against Pentecostal church in Germany
 Priest removed from ministry after taking ‘disturbing’ photos, Pennsylvania diocese says
 Planned Parenthood increases its number of abortions by nearly 13,000, annual report reveals
 Tennessee bishop: ‘Congress and the President are playing with the emotions of the people of this nation’
 Kenyan Catholic leaders alarmed at increase in terror attacks
 Indian bishops decry infant deaths in state hospitals
 Philippine bishops praise court’s rejection of same-sex marriage
 In Montenegro, clashes over law confiscating Orthodox Church assets
 Poll examines political views of Catholics, evangelicals, other Protestants
 Report: Church offers little outreach to minority abuse victims
 Ecumenical Patriarch declares 2020 as Year of the Youth
 Pope Francis rebels against the ‘rhetoric of the apocalypse,’ influential Jesuit journal states
 Pax Christi decries killing of Iranian general
 Iraqis have ‘big anxiety,’ archbishop says
 ‘The encounter with Jesus changes us,’ Pope tells pilgrims on Epiphany
 Pope, at Epiphany Mass, preaches on importance of worship

Released Monday, Jan. 6

 Church in Pakistan begins ‘year of youth’
 New Armenian patriarch praises Turkey’s Erdogan
 Ivory Coast cardinal calls for release of opposition figure’s supporters
 Methodists propose to split over same-sex marriage, clergy impasse
 Jesus is the only Savior, Pope tweets
 Archbishop Paglia: Reject euthanasia, assisted suicide, and abandonment of the sick
 Australian bishops extend prayer campaign in response to devastating fires
 ‘Very sad and heartbreaking’: Cardinal Turkson reacts to tensions between US, Iran
 Following Trump speech, La Civiltà Cattolica editor recommends ‘ecumenism of hatred’ article
 In address to pilgrims, Pope reflects on meaning of Jesus’ birth
 Chaldean patriarch: Iraqis are in shock, fearful
 Pope appeals for self-control, dialogue amid heightened threat of war
 ‘Conflict must be rejected,’ nuncio in Iran says

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