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Stories for week of January 06, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 11

 20 former Latin American presidents question papal statement on Venezuela
 Veteran journalist decries ‘misleading, irresponsible’ Pennsylvania grand-jury report
 Pope visits nuns in Umbria
 Venezuelan bishops: new presidential term for Maduro is not legitimate
 New team named for Vatican press office
 French cardinal likely to be cleared in abuse cover-up trial
 Despite past denials, DC Cardinal Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and reported them to Vatican
 Unity of Catholics and Orthodox is not utopian thinking, Ukrainian Catholic leader says
 Church officials criticize Brazil’s withdrawal from global migration pact
 Cardinal Cupich reflects on US bishops’ retreat and ‘new ecclesial season’
 DR Congo bishops question presidential election results
 Whoever loves God must also love his brother, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Papal message calls on Church in India to bear fruits of faith and charity
 Pope has deep understanding of Africa, ambassador says
 Pope to make apostolic journey to Romania in late spring
 Study: US diocesan foundation assets surge to $9.5 billion
 Church and society gather for funeral of Hong Kong’s bishop
 Bishops from over a dozen nations visiting Holy Land
 Maronite bishops again call for new Lebanese government
 Chaldean priest sees new year of rebirth for Mosul
 Christians concerned about religious freedom if Turkey enters Syria
 Create a border solution and end the government shutdown, US bishops’ committee chairman says

Released Thursday, Jan. 10

 Priest who was secretary to 2 cardinals accused of abuse
 Worldwide threat to missionaries set to worsen, religious warn
 Cardinal Tobin criticizes President Trump’s speech on immigration
 Pakistan: 500 Muslim leaders sign Islamabad Declaration condemning violence in name of Islam
 Cardinal Zen defends the Vatican in choosing Cardinal John Tong as Hong Kong’s apostolic administrator
 In Sri Lanka, no justice for slain Christian journalist 10 years after his murder
 Imam foils deadly attack on church on the eve of Coptic Christmas
 In Istanbul address, Ecumenical Patriarch laments modern slavery
 Comboni sisters attacked in Central African Republic
 Bishops voice concern as DR Congo awaits presidential election results
 Brazilian icon of liberation theology being considered for sainthood
 Maltese bishops appeal to fellow European bishops to help save migrants stranded at sea
 Germany to curb mosque funding from Gulf states
 British Protestant leaders call for ‘more humane system’ for refugees
 French Muslim leaders ‘reassured’ following meeting with Macron
 +Archbishop Giorgio Zur, 88
 As Ecuador debates abortion legalization, bishops call for defense of unborn life
 Brazilian prelate deplores shooting of squatters

Released Wednesday, Jan. 9

 New Hampshire diocese sanctions Feeneyite group
 Construction begins on first Christian church in Turkey built since 1923
 Pope to dissolve Prefecture of Pontifical Household?
 God always answers prayers, Pope reassures audience
 In emotional interview, Opus Dei spokesman said he ‘hated’ how prominent priest’s sexual misconduct case was handled
 Inside one of America’s first Catholic-to-charter school conversions
 USCCB calls for public comments in favor of migrants’ asylum rights in US
 China plans to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’ as Muslims remain in re-education camps
 +Father Benjamin Henry Miller, SJ, 93
 Pope offers condolences following death of Hong Kong bishop
 Ditch bags, Indonesia’s leading prelate tells Catholics as plastic woes grow
 ‘Devotion is embracing God and others with real love,’ Manila cardinal preaches as 5 million honor Black Nazarene
 Israel’s Christian population on the rise
 German cardinal calls for ‘new journey towards a synodal Church’
 Small actors on global stage applaud Pope’s paean to multilateralism
 New Vatican newspaper editor: ‘Hope for the new year comes through fraternity’
 Pope Francis praises apostolic zeal of Neocatechumenal Way’s founder
 ‘Indifference is opposed to God’s love,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope’s January prayer intention: for youth to follow Mary’s example
 Head of pontifical academy chides Europe’s leaders over migrants stranded at sea
 Vatican official: question of clandestine bishops is important point in discussions with China

Released Tuesday, Jan. 8

 Logo for Pope’s Moroccan visit includes Islamic crescent
 Irish archbishop cautions pro-life protesters
 Pope cites Mother Teresa as model in message for World Day for Sick
 Abuse allegations at famed monastery rock Pope’s native Argentina
 Activists urge Pope to sack some Polish bishops for not reporting sex abuse cases
 Catholic homes destroyed, land expropriated in Ho Chi Minh City
 4 Christians arrested for ‘forced conversions’ in Uttar Pradesh
 India’s bishops begin week-long meeting
 At special Mass, cardinal commemorates 525th anniversary of first Mass in the Americas
 Pakistani archbishop proclaims ‘year of dialogue’
 In West Timor, locals reap benefits of priest’s environmental crusade
 Jesuit Refugee Service says 2018 not easy for refugees
 Ambassador recalls 2018 highlights in US-Holy See relations
 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow issues Christmas message
 Stockholm cardinal: pray for converts to Christianity who face deportation
 German chancellor, president encourage Catholic ‘star singers’ on Epiphany
 Pope sends video message as Coptic Orthodox Church dedicates new cathedral near Cairo
 Dean of diplomatic corps salutes Pope’s ‘tireless commitment to the defense of human dignity’
 Concreteness is the criterion of Christianity, Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Monday, Jan. 7

 Islamic leader attends inaugural ceremony at Coptic cathedral
 Cardinal Tong named interim administrator of Hong Kong diocese
 French cardinal goes to trial on charge of concealing abuse
 Constantinople formally recognizes independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 Pope decries nationalism in annual address to diplomatic corps
 Vatican accelerating McCarrick investigation?
 L’Osservatore Romano monthly: ‘Give women the place they deserve in the Church’
 Ukrainian Catholic leader issues Christmas pastoral letter
 House votes to repeal pro-life ‘Mexico City policy’
 German cardinal urges change, ‘review’ of celibacy tradition
 ‘Speed aid to abuse survivors,’ Cardinal Dolan writes in op-ed
 House retains chaplain who survived earlier, messy fight
 Colombia: in generalized climate of fear, priest threatened with death by armed group
 Angolan government closes over 1,000 churches
 Russian Orthodox Church creates jurisdictions in Western Europe, Southeast Asia
 Israel’s president pledges government will not infringe on church property
 Nigeria: elect only credible and God-fearing leaders, Lagos archbishop urges
 Turkey’s gift of a mosque sparks fears of ‘neo-Ottomanism’ in Kosovo
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to record global indebtedness
 Announce the true result of the presidential election, Congo’s bishops urge
 Pontifical council organizes ‘100 cribs at the Vatican’
 India: sibling survivors of pogrom choose consecrated life
 Pope issues appeal for migrants stranded aboard rescue ships
 ‘Be illumined by the light of Christ,’ Pope tells pilgrims on feast of Epiphany
 Seek Christ, ‘who came to us not in worldly pomp,’ Pope preaches at Epiphany Mass
 ‘Building Communities of Welcome’ is theme of US bishops’ National Migration Week

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