Stories for week of January 22, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 27

 Woman arrested, charged with vandalizing North Dakota cathedral
 Defense urges dismissal of case against Philadelphia pro-life activist
 Abuse victim welcomes Pope’s statement on homosexuality
 Rediscover marital bond, Pope says in address to Vatican tribunal
 Cardinal Kasper backs German laity’s effort to block Synodal Path
 Immigrant arrested after machete attacks on churches in Spain
 Insomnia cause for resignation of Benedict XVI?
 Seven killed by gunman at Jerusalem synagogue
 Abortion-pill restrictions in 2 states challenged in lawsuits
 Search for truth with courage and freedom: papal encouragement for journalists
 Alabama governor adds another layer of protection to religious freedom
 Mass attendance is highest in Nigeria, lowest in Netherlands
 Iowa enacts school choice bill, giving more opportunities for Catholic schools
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman praises Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
 ‘War is a failure of politics, a failure of humanity,’ Pontiff tells scholars
 Women are ‘a path towards peace,’ Pope tells interreligious conference
 ‘Admonishment and change’: Pope concludes Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Released Thursday, Jan. 26

 Cardinal Maradiaga resigns—but remains in key Vatican post?
 Vatican lawyers seek dismissal of suit brought by former auditor
 Patriarch Pizzaballa: Christians must offer word of ‘hope and truth’ in Holy Land conflicts
 Papal condolences for Monterey Park shooting
 Peruvian curfew extended; bishops call for immediate solution
 President Biden issues memorandum on access to abortion pills
 New podcast ‘The Catechism in a Year’ is #1 on Apple charts
 Fordham abuse report rues heterosexism, praises Jesuit model of formation
 USCCB publishes synod reflection series
 A reader’s guide to Archbishop Gänswein’s memoir
 Pope appoints longtime diplomat to lead Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Released Wednesday, Jan. 25

 Confusion abounds in Pope’s AP interview [News Analysis]
 Pavone had faced sexual-harassment complaints
 Jordanian, Israeli leaders discuss access to holy places
 Pope encourages inter-faith solidarity in Ukraine
 Closeness to the Lord fires missionary spirit, Pope writes
 The Gospel always eases burdens, Pope tells audience
 Federal prosecutors indict two for attacks on pregnancy-help centers
 South Dakota governor vows prosecution for sale of abortion pills
 This controversial German bishop may soon be Vatican’s doctrinal head
 Vatican cardinal begins visit to Cuba
 Federal appeals court upholds Washington State ban on conversion therapy
 Law professor: Catholic conscientious objection in 1960s paved way for later conscience-protection focus
 Cardinal McElroy on ‘radical inclusion’ for LGBT people, women, and others in the Church
 Papal message to Havana conference
 Pope Francis prepares to travel to strife-torn DR Congo and South Sudan
 US synod leaders discuss synod’s continental stage

Released Tuesday, Jan. 24

 Catholic ethicist welcomes court-ordered end to New York vaccine mandate
 In communications, put God and neighbor first, Pope urges
 Cardinal Hollerich: conflict can be healthy for Church
 German bishops’ leader downplays Vatican rebuke
 Vatican backs ‘Catholic’ identity of university, Dutch bishops do not
 US archbishop, head of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, resigns on 70th birthday
 Judge permits ex-teacher’s lawsuit against Pennsylvania diocese to proceed
 Outpouring of grief, prayers following Lunar New Year massacre
 Nigerian report: 39 Catholic priests killed, 30 abducted in 2022
 ‘Leave no one behind’: papal message to Vatican symposium on Hansen’s Disease
 Bishop Byrne, English bishop who resigned last month, accused of abuse
 Founder of French Eucharistic community forbidden to offer Mass, hear confessions
 ‘To leave so as to follow’: Pope reflects on Christ’s call to follow Him
 USCCB, breakaway Anglican body hold theological exchange on bishops, apostolic succession
 ‘Bevy of new Vatican books’ published in recent weeks
 Vatican weighs in on German plan for governing ‘council’ of laity and bishops
 Pope Francis: The Word of God is for everyone, calls everyone to conversion, makes us heralds

Released Monday, Jan. 23

 Controversial Dominican to preach retreat before Synod of Bishops
 Realize the vision of Populorum Progressio, Pope urges
 Cincinnati archdiocese restricts use of ad orientem Mass
 Peru’s bishops offer mediation as political crisis escalates
 Pope makes plea for end of violence, start of talks in Peru
 Church of England apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ people
 New York City becomes first US city to offer free abortion pills at health clinics
 Ukraine’s top Catholic frowns on banning Orthodox church loyal to Moscow
 Pope Francis: In the Mass, prioritize awe over aesthetics
 Seattle Archdiocese announces sweeping plan to consolidate parishes
 For the Church in Italy, the battle of the bells tolls on
 Attacks against Catholic churches approach 300 incidents since May 2020: report
 Rumored lockdown ‘sex party’ at Newcastle Cathedral under investigation by the Vatican
 100,000 pro-life Americans march for life in Washington
 South Sudan priest hopes papal visit will ‘close chapter’ on country’s chaos
 Church in US marks 20 years since release of ‘Strangers No Longer’

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