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Stories for week of January 28, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 2

 Episcopal diocese plans to remove masculine pronouns referring to God
 Vatican delegation to attend Olympic Committee meetings in Pyeongchang
 Pope will visit Italian dioceses in April, May, Vatican announces
 Former Irish president McAleese barred from speaking at Vatican conference
 Violence discredits religion, Pope says
 Vatican close to accord with China, recognizing government-appointed bishops?
 Death sentence in Yemen for Baha’i prisoner of conscience
 Philippine bill would recognize Catholic annulments
 Priest-journalist analyzes clashes in Kenya
 El Salvador’s bishops seek support for migrants, ‘deeply offended’ by President Trump’s remarks
 Sant’Egidio Community opens school for Rohingya refugee children
 Critics admit pro-life Mexico City Policy is effective
 Vatican prefect on World Day for Consecrated Life: ‘The present human history is in need of a vocational meaning in life’
 Pope Francis, in weekday Mass homily, reflects on death
 Background: World Day for Consecrated Life
 Pope’s prayer intention for February: say “no” to corruption
 Recent lawsuit: Sam’s Club discriminated against transgender worker
 8-year-old beaten in latest anti-Semitic attack on children in France
 Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, US concern
 Petrol bomb thrown at Aung San Suu Kyi’s home, Myanmar government says
 Resignations and appointments (2/1)
 Papal audiences (2/1)
 Venezuela government-opposition talks ‘advance,’ no deal yet
 Refugees reveal the reality of living in destitution
 In new EU sea mission, ships not obliged to bring migrants to Italy
 Who is Madeleine Delbrêl—the “French Dorothy Day” Pope Francis made venerable this weekend?
 UN Security Council renews Central African Republic arms embargo, threatens more sanctions
 EU to US: ‘You can’t solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alone’

Released Thursday, Feb. 1

 AP news analysis questions whether papal aides keep him properly briefed
 Chilean cardinal welcomes appointment of Vatican investigator in Barros case
 Islamic group releases video of nun seized in Mali last year, still held as hostage
 State Department criticized for lack of action on religious repression in Russia
 Cardinal Parolin, in interview, outlines goals of Vatican diplomacy with China
 In Russia, Catholics and Orthodox work together on pro-life cause
 Colombian prelate pleads for peace following ELN attacks on police stations
 Missionary in Western New Guinea warns of health emergency among infants
 Catholics, Protestants join in prayers for peace between India, Pakistan
 Philippine bishops against Duterte’s constitutional changes
 Ousted pro-life Irish student president receives award at British House of Lords
 Archbishop Eamon Martin: taking innocent life Is always evil, never justifiable
 Woman sues Japan government over forced sterilization under eugenics law
 Canadian bishops’ doctrine commission issues message on charismatic renewal’s 50th anniversary
 Apostolic nuncio troubled by conditions in Ukraine
 New papal nuncio in Philippines urges greater attention to seminary formation
 Raleigh cathedral opening off to strong start
 Full text of Pope’s 1/31 general audience on the Liturgy of the Word
 President Trump’s State of the Union Address
 India has 63 million ‘missing’ women and 21 million unwanted girls, government says
 Separatists advance on presidential palace in southern Yemen

Released Wednesday, Jan. 31

 Weekly papal audience focus on Liturgy of the Word
 In largely Muslim Turkmenistan, leading Catholic prelate highlights importance of ecumenism
 Irish government announces referendum on whether to retain pro-life constitutional amendment
 Venezuela bishops demand respect for the people
 Ukrainian Catholic leader says nation’s conflict is worsening
 Mass for ex-prisoners of Auschwitz recalls anniversary of concentration camp’s liberation
 In Nigeria, brutal attacks and a story of survival
 Shepherds should show Jesus’ tenderness and closeness, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 New president of Houston’s Catholic university pledges to strengthen school’s Catholic identity
 Canadian bishops’ conference names 2 delegates for pre-Synod meeting of youth
 Resignations and appointments (1/30)
 Catholic Charities USA CEO expresses concern about administration’s immigration proposal
 Prelate offers mixed assessment of Trump administration immigration proposal
 EU offers Brexit transition, but UK must ‘accept rules’
 Scanning an ancient biblical text that humans fear to open
 Russia-sponsored Syria meeting starts in Sochi
 March for Life in Paris draws 40,000 despite heavy rain
 Colombia’s President Santos suspends peace talks with ELN rebels
 Official: US still wants Afghan peace talks despite Trump remarks

Released Tuesday, Jan. 30

 Australian bishops caution: proposed treason law could be used against Church
 Venezuelan government’s election plan is a ‘midnight ambush,’ archbishop says
 Vatican sends top prosecutor to investigate accused Chilean bishop
 Vatican denies conflict on talks with China
 Portugal’s 1st Trappist monastery to open in 2019
 CAFOD analyzes UN goals in light of Pope’s ecology encyclical
 In Mexico, Church works tirelessly for September earthquake victims
 Missionary in Kabul sees ‘no glimmers of light’ in current Afghan situation
 Child sexual abuse: Pakistan breaks the silence
 Do school vouchers work? Milwaukee’s experiment suggests an answer
 Pontifical Academy for Life member: term ‘intrinsically evil’ too restricting
 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act fails to clear Senate
 Cathedral in Central African Republic shelters Muslims in imminent danger
 There is no humility without humiliation, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 1393 Catholic schools closed in US over past decade; 287 schools opened
 Polish bishops’ conference urged Catholics to light candles in memory of Holocaust victims
 Chinese Christian churches face new threats as state religious code is revised
 Resignations and appointments (1/29)
 Papal audiences (1/29)
 Vatican issues message for World Leprosy Day
 Islamic State attack on military academy in Afghan capital kills 11
 Vatican newspaper: Pope’s Marian homily points to women’s importance in Church

Released Monday, Jan. 29

 Vietnamese officials cite diocese for ‘illegal’ Mass
  New papal document seeks ‘paradigm shift’ at ecclesiastical universities
 New professions to religious life in US: older, more likely foreign-born
 Cardinal Zen: Pope not aware of efforts to oust ‘underground’ Chinese bishops
 Victims’ lawyers want parish assets included in bankruptcy settlement for Montana diocese
 Cardinal Parolin encourages African Union in fight against hunger
 Fight hatred and also indifference, Pope encourages conference on anti-Semitism
 Catholic diocese declines Indian government grant, seeing bid for electoral support
 DRC President Kabila blasts Catholic bishops for backing protests
 Pope tells Roman Rota: conscience is central in marriage cases
 Fides: marginalization of Egypt’s Coptic Christians wanes under Sisi
 International court pressures Latin American nations to legalize homosexual unions
 Ecuador: bishops, nuncio weigh in on upcoming referendum
 Canadian bishops: ‘the state has a legitimate interest in protecting the unborn’
 Kidnapped priest, 5 others set free in DR Congo
 Unsung Catholic heroes of the Holocaust recalled
 Transmit the faith with the courage of truth and witness, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 A small town in Japan doubles its fertility rate
 Youth of Catholic Action pray for peace at Sunday Angelus
 Pope encourages Italian Red Cross members to consider the Good Samaritan
 Papal audiences (1/26-1/27)
 8 sainthood causes advance, including Algerian martyrs of the 1990s
 Aramaic, the language of Jesus, comes to New Jersey
 The Holy Father’s condolences for the victims of the fire in Sejong Hospital, Miryang, South Korea
 Crowd of thousands offers Joyful witness at San Francisco’s Walk for Life West Coast
 Archbishop Cordileone: respect the design of God’s life-giving order of creation
 Bishop Conley of Lincoln: ‘success breeds success’ when it comes to vocations
 Papal audiences (1/26)
 Venezuelan Supreme Court bans opposition leaders from upcoming presidential election
 Migrants drown as boat capsizes off Yemen coast amid reports of gunfire
 The Virgin Mary offers us refuge, Pope preaches at Santa Maria Maggiore
 Pope expresses closeness to Ukrainian Greek Catholics
 Pope Francis: ‘Jesus is our Teacher, powerful in words and deeds’
 Papal appeals during Sunday’s Angelus
 Trump meets with British leader May, then Israel’s Netanyahu
 Trump warns Davos on unfair trade, says US ‘open for business’
 EU deplores Maduro regime actions
 At least 103 killed, 235 wounded in Taliban car bombing in Kabul

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