Stories for week of February 02, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 7

 Pelosi decries persecution of religious groups, does not mention Christians
 Legionaries name American priest as superior
 Argentine bishops launch prayer campaign to counter bid for legal abortion
 Papal document on Amazon Synod to appear next Wednesday
 Vatican Secretary of State: work done on McCarrick report
 Church leaders wary of Kerala’s burial bill
 As coronavirus speads, Hong Kong diocese advises faithful not to attend Mass
 Georgetown announces fossil fuel divestment
 16 religious orders denounce India’s new citizenship law
 In Philippines, lay Catholic groups stand firm against legalization of divorce
 East Jerusalem should be ‘capital of an independent Palestinian state,’ Middle East Christian leaders declare
 Maronite Patriarch blasts Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan as ‘sign of war and hatred’
 Croatia’s prime minister meets with Pope
 Pope says fairs can showcase the beauty of local cultures, ecosystems
 UK anti-Semitism soars to record high, says watchdog
 Christ ‘became a human being, not a man,’ leading German prelate says
 Video released for Pope’s February prayer intention
 President Trump highlights pro-life, school choice issues in State of the Union
 Baltimore archbishop says Mother Lange’s sainthood cause moving forward

Released Thursday, Feb. 6

 Bishops, Catholic Charities, hospitals ‘deeply opposed’ to Trump administration’s ‘unacceptable’ Medicaid plan
 Vatican prelate praises Tebow’s prom for those with special needs
 British astrophysicist named to pontifical academy
 Pope Francis says priestly celibacy is a ‘decisive grace’ for the Latin rite
 Bishops applaud Trump administration’s efforts to expand parental choice in education
 Celebration in Abu Dhabi marks 1st anniversary of Document on Human Fraternity
 Economies should be socially inclusive, economist Sachs says in Vatican workshop keynote
 In China, new administrative rules on religion come into force amid ongoing restrictions
 USCCB releases ‘faithful citizenship’ videos
 Paksitani court upholds forced marriage of 14-year-old Catholic girl to Muslim man
 Pope urges global finance leaders to reduce economic inequality
 West Bank parishioners say Trump peace plan does not bode well for the future
 Stone by stone: mapping of the floor of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre begins

Released Wednesday, Feb. 5

 Raphael tapestries to return to Sistine Chapel
 Buffalo diocese to close seminary
 Head of Communion & Liberation backs Pope Francis
 Founder of Miles Christi is laicized
 Archbishop Gänswein’s duties reduced after controversy over book
 Pope met with woman he slapped
 Leading Albanian bishops call on EU to accept nation’s request for membership
 As coronavirus speads, Vietnamese bishops call on Catholics to receive Communion in the hand
 Praising book by Pope Emeritus and Cardinal Sarah, Lourdes bishop defends priestly celibacy
 Ecumenical Patriarch says religions can bring freedom, equality, and fraternity to the world
 Minnesota bishop faces further investigation, loses authority to handle sex abuse allegations
 Archbishop decries London terrorist attack
 USCCB: Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan falls short
 ‘All my fears were confirmed’: Cardianl Woelki criticizes German synodal assembly
 Colombian diocese, with some US support, helps flood of Venezuelans
 God weeps over our sins, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’: Pope Francis continues reflections on the Beatitudes
 Sudan’s government prevents Christian businessman from leaving the country
 Leading Polish prelate asks world’s bishops to support initiative to proclaim St. John Paul a doctor of the Church
 ‘A new page in the dialogue between religions’: Pope marks anniversary of Document on Human Fraternity

Released Tuesday, Feb. 4

 ‘Give this country a chance,’ apostolic nuncio in Haiti pleads
 Baltimore museum exhibits missal that changed St. Francis of Assisi’s life
 Blasphemy and biased education: Life for Pakistan’s religious minorities
 Bishops from US Northwest discuss audience with Pope
 Vatican prefect, in speech, marks anniversary of Document on Human Fraternity
 China bans Christian funerals as new rules take effect
 Trump administration announces steps to enforce federal conscience law
 Bahrian’s heir apparent meets with Pope
 9,000 houses of worship to close in Canada over next decade, heritage group predicts
 Bishops voice opposition to President Trump’s restrictions on visas from Nigeria, 5 other nations
 Pope’s February prayer intention: Listen to the migrants’ cries
 Pope Francis calls on Rome to be a ‘fraternal, inclusive city, open to the world’
 Cardinal Turkson conveys Pope’s closeness to Venezuelans

Released Monday, Feb. 3

 Prosecutor opposes Cardinal Pell’s appeal
 Rhode Island priest bars pro-abortion politicians from Communion
 Citing LGBT policy, corporations pull support for scholarship for Florida Christian schools
 West Virginia priest silenced for criticism of Pontiff
 Pope Francis donates 600,000 medical masks to China to fight the coronavirus
 Ugandan archbishop bans Communion in the hand
 In Supreme Court abortion case, Louisiana goes on the offensive
 ‘To see grace,’ ‘to look for one’s neighbor,’ ‘to hope’: Pope Francis reflects on consecrated life
 ‘Movement’ and ‘wonder’: Pope reflects on the Presentation of the Lord
 Schism, the Old Mass and Pope Francis: an interview with Andrea Riccardi
 Captors murder kidnapped Nigerian seminarian
 Damascus archbishop: Syria, a country in agony, is ‘living an anticipated Lenten fast’
 Patriarchs, other Christian leaders in Jerusalem renew call for 2-state plan
 Controversy in Mexico over ‘locked down’ cathedral wedding for drug lord’s daughter
 EU bishops issue statement on Brexit
 Minnesota priest apologizes for homily ‘hurtful to Muslims’
 Asia Bibi writes autobiography, describes life as ‘prisoner of fanaticism’
 Leading Polish prelate asks Pope Francis to declare St. John Paul II patron of Europe, doctor of the Church
 Arab media leaders meet to ‘develop a media vision’ based on human fraternity document
 ‘The sick person is not a number,’ Pope tells doctors, nurses, and administrators

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