Stories for week of February 04, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 9

 Listen to European farmers, Cardinal Parolin advises
 Texas archbishop discourages participation in ‘retreat center’ activities
 Climate protestors appeal Vatican court sentence
 ‘One step forward?’: how some American Catholics experience Fiducia Supplicans
 Vatican newspaper highlights ‘a fragile planet’
 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast speakers highlight Eucharistic Congress, Nigerian persecution
 Senegal’s leading prelate pushes back against election postponement
 Lagos-area bishops reject blessings for same-sex couples
 Police raid Australian bishop’s home for 2nd time in abuse investigation
 USCCB backs EPA’s ‘ambitious’ proposed regulation on lead water pipes
 Italy, Vatican reach deal on new headquarters for Bambino Gesù Hospital
 Buenos Aires archbishop highlights Mama Antula’s courage on eve of her canonization

Released Thursday, Feb. 8

 Silence can be complicity in human trafficking, Pope warns
 Always forgive, Pope urges priest-confessors
 Italian corruption investigators uncover plan to seek Vatican influence
 Two kidnapped priests released in Nigeria
 Pakistani bishops’ leader calls for Christian political party
 Pope encourages formation of liturgical reform
 Federal court to decide whether Massachusetts diocese may remove windows from closed church
 Leading Anglican cathedral hosts disco in the church’s nave
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 USCCB action alert: ‘Urge Congress to reject harmful changes to immigration law’
 Families of abuse victims may sue Australian dioceses for damages, High Court rules
 India’s bishops: ‘Attacks on Christians now common’
 Council of Cardinals concludes meeting; role of women, evangelization discussed

Released Wednesday, Feb. 7

 Papal tribute to deceased director of Vatican Museums
 Pope in regular contact with Gaza pastor, Jerusalem patriarch
 Pope sees ‘hypocrisy’ in opposition to Fiducia Supplicans
 Pope, at general audience, warns against sorrow
 Catholics join battle for Poland’s pro-life laws
 ‘American bishops offer the world an example of courage,’ says French Bishop
 Archbishop Paglia: Theological reflection on the family is insufficient
 Montreal archbishop files suit against Quebec’s euthanasia law
 India’s bishops reelect president
 Quebec cardinal accused of abuse attends Council of Cardinals’ meeting in Rome
 Federal court dismisses Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion law
 USCCB committee chairman warns against provisions of Senate’s bipartisan immigration legislation
 Theme of National Marriage Week: ‘love beyond words’

Released Tuesday, Feb. 6

 Northern Ireland’s first Catholic leader at odds with Church teaching
 Cardinal Fernandez regrets writing ‘inconvenient’ book
 Bishops in Virginia urge faithful to oppose assisted suicide
 Benedictine abbot in Jerusalem questions Jewish extremism
 Argentine archbishop criticizes cardinals who back Fiducia Supplicans
 Church in Sri Lanka to begin canonization process for hundreds killed in 2019 Easter attack
 Female Anglican prelate addresses Pope’s Council of Cardinals
 Cardinal Nichols offers prayers for King Charles after cancer diagnosis
 El Salvador’s Bukele wins second term, as bishops express concern for democracy
 USCCB publishes Q & A on chemical abortion
 Senate passes National Catholic Schools Week resolution
 Papal message to scholars of Islam calls for understanding, listening, intellectual flexibility
 Pope congratulates Zayed Award winners, praises fraternal solidarity

Released Monday, Feb. 5

 Panamanian cardinal apologizes for ‘stupid’ disappearance
 Mystery correspondence opens new front on ‘Vatican Girl’ disappearance
 Two more Nigerian priests kidnapped; banks’ role in ransom payments eyed
 Paris archdiocese unveils plans for reopening Notre Dame
 Council of Cardinals meeting this week
 Belarus bishops decline approval for same-sex blessings
 Christ’s ‘continual movement’ shows us the Father’s mercy, Pope tells pilgrims
 Argentina’s ambassador bids farewell to Pontiff
 New DDF document: for validity of sacraments, form and matter cannot be changed
 The Eucharistic Jesus is at the center of seminary life, Pope tells Madrid seminarians
 Be lovers of the truth and open to change, Pope tells Italian students
 Pontiff, Spanish cabinet member discuss peace, environment, labor rights
 Pope, in letter to Jews in Israel, condemns anti-Semitism as a sin
 Papal encouragement for cultural dialogue between Italy, China
 Waiting, not worldliness, leads to the Lord, Pope tells religious

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