Stories for week of February 09, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 14

 Hungarian president meets with Pontiff
 Brazilian president raps papal attitude toward Amazon
 Pope voices frustration with criticism of apostolic exhortation
 March date set for Cardinal Pell’s appeal
 Cardinal Dolan meets with Cuba’s president in Havana
 Danish Catholics under 30 to be eligible for rebate on nation’s church tax
 FBI arrests Buffalo seminary professor who threatened to kill investigative reporter
 Remains of 2,400 aborted babies now in final resting place in Indiana cemetery
 Leading Russian Orthodox official meets with Pope Francis
 Lamenting ‘shocking’ ignorance of Real Presence, Oakland bishop schedules Eucharistic Congress
 Rep. Pelosi presents Cardinal Zen with Chinese democracy-champion prize
 The laity are not mere ‘auxiliaries of the hierarchy,’ Vatican official says
 CRS calls for advocacy on behalf of ‘Global Child Thrive Act’
 Nicaraguan archdiocese call for fair elections, freedom of expression
 In Pakistan, a kidnapped and tortured Christian girl is reunited with her family
 House holds hearings on ‘Women’s Health Protection Act’
 +Father George Coyne, SJ, 87
 Mexican bishops discuss progress in addressing sexual abuse

Released Thursday, Feb. 13

 Mali’s president meets with Pontiff
 Italian journalist claims leaked Vatican report on Medjugorje
 Vatican spiked Benedict’s statement on celibacy book, Italian journalist says
 Sri Lankan Christians wait for justice over Easter attacks
 Hong Kong cardinal suspends all public Masses, cancels Ash Wednesday liturgy
 Archbishop joins anti-government protest in Beirut
 In Indonesia, Islamist protesters attack new parish church
 Beware of ‘slippery slide’ toward worldliness, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Cardinal Müller: ‘Querida Amazonia’ is a document of reconciliation
 Salvadoran cardinal calls for prudence, patience amid political turmoil
 In US, Nigerian Catholics stunned by new travel ban
 Organization proposes Christian-Muslim alliance against government corruption in Nigeria
 Poland: Prelates discusses efforts to assist survivors of abuse
 Pope makes impassioned appeals for Syria and China during general audience
 ‘Evangelization is our highest priority in the American Church,’ Archbishop Gomez tells Pope Francis
 ‘The Amazonian peoples have a right to hear the Gospel,’ Pope tweets
 Armenian Catholics, Apostolic Church take part in ‘cultural ecumenism’ conference

Released Wednesday, Feb. 12

 Pope releases post-Synod document on Amazon
 Filipino bishop happy most sedition charges dropped, still concerned
 Bishop Paprocki sets policy against ‘gender identity’
 At audience, Pope reflects on ‘Blessed are they who mourn’
 Prelates in pew, laity distribute Communion at German bishops’ Mass
 Europe’s oldest nun celebrates 116th birthday
 Abortion issue not ‘pre-eminent’ in USCCB video voters’ guides
 Retired bishop must testify in abuse case despite Alzheimer’s
 Middle East’s Catholic patriarchs meet with Pope Francis
 Latin America’s Jesuit provincials denounce Nicaraguan regime
 Jesuit to lead Canadian Catholic media network
 Murdered American nun helped Amazonians rethink use of forest
 Sri Lanka’s new government fosters Buddhist nationalism
 In fight to stop human trafficking, nuns take to the streets
 Pontifical council, World Council of Churches discuss interreligious dialogue, solidarity
 San Diego bishop criticizes single-issue voting, says both abortion and environment are ‘core life issues’
 Archbishop sees Pope’s Malta visit as commitment to migrants, healing wounds
 Sacristan discusses ‘regulated chaos’ of Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
 At funeral of murdered seminarian, Nigerian bishop denounces nation’s president, Muslim persecution

Released Tuesday, Feb. 11

 Irish archbishop sees ‘scandalous’ failings in health care
 Ukrainian bishops rebuke German bishops for support of LGBT groups
 Cardinal Marx to step down as head of German bishops’ conference
 Filipino government drops charges against bishops who criticized Duterte
 Fight tirelessly for reconciliation, Colombian bishops say following meeting
 In Egypt, Coptic activist’s detention extended
 Pope encourages Focolare in its charism of unity
 Mountain state bishops ask Pope about Amazon synod, discuss range of issues
 ‘Getting beyond deterrence’: Cardinal Turkson calls for ‘integral disarmament’
 Background: World Day of the Sick
 Returning from Davos, Vatican official speaks of ‘hopeful’ change in world leaders
 Cardinal Tagle leaves Philippines to take up key Vatican post
 Cardinal Filoni discusses significance of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
 Archbishop chides Buttigieg’s partner over abortion
 Vatican Secretary of State lauds, encourages work of Sant’Egidio community
 Use technology to prevent human trafficking, Pope tells pilgrims
 At Vatican, IMF leader calls for ‘inclusive growth,’ integration, climate action

Released Monday, Feb. 10

 Knights of Columbus earn papal praise for loyalty, charity
 Cardinal Dolan to meet Cuban president
 ‘Education concerns the future of humanity,’ Pope tells workshop participants
 ‘May the Blessed Virgin help us to be salt and light,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Ukrainian president meets with Pope
 Vatican cardinal commemorates day of prayer against human trafficking
 Pope Francis to visit Malta in May
 Pope commends Italian police for spirit of service to Apostolic See
 ‘Super nuns’ initiative against human trafficking gets papal backing
 In Chile, Pope fills 2 episcopal vacancies left by sex abuse scandal
 The priesthood today ‘is in mortal danger,’ Cardinal Sarah warns
 Philippines freezes bank accounts of rural missionaries
 ‘Inequality is a choice,’ economist Stiglitz says in Vatican workshop’s keynote address
 Pope sends rosaries for El Paso mass-shooting victims
 Vatican palazzo becomes ‘palace of the poor’ for homeless people
 Pope Francis renews heartfelt appeal for Syria
 Theme of National Marriage Week: ‘Stories from the Domestic Church’
 Our Lady of Lourdes shrine’s medical official explains criteria for examining miracles
 ‘Too much emphasis on religion,’ says Quebec education minister
 Louisiana bishop opens sainthood causes for 2 lay faithful

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