Stories for week of February 11, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 16

 Pope meets with Maronite students
 New Korean ambassador to Holy See presents diplomatic credentials
 Bishops to hear voices of youth at pre-Synod meeting
 Chinese ‘underground’ bishop: we will accept Pope’s decision
 Guam court dismisses slander case against accused archbishop; libel case will continue
 Mexican diocese withdraws nuns from violence-riddled city
 New York: archdiocesan official blasts governor’s executive order on sexual orientation, gender identity
 French bishops strongly condemn Catholic youth movement’s pro-abortion statement
 Archbishop of Canterbury reexamines the state of the nation in new book
 Church, state commemorate 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s independence
 Compostela archbishop to lead act of reparation following blasphemous attack on Our Lady, St. James
 Praying for change in Congo: the Catholic Church takes on Kabila
 UN Commission on Women headed for deadlock over abortion, sex education
 Australian embassy commemorates 1st woman to hold Vatican leadership post
 Guatemalan bishops, in Lenten message, call for conversion in face of corruption, crime
 Dwindling number of Catholics in Kabul
 In India, Hindu nationalists use sacred animal to maintain power, demonize minorities
 Nigerian archbishop: In the face of ongoing Islamist attacks, the faith is growing
 Anglican, Lutheran leaders in US, Canada join to offer Lenten devotions
 2018 ecumenical Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” begins in Colombia
 USCCB, CRS: urge Congress to maintain international food security programs
 USCCB president’s reaction to shooting at Florida high school
 Morocco adopts law on violence against women
 Resignations and appointments (2/15)
 Maduro no longer welcome in Peru as Venezuela’s crisis deepens
 Myanmar still not safe for Rohingya to return: UN refugee chief

Released Thursday, Feb. 15

 Papal condolence after Florida shooting
 Pope issues new rules on retirement for bishops, Vatican officials
 Christian leaders oppose plan to tax church properties in Jerusalem
 Pope says he meets ‘regularly’ with abuse victims
 Vatican aides deny Benedict XVI has nerve disease
 Girl, Planned Parenthood sticker stay at Catholic school
 Catholic schools in India’s Manipur targeted by insurgents
 Still missing one year on, wife of abducted Malaysian pastor pleads for his release
 Church built to honor beheaded Copts, but families still waiting for bodies’ return
 Canadian court tells doctors they must refer for euthanasia
 Leading Russian Orthodox official criticizes Trump decision on Jerusalem
 Nigeria: Catholic teenager recounts Boko Haram attacks
 We must come together and resist evil, archbishop says following school shooting
 South African bishops welcome resignation of President Zuma
 World Meeting of Families invites couples to ‘share special tokens of love with a difference’
 Holy See welcomes “Zero Draft” for Global Compact for Migration
 Archbishop Gomez urges Senate to keep families at ‘heart of our immigration policy’
 Prelates praise budget provisions that ensure houses of worship can apply for disaster assistance
 Pause, see, and return, Pope preaches at Ash Wednesday Mass
 Venezuela loses right to vote at United Nations
 Elusive aid reaches Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta
 Congolese refugees risk lives to flee DRC’s Ituri province

Released Wednesday, Feb. 14

 Russian Orthodox, Catholic leaders assess gains since Pope met Patriarch
 Papal support for Brazilian bishops’ annual ‘fraternity campaign’
 US bishops’ leader urges faithful to observe Pope’s call for February 23 fast for peace
 Eastern churches need more support, representation in Rome, says Chaldean Patriarch
 Resignations and appointments
 Faithful have a right to good preaching, Pope tells audience
 Hong Kong Catholics organize prayer vigil to oppose Vatican-Beijing accord
 Australian court rebuffs Cardinal Pell’s lawyers in bid for access to accusers’ records
 Benedict XVI suffering from progressive nerve disease
 Film biography of Pope will open in May
 Church of England shows its enthusiasm for closer unity with Methodists
 Poor People’s Campaign revives Rev. Martin Luther King’s final cause
 Tillerson urges fractious anti-ISIS coalition to stay focused
 Church in China further squeezed by revised regulations
 Cardinal Tagle to lead walk against extrajudicial killing of drug suspects
 Cardinal Zenari urges world not to forget suffering in Syria
 South African bishops’ official analyzes nation’s political crisis
 Australian bishops declare 4 days of fasting, reparation for child sexual abuse
 UK official applauds Church leadership in combating human trafficking
 Oxfam prostitution scandal widens to at least 3 countries
 Former Warner Bros. exec leads Los Angeles archdiocese’s digital, marketing efforts
 Microplastics pollute most remote and uncharted areas of the ocean
 CWN editor discusses Bishop Barros controversy
 Fighting in Syria continues to worsen

Released Tuesday, Feb. 13

 Resignations and Appointments
 Pope, Melkite patriarch concelebrate Mass for Syria
 Turkey’s government restores 30 properties to Syriac Orthodox Church
 US bishops’ spokesmen criticize Trump budget priorities
 Cardinal Zen rips Vatican Secretary of State on talks with China
 Pope decries news coverage of crimes by immigrants
 Local bishop raps Notre Dame decision to fund contraception
 Knights of Malta gather in Rome to discuss reforms of their constitution
 Cardinal Cupich organizing theological seminars on Amoris Laetitia
 Vatican deal with China moves closer
 Sudan’s government demolishes Presbyterian church
 Jesuit urges Congress: prevent mass atrocities, promote religious freedom
 Apostolic vicar of Aleppo: ‘again it is hell here’
 Bishop declares nun’s recovery as 70th Lourdes miracle
 Church to be dedicated to Coptic martyrs, 3 years after they were beheaded
 Patience is not resignation or defeat, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Cardinal Dolan praises Trump administration for implementation of expanded Mexico City Policy
 Pope Francis: address root causes of human trafficking

Released Monday, Feb. 12

 Australian archdiocese to ‘slavery-proof’ its purchasing practices
 Lebanon: judge sentences Muslim vandals to read Qu’ran verses praising Virgin Mary
 Accused Guam archbishop met with Pope
 Florida Catholic-school teacher dismissed after same-sex marriage
 Pope opens registration for World Youth Day in Panama
 See Christ in the sick, Pope asks Sunday audience
 Avoid the market mentality, Pope advises Italian postal workers
 Cardinal Parolin praises Sant’Egidio community at 50th anniversary
 Tanzania’s bishops warn of ‘dictatorial drift’
 Cardina Cupich lauds Pope’s ‘revolutionary’ approach
 Hong Kong Catholic lay leaders plead for bishops to halt Vatican deal with Beijing
 Chinese ‘underground’ bishop ready to step down at Vatican request
 Vatican Museums planning second entrance
 Melkite Catholic leaders urged to encourage faithful to remain in Syria
 Pope thanks Bangladesh for accepting Rohingya refugees
 Resignations and Appointments (2/12)
 Papal audiences (2/10)
 Papal audiences (2/10)
 Resignations and Appointments (2/10)
 Pope meets with Stigmatines at general chapter
 Vatican’s ‘foreign minister’ meets with top officials in Azerbaijan
 New Mexico bishop questioned about failure to report complaints against priest
 Pittsburgh diocese offers Mass for victims of opioid epidemic

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