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Stories for week of February 16, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 21

 Pope advanced cause of married priests, Argentine archbishop claims
 Portuguese lawmakers approve assisted suicide
 Higher cancer rates found among promiscuous
 Coronavirus prompts Korean archbishop to cancel Ash Wednesday services
 Bishops encourage government talks with separatists in Cameroon
 Catholic Boy Scout councils not affected by bankruptcy case, chairman says
 German defense minister calls for women deacons
 Ivory Coast bishops meet with president, discuss national reconciliation
 Decrying right-wing extremism, Cardinal Marx condemns Hanau shootings
 Vatican sees intense interest in opening of Pius XII archive
 Organize credible elections, West Africa’s bishops urge governments
 Bill requiring care for infants who survive abortions fails in Colorado House
 Prelates criticize Jesuit priest’s views on homosexuality
 In Madhya Pradesh, 8 Christians acquitted of charges of kidnapping children, forced conversions
 Anglican primate calls for release of Boko Haram kidnapping victim
 US ‘troubled’ by report Iranians want to raze tomb of Mordecai and Esther
 Wuhan coronavirus hospital was originally Franciscan
 Florida diocese declares ‘Safe Haven Sunday’ to focus on harms of pornography
 In weekday Mass homily, Pope offers 3 steps to knowing Jesus

Released Thursday, Feb. 20

 Bishop has ‘serious concerns’ about LGBT law clinic at Jesuit university
 Mexico City policy does not stop US aid for abortion abroad, group reports
 Australian archbishop in Rome to discuss legal challenge to confessional seal
 India’s bishops warn against false nationalism
 Harrisburg diocese becomes 21st to enter bankruptcy
 Catechist killed, parishes closed after jihadist attack in Burkina Faso
 Pope sees education as ‘ecological movement’
 Covington Catholic students file suit against media outlets
 Philippine bishops welcome ‘good manners’ legislation
 70 Christians attacked in Tamil Nadu
 United Arab Emirates, UN agency fund reconstruction of Iraqi church
 Bishop laments lack of security in Nigeria
 Fight against bonded labor, India’s bishops urge
 Cardinal Becciu denies use of charity money for London property deal
 US, Canadian, Latin American bishops meet in Tampa
 USCCB calls for concord, collaboration between US and Cuba
 Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward
 ‘We continue to carry that cross’: Coptic prelate reflects on 2015 ISIS beheading of Christians in Libya
 Pope’s 2021 prayer intentions announced
 3 cardinals call on EU bishops to accept refugees from Lesbos
 Iraqi Kurdish leader meets with Pope Francis

Released Wednesday, Feb. 19

 Council of Cardinals editing document to reorganize Roman Curia
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 Cuba’s bishops are ‘extraordinarily realistic,’ New York cardinal says
 Italian president honors anti-trafficking nun
 Pope redefines purpose of Caritas Internationalis
 ‘Bring the novelty and joy of the Gospel wherever you are,’ Pope tells Spanish laity
 Vatican police make new raid in investigation of London property deal
 Bari trip gives Pope a chance to help save Christianity in the Middle East
 God asks of us an open heart full of compassion, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 ‘Blessed are the meek’: Pope Francis continues reflections on the Beatitudes
 Raphael tapestries on display in Sistine Chapel
 Kidnapped Nigerian priest has been set free
 Philadelphia’s new archbishop sounds call to ‘welcome the outcast’

Released Tuesday, Feb. 18

 Foundation donates $47.5M to Chicago Catholic schools
 West Africa’s bishops discuss terrorism, environmental exploitation
 Indiana’s bishops back bill to assist non-resident homeless
 Bolivian bishops’ official calls for consistency from Christian political candidates
 Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria
 Leading South African bishop emphasizes importance of worship, Third Commandment
 Bishops call for urgent Cameroon peace talks
 CAFOD touts ‘government-provided energy safety nets’ for universal electricity
 Bishops welcome EU plan against cancer
 Cardinal Zenari warns of risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria
 Indian cardinal decries new abortion act
 Burkina Faso church attack leaves 24 dead
 Nuns, Catholic groups work to blunt the scourge of human trafficking
 Brazilian cardinal denounces recent criticism of Pope

Released Monday, Feb. 17

 McCarrick gave almost $1million to order founded by convicted abuser
 Legionary priests facing obstruction-of-justice trial in Italy
 Future Vatican diplomats should serve missionary assignments: Pope
 Vatican ‘lost everything’ in deal with Beijing, says Cardinal Zen
 Australian law challenging confessional seal takes effect
 Former McCarrick secretary rejects fundraising approach
 Chinese bishop, 98, oldest to recover from coronavirus
 Bosnian leader meets with Pontiff
 Chinese Christians in the UK tell of racism as coronavirus spreads
 Influential Jesuit editor weighs in on ‘Querida Amazonia’
 Book launch for new papal children’s book
 Leading Vatican diplomat meets with Chinese foreign minister
 US bishops call on Trump administration to take the lead in promoting nuclear arms reduction
 Next Synod of Bishops to be held in 2022; Pope to decide theme
 Cherish those who accompany us in life, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 ‘We need to do something to give hope to our people in Syria,’ nun says
 In Australia, Church creates 1-stop shop for victims of modern slavery
 Jesus helps us have ‘right approach’ to the commandments: papal reflection on Sermon on the Mount
 Leading Polish prelate criticizes ‘the so-called European Charter for Equality’
 England to be rededicated as the ‘Dowry of Mary’
 ‘Pursue, with ever greater conviction, the path of justice,’ Pope tells Vatican City State judges
 We must do the impossible to assist migrants from Central America, say Mexican bishops

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