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Stories for week of February 23, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 28

 Bishop Schneider rebuts arguments that papacy is invalid
 Buffalo diocese files for bankruptcy
 Vatican task force formed to help bishops’ conferences with abuse policies
 Pope curtails schedule for 2nd day, Vatican slights ‘slight’ illness
 Philippine bishops criticize dam project
 Bishops disagree over whether Pope Francis feels ‘used’ by Father Martin
 10 months after papal appeal, South Sudan forms unity government
 CAFOD leader calls for ‘eco-fasting’
 ‘Be greener,’ Pope tells Global Catholic Climate Movement
 Guinea archbishop appeals for peace on eve of elections
 Bishop proposes rotating presidency of German Bishops’ Conference
 Church in Poland holds day of prayer, penance for sexual abuse
 West Africa’s bishops denounce land grabbing
 Nicaraguan police surround Managua’s cathedral
 Increase refugee admissions, bishop urges House Judiciary Committee
 Turn bitterness into fresh water for the people, Pope say in message to Rome’s priests
 Archbishop Gomez calls for ‘recovery of virtue’
 Retired Kazakh archbishop says he won’t keep quiet about Pope as ‘heretic’

Released Thursday, Feb. 27

 New Legionary leader promises change in institutional culture
 Minnesota archbishop asks clerics not to vote
 Pope’s ‘slight indisposition’ causes one cancellation
 Ghana: bishops urge all citizens to vote
 English baby removed from life support after doctors expand ‘brain death’ diagnosis
 ‘Even apparently terrible things are signs of God’s infinite love,’ Korean prelate says of coronavirus
 Ukrainian Catholic leader emphasizes importance of communion with the papacy
 Youth have a right to lawful protest, leading Dominican prelate says after elections canceled
 Delhi archbishop calls for prayer, assistance to riot victims
 Mainline Protestant leaders, Ecumenical Patriarch discuss discipleship
 Germany’s highest court, in landmark decision, declares there is a ‘right to a self-determined death’
 Vatican prelate defends forthcoming document on AI ethics
 Woman with Down syndrome sues British government to change abortion law
 With no Ash Wednesday Masses, bishops in northern Italy share prayers
 President Trump issues Ash Wednesday message
 ‘We are dust loved by God,’ Pope preaches at Ash Wednesday Mass
 Contact your senators about their recent vote on abortion, USCCB urges

Released Wednesday, Feb. 26

 Eritrea bars Catholic prelates from entering country
 Seattle Catholic school head on leave after furor over gay teachers’ resignations
 Key official of German bishops’ conference resigns
 In suit, lay Catholics charge Detroit archdiocese fabricated abuse charges against pastor
 Asia Bibi seeks asylum in France
 Notre Dame revokes awards given to Jean Vanier
 Virginia passes legislation permitting non-physicians to perform abortions
 China, citing coronavirus, closes all houses of worship
 India’s bishops call for dialogue
 Papal message offers praise for Brazil’s Lenten solidarity campaign
 Pope expresses closeness to those affected by coronavirus
 Vatican hosts conference on artificial intelligence
 Iraq’s Christian legislators oppose new prime minister
 Bishops, Muslim leaders in Pakistan renew commitment to dialogue, fraternity
 Franciscans in Idlib appeal for prayer
 Follow Jesus in His prayer and fasting, Pope says at Ash Wednesday general audience
 Service, not titles, is the measure of greatness in the Church, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 ‘Appalling’: USCCB pro-life chairman laments failure of legislation in Senate

Released Tuesday, Feb. 25

 US Catholic voters deeply split on candidates, issues
 Another New York diocese mulls bankruptcy
 California to pursue abortion-funding rule in insurance, despite threat to federal funds
 Detroit archdiocese encourages Ash Wednesday selfies
 Retired Kazkakh archbishop silenced after calling Pope a heretic
 Zambia’s bishops decry poison-spray attacks
 Pope appeals for defense of human person, ecological conversion
 Pray for the Church, especially in bad times, Pope says at St. Nicholas’ crypt
 Canadian bishops shocked, appalled by report on Jean Vanier’s abusive relationships
 Arab bishops meet, discuss liturgical translations, regional youth day
 Appeals court upholds Trump administration rules against Title X funding for abortion
 Artificial intelligence: Microsoft, IBM partner with pontifical academy in committing to ethical principles
 In Poland, Church begins week of prayer for sobriety
 Indiana bishop deplores anti-Semitism
 Nigeria’s bishops ask faithful to wear black on Ash Wednesday
 Australian High Court releases submissions for Cardinal Pell’s appeal
 Syrian priest who was kidnapped, tortured by ISIS tells his story
 Prelate sees Vos Estis as ‘watershed law’ on sexual abuse
 ‘We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God’: Pope Francis issues Lenten message
 Tennessee bishop rips separation of children, parents

Released Monday, Feb. 24

 Supreme Court test for Catholic agency challenging LGBT foster-care rule
 Israel settlers eye land owned by Catholic archdiocese
 Second nun hits Indian bishop with sexual-misconduct charge
 Papal criticism appears aimed at Trump Mideast peace plan
 Archbishop in Philippines forbids clapping at Mass
 Northern Italian dioceses suspend Mass as coronavirus fears mount
 Mediterranean dioceses are experiencing the way of the cross, Jerusalem archbishop says
 Mexican bishops decry femicide
 As coronavirus speads, Philippine bishops advise sprinkling ashes on Ash Wednesday
 California vows to continue to mandate abortion coverage
 Jean Vanier initiated relations with 6 non-disabled women, investigators report
 You are brothers among brothers, Pope tells Oriental Orthodox priests
 Papal appeal for peace in Syria
 Christ calls us to the ‘extremism of charity’: papal homily in Bari
 Revision of canon law section on crime, penalties is necessary, Pope says
 Some populist leaders’ speeches are reminiscent of 1930s, Pope tells Mediterranean bishops
 Respond to challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Archbishop Paglia urges
 8 sainthood, beatification causes advance
 USCCB, Catholic organizations praise Holy See, US government for response to coronavirus

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