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Stories for week of March 03, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 8

 Pope renews condemnation of anti-Semitism
 Religious persecution harms individuals, communities, Vatican diplomat says
 Egyptian authorities have granted legal recognition to 783 churches since 2016
 Archbishop: Nicaragua’s faithful remain devoted despite fear of attacks
 Bangladesh’s cardinal calls on youth to turn off mobile phones on Lenten Fridays
 Chinese police arrest 11 children in raid on Protestant prayer meetings
 200 Pakistani Christian families flee homes after 3 women accused of desecrating Quran
 Preserve the memory of what the Lord has done, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Vatican cardinal, in Egypt, calls for peace on anniversary of meeting between St. Francis and the sultan
 Bishops liken Venezuela’s crisis to Israelites leaving behind slavery in Egypt
 EU bishops welcome European Parliament’s steps toward stronger transparency
 Schedule released for Pope’s May apostolic trip to Bulgaria, North Macedonia
 Americans’ drinking habits vary by faith
 French cardinal announces resignation following conviction for covering up abuse
 Venezuela deports American Catholic journalist
 Arizona monastery becomes a migrant shelter

Released Thursday, Mar. 7

 Venezuelan military detains American Catholic journalist
 Dissenting sisters in Indian rape case say they are Church ‘outcasts’
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘new era for advocacy and protection for religious freedom’
 Russian Orthodox patriarch accepts Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit North Korea
 20 states, District of Columbia sue to stop new rule for Title X funding
 ‘The Lord is the goal of our journey in this world,’ Pope preaches at Ash Wednesday Mass
 Following release of documentary, French bishops deplore sexual abuse of nuns by priests
 ‘Seek more active participation in society,’ Pope tells Brazilian Catholics
 French cardinal found guilty of covering up sexual abuse by priest
 Cardinal Müller sees Cardinal Pell’s conviction as ‘against all reason and justice’
 Scottish Parliament hosts Ash Wednesday service for 1st time
 Appeals court sets June date for Cardinal Pell, extending his stay behind bars
 Nicaraguan bishops invited to take part in new talks between Ortega regime, opposition
 US bishops ‘stand in solidarity with Dreamers, TPS holders,’ prelate tells House committee
 Prelates call for prayer, support following tornadoes in Southeast

Released Wednesday, Mar. 6

 Chilean cardinal faces lawsuit for rape cover-up
 Vatican yearbook shows slight rise in Catholic population, drop in seminarians
 Papal sympathies for Alabama tornado victims
 Bishops urge Indonesia’s Catholics to vote in election scheduled for Holy Week
 ‘We sincerely ask for forgiveness’ for sexual abuse of minors, leading Asian bishop writes
 ‘Thy kingdom come’ is theme of Pope’s general audience
 Opening archives will reveal the greatness of Pius XII, Vatican official says
 Address human trafficking by establishing legal migration pathways, Vatican official says at UN
 Gdansk mayor: No public space for accused Solidarity priest’s statue
 Peoria diocese wins latest court skirmish over Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s remains
 Serbian Orthodox patriarch backs Moscow in Ukrainian church dispute
 Central African Republic’s president meets with Pope Francis
 5 months after removing Memphis bishop from office, Pope names successor
 Cardinal Turkson emphasizes urgency of meeting UN’s sustainable development goals
 Lebanese press, Kurdish sources: Jesuit abducted by ISIS in 2013 is still alive
 Priest under siege in battle over Venezuela’s political soul
 Cardinal Schönborn: Attacks against the Church are sign of a hidden longing

Released Tuesday, Mar. 5

 Fulfill aid promises to Africa to help ‘silence the guns,’ Vatican official says at UN
 Kerala’s bishops: proposed legislation on Church property is ‘unfortunate and deplorable’
 Patriarch calls for Iraqi national covenant against extremism and violence
 Catholic activist on hunger strike in Vietnam
 Russian Orthodox patriarch marks 10th anniversary of enthronement
 Cardinal says agreement between Vatican and China will help the Church in the country
 Tennessee bishops announce they do not support ‘heartbeat bill’
 French cabinet minister urges Vatican to aid investigation into papal envoy
 Pope speaks to young Latin American Catholic politicians about friendship in Christ, regional issues
 Pope Francis visits Roman parish, preaches against hypocrisy and gossip
 Syriac Catholic patriarch issues Lenten message
 Vandalism at Brooklyn parish being investigated as hate crime
 Report: nearly 50,000 Catholic baptisms in China in 2018
 Texas, Mexican border bishops express ‘total disagreement’ with Trump administration asylum policy
 Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish leaders renew call for repeal of new ‘parking lot tax’ on churches, nonprofits

Released Monday, Mar. 4

 Pope orders opening of archives from papacy of Pius XII
 Transfers of priests highlight corruption of Church in China, priest writes
 ‘Their violence did not succeed in removing Jesus from our lives’: Indian Catholics recall 2008 massacres
 Pakistani archbishop rejects war hysteria
 Philippine police offer protection to bishops, priests
 Church in Chile was not prepared to address clerical abuse, bishop says
 Leading South African prelate weighs in on national political situation
 Central Asian bishops meet with Pope
 Taiwan’s president, vice president receive Vatican special envoy
 Those who serve the sick serve Jesus, Pope says in video message
 Pope praises scientific research, volunteers who care for the sick
 ‘Before condemning others, we must look within ourselves,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Mumbai cardinal calls for peace, welcomes release of captured pilot
 Japanese Christians apologize for massacre in South Korea 100 years ago
 In India, Catholic leaders advocate for rights for Christian, Muslim dalits
 ‘From confessional state to religious freedom’: Vatican Secretary of State speaks on changing nature of concordats

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