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Stories for week of March 04, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 9

 Confessors should help young people discern vocations, Pope says
 Nigerian cardinal advises West: worry about empty churches, not divorced/remarried
 Feminists vandalize Madrid churches on International Women’s Day
 Prelates open to married clergy among Pope’s choices for Synod council
 Pope to visit Baltic nations in September
 Women’s rights activist murdered in Mexico
 62 civilians killed in raids on Ghouta
 Week of March 8-14 honors Catholic women religious
 UN seeks inquiry into killings in Venezuela, says upcoming election not credible
 On international Women’s Day, Vatican diplomat emphasizes human rights, dignity, and equality
 Luxembourg archbishop succeeds Cardinal Marx as COMECE president
 Vatican official discusses significance of ‘hackathon’
 Pope Francis writes preface to new edition of ‘Complaining Not Allowed’
 Vatican Museums release book on ethics of conservation
 GAO report: taxpayers gave abortion providers $1.5 billion in recent years
 Schedule announced for papal visit to honor Padre Pio
 Be witnesses of God’s calling, Pope tells rectors of German-language seminaries
 UNESCO pushes controversial sex-ed rejected by UN General Assembly
 Pope encourages International Catholic Migration Commission in its work
 Human rights groups thank US State Department for changing focus of report
 Roman high school students to prepare meditations for Via Crucis at Colosseum
 Theme announced for 2019 synod
 Resignations and appointments (3/8)
 Papal audiences (3/8)

Released Thursday, Mar. 8

 Pope donates 100,000 euros towards first Orthodox monastery in Austria
 +Father Angelico Surchamp, OSB, 94
 Retired priests recount joys, struggles of missionary work in northern India
 Pope invites faithful to go to Confession, experience God’s mercy in ’24 Hours for the Lord’ initiative
 Pope sends greetings to Paralympic Committee and athletes
 Irish Supreme Court: unborn children do not have inherent constitutional rights outside right to life
 Australian sister recognized for work with indigenous women
 Catholic men’s movements are on the rise
 Pope Francis: ‘Even the fleeting life of the least of beings is the object of God’s love’
 Catholic priest, Anglican minister recount horrors of Sri Lanka’s civil war
 Syrian Trappist nuns strongly criticize Western media coverage of Ghouta attacks
 Bishop asks Nigerian government to work for rescue of kidnapped girls
 Prelates urge faithful to pray, advocate for passage of Conscience Protection Act
 Ethiopian cardinal pleads for end of political unrest
 UN envoy says ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya still occurring in Myanmar’s Rakhine
 Ghouta aid convoy postponed amid chemical attack fears
 North Korea offers talks with United States on curbing nuclear program
 Resignations and appointments (3/7)
 Papal audiences (3/7)

Released Wednesday, Mar. 7

 Indian police investigating real-estate deals by Syro-Malabar cardinal
 Vietnamese archbishop dies suddenly in Rome
 Cardinal Brandmüller raps German bishops’ policy on Communion for Protestant spouses
 New federal agency protecting conscience rights has handled 300 cases in first month
 Irish government official: Church meeting for families should include same-sex couples
 Only half of US children live with married parents
 Miracle approved; Archbishop Romero will be canonized
 Pope speaks on Eucharistic Prayer at general audience
 Papal message of sympathy for earthquake victims in Papua New Guinea
 Papal encouragement for Conventual Franciscan ministry in Burkina Faso
 New violence and harassment against Christians in Orissa
 Jesuit assesses conflict in Central African Republic
 Christians protest abuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan
 Report examines anti-religious discrimination in education in Pakistan, other nations
 Georgetown University honors Senator Durbin
 God forgives only if we forgive others, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope recalls nuns’ witness to charity in preface to new book
 Euthanasia performed on Canadian prisoner
 Vatican hosts conference on Confession
 Vatican hosts ‘hackathon’
 New publication from Vatican congregation considers religious orders’ finances
 Former Anglican leader joins Richard Dawkins in opposing expansion of Catholic schools in England
 Indonesian Christians whipped over sharia-banned child’s play
 Florida House declares pornography a public health risk
 Holy Land’s Franciscan friars undertake annual Lenten pilgrimage to Passion sites
 Mosul archbishop commemorates 10th anniversary of predecessor’s slaying
 8 people held in Belgium after anti-terror raids
 Renzi resigns as party leader after Italian election blow
 Swiss vote against plan to scrap compulsory TV license fee
 Convoy carrying food and medical supplies reaches Syria’s rebel-held Ghouta

Released Tuesday, Mar. 6

 Colorado bishops back Mennonite in death-penalty case
 Pope’s popularity steady in US, despite growing skepticism, poll shows
 Nigerian prelate will not bring charges after skirmish with governor’s supporters
 Japanese bishops: imperial ceremonies should recognize church-state separation
 Saudi crown prince makes unprecedented visit to Coptic cathedral
 Canonization of Bl. Paul VI set for October
 Cardinal Parolin encourages International Catholic Commission for Migration
 Brazilian court overturns lower court decison against blasphemous play
 UN official documents repression of religion in Uzbekistan
 Report: 700 churches closed in Rwanda
 Death of Chinese human rights lawyer raises suspicions
 Ecuador’s bishops denounce corruption
 Chaldean patriarch, other Iraqi religious leaders speak out against fanaticism
 Brazilian bishop ministers to refugees who are fleeing Venezuala
 America’s newest cathedral dedicated
 Bookkeeper found guilty of defrauding Catholic mission of $1.1M
 Bishops of Washington State call for veto of abortion insurance mandate
 New Mexico GOP wants reprimand of Catholic official following comments on early ed proposal
 Cardinal Pell faces accusers via video link
 Catholic population of Serbia plummets
 Prelates urge concrete actions to address scourge of gun violence
 Sahel jihadists claim deadly twin attacks in Burkina Faso
 Italy emerges from vote with rise of eurosceptic parties, but no majority
 Syrian authorities give UN green light to deliver aid to Eastern Ghouta
 South African bishops praise new president, call for land redistribution
 Defend children’s rights and seek their good, Vatican diplomat tells UN Human Rights Council
 Faith is not a spectacle, but conversion to Christ, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Papal audiences (3/5)

Released Monday, Mar. 5

 Austrian chancellor meets with Pontiff
 English bishop: focus on Real Presence to renew interest in the Mass
 Dutch cardinal wishes for clarity on Amoris Laetitia
 Priest found dead in Congo; murder suspected
 Vatican official says divorced/remarried may be lectors, godparents
 Escort’s dossier shows homosexual activity by Italian priests
 Another former Vatican bank chief faces criminal charges
 Former seminarians charge misconduct by Honduran bishop
 Washington archdiocese issues guide for implementation of Amoris Laetitia
 Sacristan arrested for stabbing Kerala priest to death
 New feast reflects ‘feeling of Christian people through two millennia,’ says Cardinal Sarah
 Algeria: two more churches closed, others threatened
 Minnesota diocese to file for bankruptcy
 Iraqi fighters discover Christian mass grave near Mosul
 Explosions rock Burkina Faso’s capital as Islamist extremists attack
 Venezuela to hold presidential election in May
 Syria: UN says Russia’s eastern Ghouta aid plan not enough
 Introducing ‘Avangard’ and ‘Sarmat’: Putin shows off new hypersonic nuclear missiles
 Vatican diplomat pays tribute to 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights
 Cardinal Kasper says debate over Amoris Laetitia is ‘way too strong,’ states document is in accord with St. John Paul’s teaching
 Pope’s prayer intention for March: formation in spiritual discernment
 Pope Francis: Angelus address on the cleansing of the Temple
 Be tender with the sick as Jesus was, Pope tells Italian nurses
 Pope institutes feast of Our Lady, Mother of Church
 Resignations and appointments (3/3)
 Pope to visit Community of Sant’Egidio to commemorate its 50th anniversary
 Papal audiences (3/3)
 Mercy Friday: Pope visits women in semi-detention with young children
 Cardinal Koch discusses upcoming papal visit to World Council of Churches
 Papal audiences (3/2)

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