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Stories for week of March 05, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 10

 Two more confusing papal interviews [News Analysis]
 German Synodal Path approves same-sex blessings
 Theologian answers Cardinal McElroy’s response to critics
 Papal correspondence undermines Becciu defense at Vatican trial
 Religious leaders fleeing Nicaragua
 French leaders move to enshrine abortion in constitution
 Slain Cameroon priest was not Catholic, bishop says
 Leading Kenyan bishop: LBGTQ ideology ‘seeks to destroy life’
 In unusual move, Pope appoints auxiliary bishop for Bishop Zanchetta’s former diocese
 Taizé leader, Pope Francis discuss pre-Synod prayer vigil
 High-level meeting of Catholic prelates, Shiite Muslim clerics in Iraq
 Vatican newspaper calls for ‘a more humane politics’
 Abortion pill fight engulfs Walgreens
 Pope Francis: Welcome migrants for who they are, more than for what they can contribute

Released Thursday, Mar. 9

 Washington Post rips lay Catholic group for divulging priests’ online habits
 Ten ‘consequential characters’ help define a decade of Pope Francis’ leadership
 Volatile political climate keeping Pope from visit to Argentine homeland?
 Pope reflects on industrial accidents
 Pope meets with Christian-Muslim dialogue group
 Vatican opens prosecution of museum vandals
 Hong Kong’s bishop to visit Beijing
 Boston prelate grateful for reappointment to Pope’s advisory Council of Cardinals
 Cardinal McElroy contradicts Pope Francis on Eucharistic coherence, Bishop Paprocki says
 German synodal way considers same-sex blessings, ordination of the transgendered
 US prelates urge Catholics to ‘intensify’ prayers for Ukraine
 Polish PM defends John Paul II after report he knew of abuse
 Papal preface to book on women’s leadership
 Pope Francis meets with two Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram
 Priests give fragment of shipwrecked migrant boat to Pope
 Pope thanks women, condemns violence against women

Released Wednesday, Mar. 8

 Cardinal Kasper again cautions against German schism
 Vatican II highlights zeal for evangelization, Pope tells audience
 Delaware diocese: confessional seal is not negotiable
 Belarus demands rent for churches
 UN calls for release of imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop
 Parliament votes to make silent prayer illegal at abortion clinics
 Bishops, theologians talk frankly about synodality at Boston College conference
 French bishops’ group proposes change to Catechism’s teaching on homosexuality
 Mother Lange canonization cause takes step forward
 Bishop Paprocki defends his heresy essay
 Chinese province’s new ‘Smart Religion’ app requires faithful to register to attend worship services
 Bishops add some spiritual ‘meat’ to St. Patrick’s Day dispensations
 Steubenville bishop bans traditional Latin Mass at Franciscan University, effective immediately
 Abuse expert Father Hans Zollner looks at the state of the crisis in the Church today
 Amarillo diocese: Pavone got ‘harassment’ training after allegations
 Commission member urges Portuguese bishops to suspend priests who have committed abuse
 Nicaraguan government closes Catholic universities
 Priest kidnapped, killed in Cameroon
 Vatican announces ‘24 Hours for the Lord’; Pope to preside at penance service
 Cardinal Parolin calls for safe, regulated migration

Released Tuesday, Mar. 7

 Rupnik reported concelebrating Mass despite ban
 Vatican to return Parthenon sculptures to Greece
 Pope issues new statutes for Vatican bank
 Pro-life groups break with Priests for Life over Pavone scandals
 Pope names new members of Council of Cardinals
 Polish report charges John Paul II concealed abuse evidence
 Minnesota pregnancy center is latest vandal victim
 Irish prime minster: children in primary school should be taught about transgenderism
 Syriac Catholic monk once kidnapped by ISIS consecrated archbishop
 Church in Brazil bans sacramental wine produced with slave labor
 Decade-long decline in worldwide priestly vocations continues
 Mexican bishops condemn police pursuit, violent arrest of migrants on cathedral grounds
 African Synodal continental assembly concludes
 Portuguese bishops announce steps to end sexual abuse in the Church
 Catholic charity says UK plan to ban English Channel migrants ‘unworkable,’ ‘not rational’
 Evangelicals join USCCB in criticizing proposed regulations on federally-funded faith-based organizations
 Women religious discuss the sunset of their communities
 Bishop O’Connell honored by thousands at cathedral funeral: ‘he healed souls’
 Pope laments human trafficking after migrant boat disaster

Released Monday, Mar. 6

 McCarrick breaks silence, denies criminal charge
 English woman arrested again for silent prayer at abortion clinic
 Group calls for international ban on surrogate motherhood
 Share the glory of the Transfiguration, Pope urges
 Pope urges Ohio seminarians to priesthood of service, generosity, zeal
 Regulate ocean activity, Pope suggests
 Papal message to UK Catholic youth conference
 $18M chapel, student center dedicated at Kansas State University
 In Nigeria, wave of post-election murders forces diocesan staff to evacuate
 ‘God really intervened’: how a priest escaped from his kidnappers in Haiti
 In Irish diocese, no priestly ordinations since 2013; no seminarians
 Pro-life sidewalk demonstrators lose challenge to disturbing-the-peace ordinance
 ‘In persona episcopi’: Pope Francis continues to consolidate Italian dioceses
 ‘Abortion doula’ at Notre Dame speaker series adds to Catholic concern
 Papal praise for women and their leadership
 USCCB backs Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
 Walgreens won’t sell abortion pill by mail in 20 states
 Papal encouragement for Italian TV show A sua immagine

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