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Stories for week of March 17, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 22

 On World Water Day, Pope calls for care of water resources
 Papal condolences to Iraqi ferry-accident victims
 Pope greets delegation from Czech Republic and Slovakia
 Crucifix removed from Montreal city hall
 Survey finds 46% of US Catholics believe global persecution of Christians is ‘very severe’
 Declaring Christianity is not a peaceful religion, UK Home Office denies asylum to Iranian Christian
 Federal court rules that HHS mandate does not violate Religious Freedom Restoration Act
 Hindu radicals attack Christians in West Bengal, badly beating pastor
 Pope Francis wants psychological testing to prevent problem priests. But can it really do that?
 Cardinal Dziwisz vigorously defends St. John Paul’s record on sexual abuse
 Nuncio announces that Nicaragua’s government will free all jailed protesters
 ‘It’s a good thing to protest, but one must also build,’ Pope tells young people
 Malta’s president meets with Pope
 Address inequality in health care access, Pope urges pediatricians
 To protect planet and indigenous persons, change lifestyles, Church leaders say

Released Thursday, Mar. 21

 Capuchin priest killed in Cameroon
 Pontifical Academy for Life encouraging vaccinations?
 Indian electoral commission denies bishops’ request not to hold vote on Holy Thursday
 In Turkmenistan, ‘we live the experience of the apostolic Church,’ prelate says
 Burkina Faso: priest disappears in region with active jihadist presence
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Los Angeles Jesuit’s work with gang members
 Colombian diocese has served 1 million meals to Venezuelan migrants
 Cardinal Barbarin: ‘I have made mistakes, but not those I am accused of’
 Korean cardinal speaks out against abortion, death penalty
 Kenyan bishops warn that over 1 million face hunger
 Vatican diplomat praises women’s caregiving in the home
 ISIS is rising in the Philippines as it dwindles in the Middle East
 Pope appeals for prayer, support for cyclone victims in southeast Africa
 Bishops announce opposition to Equality Act
 Cardinal DiNardo, head of US bishops’ conference, discharged from hospital

Released Wednesday, Mar. 20

 ‘Your will be done’ is theme of Pope’s general audience
 Australian bishops’ conference calls for 5.6% increase in minimum wage
 Kansas archbishop responds to criticism over school not enrolling child of same-sex couple
 Papal representative laments ‘more lies and less trust’ in Nicaragua
 South African court rules that Dutch Reformed Church’s policy against ministers in homosexual unions is unlawful
 Bavarian court upholds ban on religious garb for judges, prosecutors
 Vatican hints that Pope Francis may meet Xi Jinping
 Police charge priest with presenting a forged document to defame Indian cardinal
 Malaysia on heightened terror alert; churches receive extra security
 Pakistani churches on high alert after New Zealand mosque attacks
 Moroccan Christians call for greater religious freedom
 For US religious freedom ambassador, concerns remain on Vatican-China deal
 West Virginia attorney general sues diocese for falsely advertising a safe environment
 Milwaukee archdiocese removes names of Archbishop Weakland and his predecessor from headquarters, cathedral
 Kazakhstan’s bishops issue statement in support of Archbishop Chullikatt
 8 sainthood causes advance
 Italian president, Vatican Secretary of State celebrate anniversary of ‘Pope’s hospital’
 China’s aging population is a major threat to its future
 US bishops’ chairman offers prayers for recovery after flooding in the Midwest

Released Tuesday, Mar. 19

 French prosecutors ask Vatican to waive immunity for nuncio, allow abuse charges
 Dalai Lama says his successor will come from India
 Pope declines Cardinal Barbarin’s resignation
 Some clerics suggest giving troubled prelates posts in Rome
 Illness may have driven bishop to commit sexual harassment, Jamaican archbishop says
 Bishop’s phone porn didn’t involve minors, but questions remain on move to Vatican
 Indian bishops seek to postpone polling on Holy Thursday
 Chinese authorities shut down Protestant church in Zhengzhou
 Catholic prelates aghast at ‘unspeakable’ suffering in Syria
 Man arrested in fatal wedding shooting at Texas parish
 Upcoming papal trip aims at thaw in Catholic-Orthodox relations in Romania
 Catholic support for President Trump steady over past 2 years
 Dutch cardinal appeals for prayer following mass shooting
 Imitate the mercy of the Lord, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope encourages members of Camillian family in their charism of serving the sick
 Pope deplores government corruption
 Vatican Secretary of State assesses Holy See’s relations with China

Released Monday, Mar. 18

 India: Cardinal Gracias urges voters to protect democracy, spiritual life
 El Salvador bishops criticize proposal for civil-war amnesty
 Cardinal Barbarin meets with Pope; resignation expected
 Original ‘Scala Sancta’—stairs Jesus mounted to face Pilate—exposed in Rome
 Cardinal DiNardo, head of US bishops’ conference, suffers stroke
 Federal appeals court rules that tax exemption for clergy housing is constitutional
 Anti-Catholic climate worsens in France
 Catholic hospitals criticized for lack of transparency about Catholic identity
 Syrian patriarch praises Russia’s role in nation’s civil war
 Vatican diplomat criticizes stigmatization of motherhood in some nations
 Vatican diplomat accused of corruption and romantic relationship while at UN
 Brexit dominates Irish primate’s message for St. Patrick’s Day
 Holy Land’s bishops discuss protection of minors
 Pope appeals for prayer, peace following New Zealand attacks
 ‘Christ’s Transfiguration shows us the Christian perspective of suffering,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope reactivates plans for South Sudan trip
 Pope praises cooperatives as alternative to statism, profit-centered capitalism
 Theme of papal preacher’s 1st Lenten sermon: ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’
 USCCB committee endorses American Dream and Promise Act
 US prelate condemns mosque attacks, calls for prayer

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