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Stories for week of March 19, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 24

 Vatican message for Ramadan focuses on fight against extremism
 God is near, Pope reassures kin of victims of Polish mine accident
 In Spain, seminary enrollments hit a new low
 Pelosi, at Georgetown, dismisses archbishop’s warnings
 Haitian priest released after kidnapping
 Notre Dame basilica to reopen in December 2024
 US bishops’ doctrine committee warns against alkaline hydrolysis, human composting
 Archbishop Gomez to lead 6-mile Eucharistic procession through Los Angeles
 Milwaukee priest loses confession faculties after confession column
 World Council of Churches leader, Pope Francis propose ‘summit’ on Ukraine
 North Rhine-Westphalia’s president discusses abuse scandal with Pope
 Hungarian president confers state honor on Sostituto
 Confession is ‘encounter of love’ that fights evil, Pope tells priests
 Pope Francis sketches vision for future of moral theology

Released Thursday, Mar. 23

 Pope Francis: a different vision of Church role in European project [News Analysis]
 Professor’s suit charges wrongful dismissal for upholding Catholic teaching
 Six candidates move closer to beatification
 House committee raps ‘weaponization’ of Justice Department
 Catholic priests missing in Russian-occupied Ukraine
 Greek Orthodox Church calls for ‘international protection of holy sites’ after Jerusalem attack
 Mozambique’s bishops appeal for solidarity with victims of Cyclone Freddy
 Munich prosecutors drop case of alleged ‘cover up’ against Benedict XVI
 Holy See: Racism still plagues our societies
 US House committee hears testimony on Nicaragua regime’s war against the Church
 Over 70 Christians killed in DR Congo in 2 weeks
 By the numbers: How the Catholic Church has changed during Pope Francis’ pontificate
 Ukrainians on the front line turn to faith
 Vatican cardinal: ‘It is not mercy to lie about sin’
 Seychelles president, nuncio discuss sea level rise, drug addiction

Released Wednesday, Mar. 22

 Bishop rips Notre Dame for ‘reproductive justice’ series
 New study highlights abortion-breast cancer link
 Evangelization requires witness, not just instruction, Pope says
 Renew consecration to the Immaculate Heart, Pope recommends
 Argentine archdiocese condemns destruction of blasphemous art exhibit
 Pope notes World Water Day
 After two years, French bishop allows traditional Latin Mass indoors
 Disney documentary features Pope Francis’s talk with Gen Z on LGBTQ issues, abortion, and more
 Priest denies that Cardinal Zen is near death
 Pope Benedict ordered Archbishop Gänswein to destroy his personal correspondence
 Future Pope John Paul II wrote ‘rule’ for married couples
 Wisconsin bishop criticizes Germany’s Synodal Way
 Clarity emerges on Cardinal Tagle’s role at the Vatican
 Bishop Wilmer calls for ‘significant changes in sexual morality in the Catholic Church’
 ‘Healed by the Eucharist’: Minnesota ministry aims to bring Holy Communion to clerical abuse survivors
 New Ways Ministry: US bishops’ doctrinal note on transgender interventions ‘harms people’
 Vatican newspaper: Climate change report is ‘cry of alarm for the future of the planet’

Released Tuesday, Mar. 21

 Archbishop admits spying on other Vatican officials [News analysis]
 Ukrainian Orthodox bishops stress patriotism, seek meeting with Zelensky
 Papal message will affirm right NOT to migrate
 US bishops’ doctrine committee: Catholic health care services must not perform transgender procedures
 Historic French church vandalized with Satanic and anarchist graffiti
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ visits Albania
 Bishop ordained for Northern Arabia
 +Archbishop Joseph Powathil, 92
 ‘The Church never abandoned its people,’ former nuncio recalls on 20th anniversary of Iraq war
 San Marino’s leaders meet with Pontiff
 Leading female Vatican diplomatic official reflects on work
 Pope praises fairground workers, ‘sowers of smiles’
 Papal prayer for the Ukrainian people, who ‘continue to suffer due to war crimes’

Released Monday, Mar. 20

 Haitian premier plans military crackdown on gangs
 Vatican envoy leaves Nicaragua
 New York pregnancy-help center again hit by vandals
 Communist agents poisoned famed Polish priest
 Latin Mass suppressed because theology changed: Cardinal Roche
 Top Chinese religious-affairs official is dismissed
 Pope approved payment for kidnapped nun’s release, trial witness says
 Cardinals demand Vatican action against German bishops
 Papal reflections on Christ’s healing of blind man
 Caritas Georgia workers remain wary after ‘foreign agent’ legislation withdrawn
 Why priests steal — researchers look to ‘fraud triangle’ in parish life
 Archbishop Sample elected to USCCB executive committee
 St. Patrick’s Day blessings from Irish bishops’ president
 Spanish monastery admits girls to choir for first time in 700-year history
 Only 60% of Canadian children live with married parents
 Church in Ireland aims to boost priestly vocations with new program
 Synod of Bishops’ preparatory commission holds 1st meeting
 Wyoming abortion ban becomes law, protects babies starting at conception
 Pope hears confessions, launching this year’s ‘24 Hours for the Lord’
 Scripture offers examples of good and bad politics, Pope tells Italian young people
 Papal praise for humanitarian corridors, which ‘break down the walls of indifference’

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