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Stories for week of April 01, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 6

 Vatican Museums offer new dawn tours
 Canadian prelate withholds funds from controversial development program
 Australian archbishop warns Church faces attack, cites questions on confessional seal
 Quebec’s bishops discuss ordination of married men
 After centuries, a Catholic Mass in a Swedish cathedral
 Pope sends video message to Spanish religious
 Chaldean patriarch recalls martyrs of 1915 genocide and modern-day Iraq
 Jerusalem archbishop creates parish for migrants, refugees
 +Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, 87
 Sweden’s Lund cathedral to host first Catholic Mass since Reformation
 Cardinal Keith O’Brien asked for forgiveness in his will, mourners told
 Putin calls Ecumenical Patriarch, thanks him for ‘advancing Orthodox unity’
 Latvia: state allocates 1 million euros for restoration, preservation of 28 Christian sites
 Pope Francis invites pilgrims to wish Benedict XVI a happy Easter
 Wales: Anglican prelate condemns “Punish a Muslim” social media campaign
 Cardinal rejects accusation that faith schools are socially divisive
 Alfie Evans’ mom: hospital plans to remove baby’s life support
 US prelates express gratitude for pre-synod youth meeting
 Abortion advocates bank on Canada and G7
 Armenia’s president reacts warmly to meeting with Pope Francis
 Resignations and appointments (4/5)
 Papal audiences (4/5)
 Prospect of Vatican deal a new trial for one Catholic village in north China
 White House says it hopes China will change trade practices to avert tariffs
 Faith, customs of Quechua Catholics at risk from migration to cities, Pentecostalism
 Brazil plunged into political chaos as Lula ordered to jail
 Iraqi nun displaced by Islamic State denied UK visa
 Facebook apologizes for blocking Catholic university’s ad of Jesus on the cross
 At summit, leaders of Turkey, Iran, Russia pledge to work for stability in Syria
 Catholic leaders react to Trump’s plan to send National Guard to border
 Facebook exposed 87 million users to Cambridge Analytica

Released Thursday, Apr. 5

 Court date in 2019 for French cardinal on abuse cover-up charge
 Surrogate pregnancies shown more likely to involve medical complications
 Armenian president, prelates at Vatican for installation of new statue
 Massachusetts parish, site of 12-year protest vigil, finally sold
 Bishop Sanchez Sorondo defends Chinese organ-donation program, says critics ‘myopic’
 Retired cardinals rap German bishops’ stand on Communion for non-Catholic spouses
 Holy Cross defends professor after bishop demands retraction of ‘blasphemous’ views
 New papal document, on call to holiness, to be released April 9
 Pope Francis prays for British baby Alfie Evans and family
 Federal court rules against Montana polygamist trio who sued over marriage license denial
 In Syria, there is Easter hope, but Christians are longing for better days
 CELAM announces yearlong campaign to combat violence against children
 Mexico City’s new cardinal announces audits of all parishes, changes in seminary formation
 New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history
 Ontario: Catholic school board keeps ban on funding anti-life charities despite backlash
 Prelate says that Vatican congregation will soon publish document on ‘gender theory’
 Italy: number of Orthodox Christian immigrants surpasses number of Muslim immigrants
 Russian Orthodox official calls on religious leaders to cooperate in fight against terrorism
 New book gathers Pope’s words about Book of Exodus
 6-year-old Nikolas blessed by unforgettable wish to meet the Pope
 Japan’s prisons are a haven for elderly women
 DR Congo bishop appeals for prayers for priest’s release
 Resignations and appointments (4/4)
 Iran, Russia and Turkey plan Syria’s future as Trump seeks an exit
 China commerce ministry condemns US tariffs, will take countermeasures
 Trump: ‘We’re going to be guarding our border with the military’ until wall complete

Released Wednesday, Apr. 4

 Papal visit to Northern Ireland unlikely, says Dublin archbishop
 Indonesian Christians boycott government Easter ceremonies, charging political manipulation
 Australian state premier want national discussion on the confessional seal
 German bishops lodge dubia on colleagues’ decision to allow Communion for non-Catholic spouses
 Chinese authorities remove Bibles from bookstores
 Pope, at audience, concludes series of talks on the Mass
 Judge rules that Idaho must allow gender changes on birth certificates
 India’s president, prime minister offer Easter greetings to Christians
 Cardinal Ribat: A Christian obligation to confront climate change
 Armenian president, religious leaders to visit Rome as Pope unveils statue
 Ecumenical Patriarch: the journey toward Christian unity is ‘unstoppable’
 Anglican bishops’ Easter letter warns of rising slavery
 Jerusalem archbishop’s Easter homily: ‘be authentic announcers of a Life that never dies’
 Syriac Catholic patriarch sees ‘real hope that Iraq could be reborn’
 In latest clash, Obamacare blocked from further funding of abortions
 Jakarta archbishop’s Easter message focuses on threats to national unity
 Venice museum highlights art of Iraqi Christian painter
 Brexit could complicate Good Friday Agreement, says Irish bishop
 ISIS claims responsibility for killing of Pakistani Christian family
 USCCB, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception join in remembering Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 DR Congo kidnappers demand $500,000 for priest
 Canadian Jesuit provinces to merge
 Al Shabaab attacks an African Union base in Somalia
 Boko Haram kills 15, wounds 83 in attack in northern Nigeria
 Churches attacked in India’s Odisha state
 Mideast Catholic patriarchs evoke Resurrection hope in Easter messages
 Resignations and appointments (4/3)
 India’s lower-caste Dalits lead nationwide protests against court judgment
 Syrian regime claims last rebel group leaving Ghouta

Released Tuesday, Apr. 3

 Vietnamese war-era premier enters Catholic Church
 Brazilian parish criticizing for using drone to carry Eucharist
 40 Days for Life founder enters Catholic fold
 Ugandan archbishop reacts to rumor he is plotting against government
 Colombian diocese donates communion wafers to Venezuela, where bread is scarce
 China insists on control over Church
 Massachusetts bishop asks theologian to retract ‘blasphemous’ statements
 Good Friday holiday reinstated in Christian-majority Indian state after protests
 Traffickers shut down websites after Congress passes law
 Show solidarity with Christians facing persecution, Prince Charles says in Easter message
 ‘Look back’ laws worry Catholic leaders over potential sex abuse lawsuits
 Cardinal Cupich leads Good Friday peace walk
 Nigerian bishops urge government to work for release of schoolgirl who refused to renounce faith
 Federal judge issues permanent injunction against HHS mandate
 Ferguson parish priest reflects on building a culture of encounter
 Federal appeal court: 1964 Civil Rights Act forbids funeral home from firing transgender person
 UK: Catholic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is bookies’ favorite to become next prime minister
 25 million Poles went to Confession before Easter, bishops’ conference estimates
 USCCB president releases Easter message
 Cardinal calls on young people to stay in Congo
 Vatican issues message for World Autism Day
 Church takes steps to resolve Syro-Malabar Church land sale conflict
 Pope Francis: imitate first Christians by building fraternity
 As China, Vatican talk, bishop’s fate shows party’s power
 Coptic Orthodox patriarch sends Easter video message to Pope Francis
 Syria: Islamist rebel group upbeat on talks but denies deal

Released Monday, Apr. 2

 English bishop: do not approach Communion if your life is at odds with the Gospel
 Lebanese Christians, Muslims join for Annunciation holiday
 Insurer sues Michigan priest for embezzlement losses
 Numerous passages in Saudi textbooks incite violence, intolerance
 Coptic Orthodox patriarch ponders terrorist attack risk: ‘we are in the hands of the Lord’
 Papua New Guinea: Eucharist, Confession emphasized in training of youth leaders
 Residential program, founded by Italian nun, offers hope to drug addicts
 2 die in Acapulco shootout amid panicked Good Friday procession
 Cardinal Tagle slams fake news, ‘deception’ of people
 Pakistani Catholic beaten to death by hospital staff
 Resignations and appointments (3/31)
 Chaldean Catholic patriarch issues Easter message, calls on suffering Iraqis not to give up
 Jerusalem’s Christian leaders issue Easter message
 Latin American theologians to discuss ‘the cry of the poor and of the Earth’
 Amazon dioceses train youth leaders in ecological awareness
 Argentine rabbi: man cannot redeem himself
 Ivory Coast: cardinal denounces ritual sacrifice of children
 Priest murdered in El Salvador
 Leader of Islamist terrorist group surrenders to Philippine military
 Syrian government gives rebels in enclave 3-day ultimatum
 Gaza: UN calls for inquiry after most violent day in 4 years
 Russia ramps up diplomatic clash, expels diplomats from 23 nations
 UN secretary-general urges world leaders to act on climate change

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