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Stories for week of April 08, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 13

 Iowa lawmakers reject Catholic nominee to state medical board
 Trial opens for Australian archbishop on cover-up charge
 Bishops from Europe, Africa meet to discuss globalization
 Catholic priest shot dead in eastern DR Congo
 Missionary order is thriving because of the diversity of its mission
 Vatican diplomat, at UN, speaks out against closed borders, population control
 Pope receives French crime victim
 Pope, in weekday Mass homily, warns against ‘watered-down’ Christianity, recalls persecuted Christians
 Chilean abuse victims welcome Pope’s apology, call for zero tolerance
 Tunisian police kill jihadist leader
 German police thwart suspected attack during Berlin Half Marathon
 El Salvador archbishop: ask Blessed Romero to pray for end to impasse on immigrant legislation
 Nigeria: troops kill 3 Boko Haram suspects, rescue 149 persons
 Anti-Semitism seen on the rise again in Europe, US
 Resignations and appointments (4/12)
 Israeli military kills two as Gaza border simmers
 Lebanese cardinal warns against ‘new drums of war’ in Syria
 Amid rising US-Russian tensions, Syrian crisis risks spiraling out of control

Released Thursday, Apr. 12

 Dutch lay Catholics urge bishops to speak out, defend teachings on marriage
 Two more priests attacked; violence against Church spreads in Democratic Republic of Congo
 Syria conflict shows failure of UN peacekeeping, notes papal nuncio
 Toronto’s Cardinal Collins withholds funds from bishops’ development agency
 Pontifical Commission suggests Synod on role of women
 Dramatic papal letter on Chilean crisis leaves next steps uncertain [News Analysis]
 Pakistan: bishops’ conference official calls for educational reform
 Australian, Pacific bishops meet to discuss Pope’s ecology encyclical
 Vatican foreign minister, US ambassador pay tribute to women religious who combat human trafficking
 Pope Francis sends condolences for plane crash in Algeria
 Pope Francis begs forgiveness for ‘serious mistakes’ in Chile sex abuse case
 Costa Rica’s bishops pray that new president may help unite nation
 Ecuador’s bishops lament kidnapping of journalists, appeal for prayers
 The Resurrection resounds in a Golgotha of social injustice, Ecumenical Patriarch says in Easter message
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to new apostolic exhortation’s ‘ecumenical scope’
 Algiers gives go-ahead for local beatification of slain French monks, foreign minister says
 Zuckerberg ends day 2 of congressional grilling on Facebook data, privacy rules
 Algerian military plane crash kills 257 people
 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow: Paschal message to the Russian Orthodox faithful
 Prelate expresses concerns over White House decision to deploy National Guard at US-Mexico border
 Catholic Syrian refugee shares harrowing story
 Trump says missiles ‘will be coming’ to Syria, taunts Russia for vowing to block them

Released Wednesday, Apr. 11

 In annual message to Buddhists, Vatican suggests joint work against corruption
 Pope argues for greater economic equality
 Knights of Malta warned: punishment for criticism of Pontiff
 Don’t postpone Baptism, Pope urges parents
 French President Macron seeks input from Church leaders, prompting secularist complaints
 Ivory Coast: bishops recommend presidential pardons to ease prison crowding
 +Father Maurice Bellet, 94
 Kidnapped priest set free in DR Congo
 Catholic, Anglican prelates mark 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
 Jihadist youth arrested in Italy
 Pope Francis to visit Marian shrine, lead meeting of Neocatechumenal Way
 Resignations and appointments (4/10)
 The Church in Mexico urges Catholics to vote but endorses no candidates
 Cruz presses Zuckerberg on alleged censorship of Catholic, conservative speech
 Mark Zuckerberg testimony: Senators question Facebook’s commitment to privacy
 Intramuros welcomed 1 million Catholic faithful during Holy Week
 Brazil’s Workers Party clings to Lula candidacy
 Bishop Rhoades discusses vocations, Notre Dame, Blessed Solanus Casey, and today’s youth
 Catholic, Jewish, and other faith groups oppose Trump administration in travel ban case
 Trump warns Russia may pay for alleged Syria gas attack

Released Tuesday, Apr. 10

 New York’s Governor Cuomo extracts $3 billion for state from Catholic charity
 Syrian prelate charges Russia, US are prolonging fighting
 Pope underlines importance of Missionaries of Mercy
 USCCB president welcomes new apostolic exhortation
 Pope’s prayer intention for April: for those who have responsibility in economic matters
 Conservative Protestant colleges fear eventual loss of federal funds over LGBT issues
 Greek Orthodox, Protestant leaders speak out against racism
 Colombian bishop decries effects of oil spill
 Los Angeles archbishop signs agreement with leaders of Native American tribes
 South Korean bishops petition constitutional court to uphold abortion ban
 As Palestinian Christians flee Gaza, priest expresses grave concern
 Ontario: case of priest accused of $500,000 fraud heading to trial
 Fresh violence erupts along Gaza-Israel border as Palestinians march again
 Dozens killed In reported chemical attack on Syrian rebel enclave
 Pope asks young people: ‘Are you willing to listen to Jesus and change?’
 Resignations and appointments (4/9)
 Pope Francis condemns chemical weapons attack in Syria
 Pope emphasizes importance of Sacrament of Reconciliation

Released Monday, Apr. 9

 US Catholic Mass attendance continues to drop, now below 40% weekly
 Ugandan archbishop meets with president to discuss surveillance charges
 Australian archbishop asks court to dismiss criminal case for failure to report abuse
 Vatican diplomat, recalled last September, will face child-pornography charges
 Rome conference regrets confusion, affirms traditional Church teachings
 New papal document is more than a response to critics [News Analysis]
 ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’: Pope issues apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness in today’s world
 Resignations and appointments (4/7)
 Papal audiences (4/7)
 Pope tells French charismatic community: ‘outbound Church’ is ‘first of my desires’
 Preach Jesus Christ to the poor, Pope tells French religious community
 Pope thanks foundress of Latin American study center
 Resignations and appointments (4/6)
 Papal audiences (4/6)
 UN troops killed in Mali after French claim 60 ISIS fighter deaths
 Pope’s Easter homily: the surprise of the Resurrection announcement was a ‘low blow’
 Cardinal Brandmüller warns Catholics not to heed ‘majority’ but ‘minority who truly live the faith’
 Brazilian bishop celebrates outdoor Mass before ex-president begins prison term
 Ex-President ‘Lula’ of Brazil surrenders to serve 12-year jail term
 Cardinal Zen ‘seeks conservative help to block a Vatican-China deal’
 Trade dispute escalates as Trump threatens $100 billion more in tariffs
 Cardinal Burke: papal authority derives from obedience to Christ
 Number of Christians in Syria hits new low
 100,000 return to Raqqa as UN aid reaches former ISIS capital
 50 years after Rev. Martin Luther King’s assassination, scholars recall his ‘radical biblical vision’

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