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Stories for week of April 14, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Apr. 20

 Pope Francis: Easter Vigil Mass homily (full text)

Released Friday, Apr. 19

 Good Friday at St. Peter’s Basilica: ‘He was despised and rejected by men’
 Colorado’s bishops remember Columbine on 20th anniversary
 Tanzanian cardinal exhorts priests not to obtain holy oils from Protestant communities
 Make sacrifices for peace, South Sudan’s Christian leaders plead in Easter message
 Leading Vatican diplomat discusses Pope Francis and the UN on the environment
 Sole Catholic church on Lesbos becomes haven for migrants
 Police official: Short-circuit likely caused Notre-Dame fire
 Officials race to strengthen damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral
 Notre-Dame fire: Temporary wooden cathedral proposed
 Australian bishops issue election statement
 Pope Francis’s Via Crucis at the Colosseum: full text of meditations
 Pope Emeritus Benedict, Chief Rabbi of Vienna discuss Judaism and Christianity in new book
 Faithful gather at the site of Calvary to relive the Passion
 ‘We must be converted to the thinking of Christ,’ prelate preaches on Holy Thursday in Jerusalem
 Pope washes inmates’ feet at Holy Thursday Evening Mass

Released Thursday, Apr. 18

 Father Rosica plagiarized notorious statement from anti-Catholic blog?
 New York police arrest man carrying gas into St. Patrick’s cathedral
 Father James Schall, SJ, dead at 91
 At Chrism Mass, Pope warns priests against clericalism
 Concession in China: ‘underground’ bishop allowed to concelebrate Chrism Mass
 President Trump calls Pope Francis
 German bishops, Lutheran leaders issue joint document on strengthening trust in democracy
 Draft document on marine biological diversity has several shortcomings, leading Vatican diplomat says
 US diplomat who served in China, Middle East praises Pope’s diplomacy
 There is ‘hope’ for Sudan’s Christians after al-Bashir’s ouster, advocate says
 Myanmar cardinal warns of ‘catastrophe’ if China-backed dam project continues
 What happens when a priest is falsely accused of sexual abuse
 Military veterans keep Pakistan churches safe during Easter
 Cebu’s archbishop calls for prayers and confession, not crucifixions and floggings
 Catholics weigh in on closing southern border
 France asks: Should Notre-Dame’s spire be rebuilt as it was?
 Pledges reach almost $1 billion to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral
 Notre-Dame probe ramps up as investigators question workers
 Pope greets participants in Opus Dei student conference
 Pope Francis encourages Swedish climate activist Thunberg in her work
 Survivors of 2013 refugee boat disaster meet with Pope
 Pope thanks Notre-Dame cathedral rescuers, speaks with French President Macron
 Catholic Church in US will welcome thousands of new Catholics at Easter Vigil Masses

Released Wednesday, Apr. 17

 Jerusalem’s Christian leaders pray for peace in Easter message
 Christ raised to glory on the Cross, Pope reminds audience
 Dublin archbishop speaks of ‘God of ultimate inclusion’
 Pope Francis withheld Benedict’s contribution to abuse summit, journalist reports
 Vatican cardinal, 4 Protestant leaders sign joint ecumenical statement
 World Council of Churches ponders ‘global vision of the Church’
 English cardinal: Human slavery ‘as deep as ever, just in different forms’
 Buffalo bishop ‘dismayed’ over university president’s call for his resignation
 Glasgow reroutes Protestant order’s Easter march to avoid Catholic churches
 Bishop asks Nicaraguans to ‘fight for freedom’
 Cardinal Müller lauds Benedict’s article on abuse scandal, says rift between Benedict and Francis is impossible
 Good Friday reinstated as public holiday in Indian territories
 Indonesian churches tighten Easter security
 White House issues statement on Notre-Dame fire
 All cathedral bells to toll in France
 ‘We will rebuild’: Macron vows to restore Notre Dame within 5 years
 Pope assures Paris archbishop of spiritual closeness, prayer

Released Tuesday, Apr. 16

 Italian priest’s trial for violating confessional secrecy is postponed
 Indian state wants probe of overseas funding for Christian churches
 New Jersey’s Catholic governor signs assisted-suicide law
 Fire chaplain rescued Blessed Sacrament, Crown of Thorns from fire at Notre Dame
 Vatican plans ‘green’ theme for horticultural exhibition in Beijing
 South Korean cardinal stresses sanctity of life following abortion ruling
 Jharkhand Christian killed over ‘sacred cows’
 First 2 bishops chosen after the China-Holy See agreement
 In China, 2 underground priests kidnapped; church destroyed
 Leading Indonesian prelate: say ‘no to corruption and violence, yes to clean politics’
 Cardinal Gracias stresses peace message of Palm Sunday
 Pope Francis visits Pope Emeritus Benedict
 President of US bishops’ conference issues statement on Notre Dame Cathedral fire
 Popes Benedict, Francis are united in urging prayer, penance in response to abuse crisis, Vatican spokesman says
 Notre Dame fire: Holy See expresses shock and sadness
 Bishops’ conference president calls for prayer, support following deadly storms in Southeast
 Have clear goals, spread joy, and show solidarity, Pope tells amateur soccer players

Released Monday, Apr. 15

 Major fire rips Notre Dame in Paris
 Decentralization will be focus of new rules for Roman Curia, cardinal says
 Vatican inquiry into 1983 disappearance of teenage girl?
 Justice Thomas raps ‘religious tests’ for judicial candidates
 New Hampshire lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty
 15,000 join in Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem
 Peruvian archbishop denies defamation suit is attack on free press
 Leading Vatican diplomat denounces killing of unborn children with Down syndrome
 Vatican spokesman explains Pope’s gesture of kissing feet of South Sudan’s leaders
 Mozambique awaits Pope’s message of hope and renewal
 Pray the Rosary for peace, heed new apostolic exhortation, Pope tells youth
 Live as brothers, Pope tells members of Spanish confraternity
 Theme of papal preacher’s final Lenten sermon: ‘God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise’
 Nobel Prize-winning physicists meet with Pope
 Holy See becomes party to treaty on transfer of sentenced persons
 Papal donation of 100,000 euros benefits Iranian flood victims
 Pope visits Alzheimer’s patients
 Nearly 3,000 allegations of religious discrimination filed with EEOC in 2018
 Pope Francis praises unpaid organ donation
 Look to St. Aloysius Gonzaga as a model, Pope tells Roman high school students
 Follow Christ’s path of humble, silent obedience to the Father, Pope preaches in Palm Sunday homily

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