Stories for week of May 01, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 6

 Christian witness impossible without ecumenism, Pope argues
 New Swiss Guard recruits greeted by Pontiff
 Swiss president meets with Pope
 Poll shows most Americans favor abortion restrictions
 Cardinal Pell skeptical of Archbishop Becciu’s defense
 Russian Catholic prelate keeps hoping for peace
 President Biden issues National Day of Prayer proclamation
 Cardinal Ranjith: German bishops’ Synodal Path is unacceptable
 Jesuits suspend prominent Chilean priest pending abuse investigation
 English cathedral dean commits suicide following abuse allegation
 Priest in Nigeria released 40 days after abduction
 California bishops ask Supreme Court to review case challenging statute of limitations
 Colorado parish defaced with pro-abortion graffiti for 2nd time in 7 months
 Catholic is only candidate in Hong Kong chief executive election
 Becciu, at Vatican trial, testifies that Pope OK’d spending 1M euros to free kidnapped nun
 Brazil’s bishops call for urgent change of course
 Pope Francis merges 4 foundations into new Vatican hospitality body

Released Thursday, May. 5

 Pope highlights variety of callings in message for Day of Prayer for Vocations
 Pope, using wheelchair, speaks on human fragility
 Abuse allegations against former Capuchin provincial found ‘unsubstantiated’ after independent review
 Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
 USCCB: Pray, fast for reversal of Roe v. Wade
 Pope asks religious orders to act with ‘great prudence and shrewdness’ in selling property
 Pope sends ‘terrible moral signal’ to dictators, Wall Street Journal says in editorial
 New barracks will allow for possibility of women Swiss Guards
 Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after ‘Putin’s altar boy’ remark
 Orban told Pope that Russia plans to end war on May 9; US officials skeptical
 Chaldean Patriarch calls for ‘civil and democratic’ Iraq to discourage emigration
 Schönstatt founder’s beatification cause put on hold
 EU targets Moscow Patriarch in new sanctions

Released Wednesday, May. 4

 Pope says use, possession of nuclear weapons is ‘inconceivable’
 Denver’s Archbishop Aquila again raps German ‘Synodal Path’
 Vatican plans new barracks for Swiss Guard
 Pope tells elderly: young are watching us
 Lebanon’s Cardinal Rai calls for calming southern front to resume border demarcation talks
 Argentine nuns accuse archbishop, others of gender violence
 Anglican primate promises release of residential school records in England following survivors’ calls
 Papal prayer for journalists on World Press Freedom Day
 Video released for May papal prayer intention
 Patriarch Kirill denies that Russia has attacked Ukraine
 Ukraine bishop: ‘As long as there are believers in Kharkiv, I will remain with them’
 Efforts to end Easter bombing cover-up will prevail, Sri Lanka cardinal says
 Archbishop installed in Pondicherry while Dalit protests continue
 EU bishops’ commission pushes back against resolution on religious freedom and abortion
 Ecumenical Patriarch: Orthodox Christians kill Orthodox Christians in Ukraine

Released Tuesday, May. 3

 Pope plans injections to ease knee pain
 Pope anxious to meet with Putin
 Vatican clears German Cardinal Woelki of wrongdoing on abuse study
 Biden defends Roe decision, vows effort to protect legal abortion
 Supreme Court poised to strike down Roe decision?
 Irish couple will choose jail over paying fine for traveling to attend Mass during lockdown
 Saint’s daughter opens religious center in Illinois
 President Biden, First Lady issue statement for Eid al-Fitr
 Unanimous Supreme Court says Boston violated free speech clause in barring Christian flag outside city hall
 Priest among 12 convicted over Malawi albino murder
 ‘Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history’
 Church leaders point to climate change after South Africa floods
 Anglican primate apologizes to Canadian residential school survivors
 Risking jail and church ire, some Russian Orthodox priests condemn Ukraine conflict
 Ecumenical Patriarch renews condemnation of invasion, criticism of Moscow Patriarch
 ‘A macabre regression of humanity’: Pope pleads for humanitarian corridors for Mariupol

Released Monday, May. 2

 US bishops’ charitable group still funding group involved in abortion advocacy
 Rely on Christ in tough times, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Outgoing bishop warns of humanitarian disaster in Yemen
 Pope encourages pharmacists to combat misinformation
 Maronite Patriarch exhorts Lebanese to vote
 Christians and Buddhists together should promote ‘resilience,’ Vatican says
 Pope encourages Slovakian pilgrims to promote peace through charity
 Churches burned down in southern Ethiopia; at least 3 killed
 Nuncio: papal trip to Kyiv unlikely
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: army is ‘gradually liberating our land from the Russian occupier’
 South Korea: is the Catholic boom over?
 Spanish bishops say they won’t participate in national clerical abuse inquiry
 Foundress, priest beatified in Milan
 Papal prayer intention for May: for faith-filled young people
 Cardinal O’Malley sees ‘watershed moment’ for Vatican abuse commission
 Muslims may share Ramadan dinners with Christians, Egypt’s Grand Mufti says
 Chile’s bishops rue rising political violence

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