Stories for week of May 05, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 10

 ‘Promoting universal fraternity’ is theme of Vatican’s annual message for Ramadan
 Pope thanks Papal Foundation for its work
 German bishops’ vice president expects Amazon synod to propose married priests ‘with civil job’
 Australian bishop criticizes party’s ‘national health and sexual reproduction strategy’
 Virginia bishops rip federal court decision on abortion
 Some Quebec bishops uneasy with pro-life leader’s signature on letter charging Pope with heresy
 Pope donates 100,000 euros to assist refugees on Lesbos
 Indonesian bishop criticizes ‘halal tourism’
 Church-backed watchdog prepares for Philippine elections
 Kenyan prelate deplores lack of respect for human life
 Masses to resume, Catholic schools to reopen in Sri Lanka
 USCCB welcomes new papal document on handling sex-abuse complaints

Released Thursday, May. 9

 ‘Underground’ Chinese bishop’s whereabouts unknown, 23 years after arrest
 India: priest convicted of rape, Catholic leaders decry verdict
 Former Maronite Patriarch critically ill
 True ‘second-class citizens’ are those who reject others, Pope says
 Pope speaks on positive role of Pharisees in Jewish tradition
 Increased security around Bangladeshi churches following Sri Lanka attacks
 Pope issues new rules for handling sex-abuse complaints
 Sri Lanka shrine, attacked on Easter Sunday, reopens for a few hours
 Security increased at Bangladesh’s churches as prime minister calls for high alert
 Bishops welcome EU’s new ‘human-centric’ guidelines on artificial intelligence
 British Foreign Secretary, US Secretary of State discuss persecution of Christians
 Custos recalls St. Helena’s finding of the Cross
 Leading Vatican diplomat condemns sexual violence in war, defends rights of unborn children
 Fiji archbishop decries environmental damage
 South African bishops appeal for peaceful and fair elections
 Asia Bibi arrives in Canada
 New Sostituto leads traditional supplication at Marian shrine of Pompei
 Prelates lament school shooting in Colorado
 USCCB names new director of Office of Domestic Social Development

Released Wednesday, May. 8

 Fall of Sudan’s leader could endanger peace agreement in South Sudan
 Vatican publishes book of homage to former press-office director
 At audience, Pope recalls visit to Bulgaria, North Macedonia
 Emigration shows failure of nation’s leadership, says African cardinal
 At least two dozen Catholic churches slated for demolition in Chinese diocese
 Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan
 Haiti’s Catholic, Protestant leaders decry gang violence, blackmail
 Mexican prelates lament humanitarian crisis on Guatemalan border
 Philippine bishop urges voters to reject corrupt politicians
 Commission has reached no consensus on female deacons, Pope says in press conference
 In message to Muslims for Ramadan, Cardinal Marx rues attacks on houses of worship
 Iranian intelligence ‘summons’ people ‘who showed interest in Christianity’
 Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria backs Moscow in Ukrainian Church dispute
 Venezuela cardinal calls pro-Maduro violence amid protests ‘immoral’
 Report finds persecution of Christians ‘coming close to genocide’ in Middle East
 Pope departs from North Macedonia, encourages priests to be tenderly attentive to those in need
 Like Mother Teresa, ‘take life seriously and make something beautiful of it,’ Pope tells North Macedonia’s youth
 At Mass in North Macedonia, Pope preaches on ‘hunger for bread, hunger for fraternity, hunger for God’
 Pope Francis visits Mother Teresa’s birthplace, seeks her intercession

Released Tuesday, May. 7

 German Catholic population will be halved by 2060, study predicts
 Another Chinese church demolished; 23 others reportedly on list
 Trump administration: conscience rules not cause of measles outbreak
 Reaction to open letter charging papal heresy
 Appeals court: Peoria diocese to receive remains of Archbishop Sheen
 Vatican cardinal protests Bannon’s project
 In North Macedonia, Pope signals support for bid to join European Union
 Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, dead at 90
 Call to Action reorganizes amid an uncertain future
 Arizona governor criticized for Facebook Easter post
 Jordan’s King Abdullah II makes donation to Church of the Holy Sepulchre restoration
 Promote and ensure rights of elderly persons, Vatican diplomat says at UN
 In Asia, Church leaders voice alarm over press freedom’s decline
 Benin’s bishops condemn post-election violence
 Leading Bolivian bishop stresses importance of ecology, honest politics
 Ecuador’s bishops lament growing economic inequality, corruption, gender ideology
 Christians seek political voice in India’s Punjab state
 Sri Lanka’s cardinal appeals for calm after Christians and Muslims clash
 As trip to Bulgaria concludes, Pope Francis, other religious leaders pray for peace
 Live with love and faith, Pope tells Bulgaria’s Catholic community
 242 children receive first Holy Communion at papal Mass in Bulgaria
 Typical new US priest: 33-year-old who prays Rosary, takes part in Eucharistic adoration

Released Monday, May. 6

 Cardinal Müller criticizes draft plan for reorganizing Roman Curia
 Nicaragua’s Ortega asks dialogue partners to work against international sanctions
 California attorney general’s abuse probe will cover all Catholic dioceses
 ‘God calls, God surprises, God loves,’ Pope preaches at outdoor Mass in Bulgaria
 Christ is risen and alive, Pope says outside Sofia’s Orthodox cathedral
 Addressing Bulgarian Orthodox leaders, Pope speaks of ‘ecumenism of blood, of the poor, and of mission’
 Pope hails Bulgaria as ‘place of encounter,’ rues its declining population
 850 superiors of women’s religious orders gather in Rome
 Economy must be connected to ethics, Pope tells Italian foundation
 Consider what we owe future generations, Pope tells participants in conference on the sea
 Vatican Secretary of State calls on Catholic universities to have greater missionary focus
 Mexican lay mystic beatified
 Pope praises professionalism, dedication of Pontifical Swiss Guard
 Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes upcoming discussions with Pope, Curia
 Key officials named for Amazon synod
 Swiss foreign minister meets with Pope

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