Stories for week of May 08, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 13

 Russian government pressing religious leaders to support Ukraine war
 German bishops’ leader responds to American critic of Synodal Path
 Pope lauds Catholic-Anglican dialogue
 Vatican announces that Pope Francis will visit Canada in July
 Philippine bishops warn against election protests
 Rohingya Christians seek police protection in world’s largest refugee camp
 US government finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
 Ecumenical Patriarch, in Saudi Arabia, emphasizes peacemaking, ecology
 Archbishop Roche: Vatican is preparing document on liturgical formation
 Do not interfere in China’s internal affairs, government spokesman says after Cardinal Zen’s arrest
 USCCB laments Cardinal Zen’s arrest
 Brazilian bishop forbids parishes from accepting aid from those damaging Amazon
 Italian nun elected president of superiors’ confederation

Released Thursday, May. 12

 Vatican audit finds no crime in sales of Buenos Aires archdiocesan property
 Foreigners enrich society, Pope says in annual message for World Day of Migrants
 Birth dearth is ‘real social emergency,’ Pope says
 EU financial watchdog upgrades Vatican status to ‘regular’
 Remains of 2 Iraqi martyr priests found in chapel in Nineveh Plain
 Cardinal Zen released on bail
 Wives of soldiers in Mariupol ask Pope to help save their husbands
 Cardinal Parolin warns of crisis of democracy
 Terrorists kill kidnapped priest in Nigeria
 ‘Napalm girl,’ photographer meet with Pope Francis
 Pope calls Sri Lankans to nonviolence amid social unrest
 Russian soldiers loot Catholic seminary in Ukraine
 Terrorist receives life sentence for assassination of Catholic MP
 Extreme abortion-on-demand bill fails in US Senate; ‘stop pushing abortion,’ bishops urge

Released Wednesday, May. 11

 Retirement should signal ‘a generous old age,’ Pope tells audience
 Cardinal Zen arrested
 Argentine Carmelites pledge fidelity to bishops after convent takes prelates to court
 Hungary opposes sanctions against Patriarch Kirill
 Nigeria: Gunmen abduct priest in Akwa Ibom, demand N100 million ransom
 Jordan’s king receives Path to Peace Award
 Bishops of England, Wales end dispensation from Sunday Mass obligation
 Vatican cardinal: Pope’s wheelchair use an example to older adults
 Is Ukraine’s war just? The Pope hasn’t said
 Sri Lanka cardinal laments attacks on peaceful protestors
 Archbishop decries Marcos election victory in Philippines
 Amid Supreme Court leak tensions, USCCB asks faithful to fast, pray Rosary on May 13
 ‘Friendship is the surest way to achieve unity between Christians,’ Pope tells Coptic Orthodox leader
 John Paul I’s teaching echoed ‘faith of the apostles,’ Pope Francis writes
 ‘In old age they will still bear fruit’: papal message for World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly

Released Tuesday, May. 10

 Newfoundland archdiocese could close most parishes
 Confirmed: papal trip to Lebanon postponed
 3 Houston-area parishes vandalized
 Non-religious marriages in Ireland outnumber Catholic marriages
 Listen to God in your mission, Pope tells Mercederians
 Pope to South Sudanese leaders: ‘See God in your enemies’
 700 leaders of women’s religious institutes call sisters to renewal, transformation, and inclusivity
 Cardinal reaffirms support for EU, calls on EU to accept Ukraine as member state
 Commission to revise regulations for the Curia
 Pope: Pray for peace, which is never obtained with weapons
 Nun martyred in 1990 beatified in Peru
 Be inspired by ‘great champion’ Father Matteo Ricci, Pope tells university students, faculty
 ‘Act now to stop most extreme abortion-on-demand bill ever seen,’ pro-life organization urges

Released Monday, May. 9

 Pope’s health problems endanger Lebanon trip?
 Pope huddles with leaders of Roman Curia
 Pope sends friendly note to gay Catholics
 Pope again rips liturgical traditionalists
 Ukrainian Orthodox leader appeals to Putin
 Hear and follow the Lord, our Good Shepherd, Pope tells pilgrims
 Masses disrupted in Los Angeles, New York; pro-life organization’s headquarters burned down
 ‘Do not forget the tragedy of Cabo Delgado,’ bishop pleads
 Maronite bishops demand peaceful election conditions
 Moneyval praises Holy See’s efforts against money laundering, but raises ‘red flag’
 Bishop concerned about Chinese military presence in Solomon Islands
 10 priests from Baoding’s underground church disappear in the hands of police
 Cardinal Pell questions ‘incomplete’ evidence from Becciu to Vatican court
 1st US diocesan synod results speak of need to reach youth, marginalized
 Albania’s Grand Mufti meets with Pope
 Cardinal Parolin extends Vatican’s Covid vaccine mandate

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