Stories for week of May 10, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 15

 Benedict salutes John Paul II on latter’s 100th birthday
 ‘Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee’ is theme of Pope’s annual message on migrants, refugees
 Vatican asks pontifical universities to plan to reopen in the fall with in-person instruction
 US spy chief explores cutting intelligence sharing with countries that criminalize homosexuality
 Another federal judge upholds California’s CO19 church restrictions
 In New Zealand, churches to reopen doors, but no public Masses
 Leading Venezuelan prelate laments suffering in wake of lockdown
 Philippine bishops reconsecrate country to Mary
 Cardinal Corti served the Lord ‘with exemplary dedication and delicacy of spirit,’ Pope says
 Vatican cardinal addresses virtual United Nations conference for religious leaders
 Rome’s papal basilicas plan for May 18 reopening
 Interfaith CO19 prayer initiative is not ‘religious relativism,’ Pope emphasizes
 New York judge rules against diocese, upholds Child Victims Act
 Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish leaders take part in Pope’s interfaith CO19 prayer initiative
 USCCB official sees need to build ‘Catholic response to mass incarceration’
 Pakistan: Christians, other religious minorities are denied CO19 aid

Released Thursday, May. 14

 English bishops’ adviser was gay-rights activist?
 Special papal gift to suffering Lebanon
 Muslims attack Protestant church in Pakistan
 Sacramental marriages cannot take place online, Singapore archdiocese advises
 Prime minister thanks Pope Francis for standing by the Armenian people
 Holy Land’s Christian leaders voice concern about Israel’s planned annexation of West Bank land
 Bolivia’s bishops call for ‘clean and transparent elections’
 Leading Vatican official projects 25%-45% revenue decline
 Abiding in Jesus enables us to bear great fruit, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope encourages devotion to Our Lady of Fatima
 ‘Virginia Values Act’ could make state a hotbed for LGBTQ litigation against employers
 New York governor, in executive order, extends window on Child Victims Act due to pandemic
 Employee sues Diocese of Saginaw, claiming retaliation for reporting sex-abuse complaint
 Liberian bishops warn against political repression during CO19 lockdown
 +Archbishop Manuel Vieira Pinto, 96
 US bishops express solidarity with native, indigenous communities during pandemic
 Students have a fundamental right to basic minimum education, federal appeals court rules

Released Wednesday, May. 13

 Dublin archbishop: prepare for full reopening
 Christian prayer is intimate, trusting, confident, Pope says at weekly audience
 Bishop appointed to Pakistan’s new commission on religious minorities
 Influential Jesuit journal takes critical look at China and CO19
 +Cardinal Renato Corti, 84
 Vatican to cease broadcasting Pope’s daily Mass on May 18, the day public Masses resume in Italy
 Franciscans mark 30 years at the UN
 Pope contrasts Jesus’ peace, worldly peace
 New York state legalizes commercial surrogacy
 6 Jesuit priests in Philadelphia die of CO19
 Federal judge rules all Kentucky churches can have in-person services
 Pentecostals are in a ‘spiritual war’ against CO19 in Africa—as are some political leaders
 USCCB: Urge your members of Congress to strengthen SNAP in next CO19 relief bill
 ‘Martyrs walking toward the barking dogs’: Nigerian bishop speaks out on murder of seminarian, mother
 New Catholic Bible translation approved for liturgical use in India, published in US
 Sewer cleaners wanted in Pakistan: only Christians need apply

Released Tuesday, May. 12

 Vatican employee took post with firm in suspect London real-estate deal
 English bishops criticize government plan for slow reopening
 Parishes facing financial crises in Boston archdiocese
 Moscow Patriarch lauds Russia’s World War II soldiers
 Good Samaritans who guard and preserve life: Pope pays tribute to nurses, midwives
 Supreme Court justices divided in debate over Catholic schools and ‘ministerial exception’
 EU cardinal laments nationalism, criticizes closed European borders
 Manila prelate rules out online Confession
 Public Masses resume in Estonia
 ‘Shocking and beyond our comprehension’: Indian prelate laments plight of migrants
 Church leaders alarmed over Philippine government’s shutdown of broadcast network
 Vatican diplomat weighs in on ethics and intellectual property rights
 Arkansas is allowed to require CO19 tests before abortions, federal judge rules
 Pope renews invitation to pray, fast on May 14
 The Holy Spirit helps us as we make decisions, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 We have access to the Father in Jesus through prayer: papal homily
 Pope Francis calls on EU to face panedemic’s consequences in spirit of harmony, collaboration

Released Monday, May. 11

 Papal message of support for Coptic patriarch
 Papal message of support for Coptic patriarch
 El Salvador bishops ask employers not to lay off quarantined workers
 Virginia bishop suspends priest-blogger
 Spanish cardinal faces investigation after giving public blessing
 Pope Francis: Follow the way of Jesus, not self-centeredness
 Around the world, religious orders plan for aftermath of CO19
 Nun offers prayer at White House service for National Day of Prayer
 Jesus ‘consoles in closeness, with truth and hope’: papal homily
 France, UK allow do-it-yourself abortions during CO19 crisis
 Supreme Court hears case on Mexico City policy
 Belgian Brothers of Charity fight for their name after CDF decision
 More than 12,000 Catholic churches in the US applied for PPP loans – and 9,000 got them
 Justice Department, religious-liberty groups fight for religious freedom amid CO19
 Vatican Museums set to reopen
 Arrested Catholic lawyer warns of Chinese repression in Hong Kong
 In France, outcry against government’s decision to maintain suspension of public worship
 The devil uses envy, power, and money to destroy the Church, Pope warns in homily

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Good Friday is three weeks away. The conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of his time continues to intensify as the Third Week of Lent draws to an end. In today’s gospel reading, one of the Temple scribes gives Jesus an orthodoxy check, asking him to name the greatest of the Commandments. The answer…

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