Stories for week of May 15, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 20

 US Vatican ambassador: World is looking to Pope Francis to help end Ukraine war
 Italy’s Catholic Church at crossroads over sexual abuse investigation
 Seek unity amid persecution, Vatican cardinal tells Middle Eastern Christians
 Egypt hands down death sentence for priest’s murder
 USCCB welcomes Biden administration’s renewed engagement with Cuba
 At massacre site, Salvadoran cardinal condemns vengeance, exalts peace
 Nicaragua bishops vow to fight ‘social structures of sin’ as government crackdown grows
 To bear fruit, be true to your roots, Pope tells Romanian seminarians
 Argentine governor meets with Pope
 At conference involving Church leaders and police, Pope condemns human trafficking
 Editors of 10 Jesuit magazines meet with Pope
 Rethink development models and inspire community service, Pope tells university rectors
 Holy See is ‘completely committed’ to Ukraine’s territorial integrity, Vatican foreign minister says
 Papal encouragement for Pontifical Gregorian University’s psychology institute
 Holy See continues to work for peaceful solutions to conflicts, Pope tells new ambassadors

Released Thursday, May. 19

 Israeli occupation, not Islamic ideology, blamed for violence in Holy Land
 Chicago archdiocese settles abuse suit for $1.2M
 Vatican Secretary of State launches Catholic app for military personnel
 Becciu: Pope ordered firing of auditor
 Look at suffering, sickness with the eyes of Jesus, Pope tells Camillians
 ‘Politics is encounter, reflection, action,’ Pope tells Chemin Neuf’s political fraternity
 Pope authorizes non-clerics to be major superiors in certain cases
 Papal condolences following death of United Arab Emirates leader
 French archbishop takes on role of parish priest
 Moscow Patriarch rips Ecumenical Patriarch, calls on belligerents in war to avoid killing civilians
 ‘We are here to assure you that we stand with you’: leading Polish bishops visit Ukraine
 Pope: Like St. Charles de Foucauld, return to the essentials of Jesus and charity

Released Wednesday, May. 18

 Indian governor signs anti-conversion law
 Pope speaks on Book of Job, ‘tenacity for awaiting God’
 Santa Fe archdiocese reaches settlement in bankruptcy case
 Jimmy Lai faces new indictment, possible life sentence, in Hong Kong
 Top Vatican diplomat visiting Ukraine
 New Prague archbishop seen as transitional
 ‘No Vatican tears for Cardinal Joseph Zen,’ Hong Kong columnist writes
 Communion restored between Serbian, Macedonian Orthodox churches
 Papal approval for international character of Scholas Occurrentes
 Canadian archbishop, Cowessess chief seek new ways of ‘walking together’
 To be a teacher is to live a mission, Pope tells Filippini Sisters
 Pope expresses closeness to people with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
 The Church is a ‘field hospital for vulnerable,’ Pope tells French organization
 Tackle poverty to protect children from child labor: papal message
 Pope will preside at Pentecost Mass, Vatican announces
 Ukrainians ‘have made the Bible come alive’ for world, says archbishop
 Follow Pauline Jaricot’s example, Pope tells Pontifical Mission Societies

Released Tuesday, May. 17

 Former German diocesan leader forsakes Catholicism
 Vatican cardinal lauds late Cardinal Martini as a ‘prophet’
 Cardinal Parolin: reform of Curia fulfills major aim of pontificate
 Pope encourages French youth to build on the heritage of holiness
 Bishop pays tribute to tolerance of late Emirates leader
 Arrest of ‘stubborn about justice’ Cardinal Zen divides Hong Kong’s Catholics
 Federal court blocks Alabama law against gender ‘transitioning medications’
 The past should be source of inspiration, not the destination, Pope tells moral theologians
 Vatican envoy, local Church leaders slam Israeli police’s use of force at reporter’s funeral
 Caritas says it has assisted nearly 1.5 million displaced Ukrainians
 Pope to aviators: ‘May the skies always only be skies of peace’
 Vatican no. 2 says giving Ukraine weapons legitimate, with conditions
 Cathedral attacked in Nigeria after arrests over ‘blasphemy’ killing
 US bishops call for ‘honest dialogue’ on racism following shootings

Released Monday, May. 16

 Louisiana high court upholds pastor’s appeal against Covid restrictions
 Pope urges educators to respond to global crisis
 Vandals plague Brussels basilica
 New Jersey’s bishops slam governor’s latest abortion plan
 Ecumenical Patriarch recognizes Macedonian Orthodox Church in surprise move
 Vatican’s ‘foreign minister’ says Ukraine has right to defend itself, receive foreign weapons
 Pope’s planned tour of Canada draws mixed reactions from Indigenous leaders
 Vatican repeats offers to mediate as war enflames religious divisions
 Bishop condemns ‘abhorrently evil’ slaying of 10 at Buffalo supermarket
 Chilean bishop facing misconduct, abuse allegations leaves country
 Asian bishops’ leader condemns Cardinal Zen’s arrest, decries crackdown in Hong Kong
 Pelosi condemns arrest of Cardinal Zen; Chinese government pushes back
 Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 new saints
 1 killed, several wounded in California church shooting

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