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Stories for week of May 27, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 1

 Pontiff emphasizes new evangelical initiative in address to Pontifical Mission Societies
 Pope tells Chilean people he is ‘ashamed’ of abuse cover-up
 Denmak bans Islamic veil in public places
 New Vatican document offers ‘Christian perspective on sport and the human person’
 Pope pays tribute to role of athletics
 41 terrorists arrested over Indonesian church attacks
 Maronite patriarch meets with Macron, calls for repatriation of Syrian refugees
 Pope rebukes FIFA for reports of slave-labor abuses in Qatar
 Holy See diplomat weighs in on child-trafficking prevention
 Vatican pediatric hospital issues ‘Charter of the Rights of the Incurable Child’
 German Catholic hospital cannot fire remarried doctor, says EU court adviser
 World Council of Churches official sees ‘ecumenical spring’ under Pope Francis
 Pope to lead Corpus Christi procession outside Rome
 Clergy abuse victims settle with Twin Cities archdiocese for record $210M
 Pro-life advocates: UN commission decision may smooth path for international abortion ‘right’
 Resignations and appointments (5/31)

Released Thursday, May. 31

 Christian pilgrimages on hold as Israel halts Indonesian tourist visas
 Congo archdiocese suspends sacraments due to Ebola epidemic
 Pope extends term of special envoy to Medjugorje
 Chinese officials adopt 5-year plan to for “Sinicization” of Catholic Church
 Pope sending abuse investigators back to troubled Chilean diocese
 Joint Catholic-Orthodox church to be built in Ukraine
 Church building in Venezuela seized by local government group
 House Speaker Paul Ryan addresses National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
 Priest’s assignment to St. Louis parish rescinded over parent concerns
 Louisiana governor signs pro-life bill banning abortions after 15 weeks
 Honor killing in Catholic family shocks Indian state
 Hong Kong diocesan commission appeals for release of Chinese bishop
 South Korean bishop cried when Trump canceled summit with North Korea
 India: 2017 saw 20% increase in atrocities against Christians, says lawyer
 Pontifical Mission Societies prepare for 2019 ‘extraordinary missionary month’
 German couple has saved 650 stained glass windows from demolished churches
 Papal tribute to Poland’s independence
 Russian Orthodox delegation visits Pope

Released Wednesday, May. 30

 Hong Kong diocese launches campaign for release of underground Chinese bishop
 At papal audience, a Korean ‘unity’ show without North Korean participants
 Fulani herdsmen attack seminary in Nigeria
 2 more Protestant churches closed down by Algerian government
 Reject worldly patterns of behavior, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope devotes Wednesday general audience to Confirmation’s ‘seal of the Spirit’
 Resignations and appointment (5/29)
 Portugal’s parliament rejects euthanasia decriminalization
 Bolivian cardinal-designate denies rumors of a wife and children
 Leading Italian cardinal says Pope is not a Marxist, but is a critic of capitalism without ethics
 Para-police forces attack Jesuit university in Nicaragua
 Leading Russian Orthodox official says he and Pope share sense of urgency about persecuted Christians
 Cardinal Nichols, in statement on Irish referendum, affirms pro-life commitment
 Belgian bishop ‘deeply upset’ by new terrorist attack
 Death threats made against Italy’s president after he blocks populist government
 New apostolic nuncio arrives in South Korea, conveys Pope’s wishes for peace and reconciliation
 Catholic diocese parts ways with the Maine Council of Churches

Released Tuesday, May. 29

 Bulgarian Catholics worried by new religion law barring foreign help
 ‘Non-practicing Christians’ form largest religious bloc in Western Europe
 CDF prefect confirms: ordination of women is impossible, teaching is permanent
 In secular Uruguay, a populist cardinal rallies the faithful and kicks off a feud
 Peru’s cardinal-designate received death threats for speaking out against pollution
 Fulani violence against Nigeria’s Christians hits record high
 Bangladesh’s cardinal: ‘we are small in number, but we play a leading role’
 Iran: Prison doctors abuse and deny treatment to persecuted women
 US dioceses contributed over $58M to hurricane, earthquake victims
 Congo’s bishops renew call for elections
 ‘Joy is the air Christians breathe,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Vatican to release document on athletics
 Resignations and appointments (5/28)
 Papal audiences (5/28)
 Papal encouragement for Pontifical Mission Societies, prayer for missionaries
 Irish prelate calls for evangelization following referendum
 Mexico’s bishops pay tribute to cardinal on 25th anniversary of assassination
 Italian president names interim prime minister until fresh elections
 You are called to affirm the right to life, Pope tells Catholic doctors

Released Monday, May. 28

 Pope appeals for prayers for peace in Africa, pays tribute to nun martyred in Somalia
 We don’t believe in a ‘distant, indifferent entity,’ Pope says on Trinity Sunday
 Nun martyred in Somalia in 2006 is beatified in Italy
 In message to Argentine youth, Pope reflects on presence, communion, mission
 Sicilian dioceses to host papal visit in September
 Sostituto named new prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 Papal audiences (5/26)
 Macedonia, Vatican strongly linked by Saints Cyril and Methodius, prime minister tells Pope
 Bulgaria’s prime minister invites Pope Francis to visit nation
 Ecumenical Patriarch, at Vatican conference, calls for a ‘common Christian agenda for the common good’
 Pope visits school on Rome’s outskirts, meets with parents of leukemia victim
 Resignations and appointments (5/25)
 Papal audiences (5/25)
 Irish voters repeal pro-life constitutional amendment by 2-to-1 margin
 Nigeria’s Christians hold peaceful nationwide protest following murder of priests
 Libya: Dozens of refugees, migrants wounded after trying to escape horrific captivity conditions
 Colombia’s bishops, in election message, emphasize responsibility, conscience
 Pope affirms link between ethics and economics, social responsibility and profit

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