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Stories for week of June 03, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 8

 Court rejects challenge to abortion ban in Northern Ireland
 Hindu leader accuses Vatican of conspiring against India’s government
 German bishops’ spokesman decries Vatican decision on intercommunion
 Canberra archbishop says measure ‘threatens religious freedom’
 Vatican releases preparatory document for 2019 Amazon synod
 ‘Memory and hope go hand in hand,’ Pope Francis preaches at weekday Mass
 Ecological crisis is an ‘urgent concern,’ Ecumenical Patriarch emphasizes
 Schedule announced for papal visit to Bari
 ‘Big Oil’s lobbying belies talk on climate,’ Rhode Island senator tells Pope
 Pope appeals to England’s Catholics to hear the cry of human trafficking victims
 Head of world’s Jesuits thinks Pope will apologize to Canada’s indigenous
 Pope thanks father of liberation theology for ‘challenging everyone’s conscience’
 Priests in Australia’s capital to be required to break seal of Confession, report confessed child abuse
 Baltimore archdiocese permits outdoor weddings
 Ortega, bishops discuss Nicaragua violence but fail to reboot talks
 Catholic religious in Eritrea hope nation’s ruler makes peace with Ethiopia
 Missionary sees hope in Afghan Muslim clerics’ condemnation of terrorism
 Iraq’s challenges call for proactive Church, patriarch tells clergy
 American Christian who was imprisoned in North Korea discusses his ordeal
 Mauritius cardinal criticizes Muslim protesters for blocking gay pride march
 World Youth Day cross and icon to travel around United States
 Threatened Sri Lankan priest wins rights prize
 Chinese authorities demolish Way of the Cross in Henan
 Disabled man sees ‘Algerian inquisition’ against Christians

Released Thursday, Jun. 7

 Bishop welcomes Vatican peace envoy to South Sudan
 Chinese authorities target temporary churches
 Catholic Rural Life offers overview of 2018 Farm Bill
 Asceticism, exercise, doping: the Russian Orthodox Church prepares for the World Cup
 Pence backs Nicaraguan bishops’ efforts to promote democracy
 Church in Thailand calls for democratic elections
 Pope’s June prayer intention: ‘For inclusive social networks’
 Pope renews call to care for creation
 Disappointment across Northern Ireland as papal visit looks impossible
 Philippine priest survives gun attack
 Cardinal Cupich rues polarization
 Archbishop Gomez speaks of ‘pulverization of the human person,’ says there are no ‘single-issue saints’
 Abuse scandal’s total cost: over $3.3 billion since 2004
 Communio’s former managing editor to lead US bishops’ evangelization, catechesis office
 Leading Vatican diplomat speaks out against controversial health-services language in migration compact
 Vatican Secretary of State taking part in Bilderberg meeting
 UN says US must stop separating migrant children from parents

Released Wednesday, Jun. 6

 Anti-Christian violence puts India’s constitution in jeopardy, archbishop says
 Scottish bishop reminds flock: skipping Sunday Mass is serious sin
 Pope devotes general audience to Sacrament of Confirmation’s effects
 Orthodox Christian boy describes wartime in Aleppo
 We are called to follow Jesus and be His witnesses, cardinal tells ecumenical group
 We must help Islam rid itself of ‘perverted interpretations,’ Belgian prelate tells mourners
 Judge won’t delay release of 800-page report on Pennsylvania dioceses and abuse
 Vatican, 4 Protestant bodies to discuss milestone 1999 document on justification
 Japan’s bishops strongly object to retention of Shinto rituals in emperor’s abdication, enthronement
 In Vietnam, jail looms for pastor, pro-democracy activists as appeals fail
 In Bangladesh, Church fights to reclaim land taken by Buddhist monk
 Underground Protestant church shut down for remembering Tiananmen
 Gaza parish priest talks about living with fear and uncertainty
 Catholic University of America board approves much-debated academic renewal plan
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Robert F. Kennedy

Released Tuesday, Jun. 5

 Papal condolences for Guatemala volcano victims
 Vatican congregation denies protecting convicted founder of Peruvian movement
 Congo bishops threaten suit after mayor breaks into diocesan building
 Cardinal Marx ‘surprised’ by CDF letter on German bishops’ proposal for intercommunion
 Fulani herdsmen attack another Nigerian village, killing 7
 Pakistan: Christians told they can’t have a church in Muslim-majority village
 Prelates welcome Supreme Court decision on wedding-cake baker
 Don’t separate families arriving at US-Mexico border, prelate tells Trump administration
 Spanish bishops ‘ready to cooperate’ with new prime minister
 Media are ignoring massacres in Central African Republic, priest charges
 Nicaragua: parish priests stand with youth protesters as government repression continues
 India’s bishops support strike by desperate farmers
 Cardinal Zen leads prayer for Tiananmen Square victims
 Christ prepares a place and a meal, Pope preaches at Corpus Christi Mass
 Leading Vatican diplomat emphasizes parents’ importance

Released Monday, Jun. 4

 Papal adviser named to head major Argentine archdiocese
 Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando y Bravo, who clashed with Sandinistas, dead at 92
 Polish prime minister meets with Pontiff
 Pope encourages reliable journalism
 Pope encourages Catholic-Lutheran cooperation
 Supreme Court backs Colorado baker in same-sex wedding case
 German cardinal: intercommunion debate ‘goes straight to the heart’
 Vatican blocks German bishops’ proposal for intercommunion
 Administrator of Australian archdiocese named following archbishop’s conviction
 Pope Francis appeals for peace in Nicaragua
 Italian sister beatified
 The Eucharist is a school of sacrificial love, Pope tells pilgrims
 2nd group of Chilean abuse victims meets with Pope
 Offer care with Christian tenderness, Pope tells members of muscular dystrophy association
 Resignations and appointments (6/2)
 Uniatism as a path to Christian unity is ‘over,’ Pope tells Russian Orthodox delegation
 Papal audiences (6/2)
 Pope Francis calls for renewal of Pontifical Mission Societies
 Resignations and appointments (6/1)
 Papal audiences (6/1)
 Cardinal explains significance of new Vatican document on athletics
 Taiwan: retired archbishop denounces HIV/AIDS group

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