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Stories for week of June 09, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 14

 Cardinal Parolin celebrates 25th anniversary of diplmatic relations with Israel
 Climate change threatens humanity, Pope says
 India: police raid Jesuit’s residence
 Sex-abuse accusations grow against Catholic clergy in Poland
 Judicial nominee withdraws after GOP senators accuse him of anti-Catholic bias
 Myanmar bishops see massive dam as ‘harbinger of catastrophe’
 Philippine bishops decry China’s ‘continuous bullying’
 Cardinal Zen: The Hong Kong government is driving young people to despair
 In Sri Lanka, St Anthony’s Shrine reopens after the Easter Sunday attack
 Indifference, tensions within Church: topics of Pope’s discussion with Romanian Jesuits
 Church must use social media to bring ‘nones’ back, Bishop Barron says
 Texas bishop calls for stronger defense of dignity of immigrants
 Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West
 Illinois governor signs bill legalizing abortions up to birth
 Sports are a cause of joy and school of values, Pope tells ice-skating competition leaders
 Thanking pilgrims, Pope praises nobility of Panamanian people
 Pope offers ‘decalogue for nuncios’
 ‘The hope of the poor shall not perish for ever’: theme of Pope’s message for World Day of the Poor
 US bishops vote in favor of bishop accountability measures
 Bishops approve revision of US Catechism’s teaching on death penalty
 US bishops lend support to sainthood cause of Michigan stigmatic

Released Thursday, Jun. 13

 Botswana’s high court declares law against homosexual relations unconstitutional
 2 Indian priests get bail in Syro-Malabar forgery case
 Tearful Hong Kong bishop offers Mass after police fire on protesters
 In Bangladesh, Buddhist monk seizes land from archdiocese
 Indonesian bishops meet with Pope Francis
 US bishops approve 3rd-party reporting system for allegations against bishops
 Retired Wyoming bishop likely to face Vatican trial for multiple acts of abuse
 Vatican diplomat calls for UN action plan to protect religious sites
 Read the Church Fathers in an unprejudiced way, cardinal says in message to Orthodox conference
 Russian Orthodox official accuses Ecumenical Patriarch of adopting political ‘logic of schismatics’
 Pope blesses torch for 2019 university games
 Kosovo’s prime minister asks Holy See for diplomatic recognition
 Vatican hosts conference on energy transition and care for our common home
 Pope Francis praises Poland’s march for life, recalls St. Anthony
 ‘Become joyful and courageous ambassadors,’ Cardinal Parolin tells apostolic nuncios
 USCCB approves provisional strategic priorities, document on deacons
 3 new members appointed to National Review Board
 US bishops’ committee chairman welcomes new Vatican document on gender theory

Released Wednesday, Jun. 12

 Nicaraguan Church leaders welcome release of political prisoners
 Mass scheduled at Notre Dame for first time since fire
 India: Bishop’s body exhumed after murder claim
 Large decline in Christian population reported in West Bank towns
 Cardinal reports ‘great joy and emotion’ in Iraq following Pope’s announcement of desire to visit
 Lutherans in US beginning ‘60-day journey toward justice in a culture of gun violence’
 Former State Department employee suspected of leaking to harm Trump administration’s pro-life position
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘He was added to the 11 Apostles’
 Father Tolton declared venerable; 7 other beatification causes advance
 Pope prays for New Horizons community on 25th anniversary
 Religious health groups draw members, scrutiny
 Prelate praises American Medical Association for affirming opposition to assisted suicide
 Mexican bishops criticize US-Mexico immigration agreement
 Americans see Catholic clergy sex abuse as an ongoing problem
 New England Jesuits, Order of Malta, Fairfield University, others liable in $60M Haitian orphanage abuse settlement
 ‘Serve others freely, as God freely loves you,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Nigerian prelate warns against fostering division, hatred on social media
 Apostolic nuncio, in message to US bishops, defends November tabling of abuse votes, calls for unified response to scandal
 Vatican bank reports decreased profits in 2018
 Review board chairman rues US bishops’ failure to prod Holy See on McCarrick, calls for rejection of ‘metropolitan option’

Released Tuesday, Jun. 11

 Bavarian state government orders cross displayed on government buildings
 Israel court decision ends battle over historic Orthodox property in Jerusalem
 New head of Knights of Malta bans traditional Mass
 Top clerics reassigned in troubled West Virginia diocese
 African religious leaders condemn brutal suppression of protests in Sudan
 Hong Kong diocese backs protestors’ demand to halt extradition bill
 Australians consider treatment of aboriginals and refugees
 In northern Nigeria, Muslims and Christians take small steps toward reconciliation
 Legal dispute ends: Archbishop Sheen’s remains will be transferred to Peoria
 Pope, prelates recall late Cardinal Sgreccia’s defense of human life
 Brazil’s Catholics, Protestants pray for Christian unity, reflect on justice
 In Sri Lanka, Indian Prime Minister Modi pays tribute to the victims of Easter terror
 Cardinal Bo: 60 years of dictatorship, armed conflict have ‘mutilated’ Myanmar
 Polish priest in stable condition after being stabbed before Mass
 Spain: Unfinished Gaudí church gets permit after 137 years
 Crusading bloggers expose abuse in Protestant churches
 Papal encouragement for British, Irish bishops’ initiative against domestic abuse
 In Italy, biodiversity is theme of day of prayer for creation
 Be available and ‘bring the message and presence of Christ’ to others, Pope tells airport chaplains
 Pope convenes 4-day meeting for Vatican diplomats
 Review board chairman calls on bishops to release files on abusive priests, ‘once and for all’

Released Monday, Jun. 10

 Prelates affirm key Church teachings, cite widespread ‘doctrinal confusion’
 China bars public funeral for ‘underground’ Catholic bishop
 Haiti’s bishops decry ‘organized robbery’ via government corruption
 Costa Rica weighs legislation to break confessional seal in abuse cases
 Pope hopes to visit Iraq next year
 Bishop promoted by Pope Francis now faces abuse charges in Argentina
 New Vatican document rejects gender theory
 Archbishop Vigano, in new interview, says Pope is ‘blatantly lying’
 Sex abuse crisis tops agenda as Southern Baptists convene
 Addressing Charis, Pope inaugurates ‘new stage’ of Catholic charismatic renewal
 ‘Allow the Spirit to help us hear the cry of the city,’ Pope says at Pentecost Vigil Mass
 In video message, Pope thanks Catholic educators
 Pope encourages prayer for Sudan
 ‘Baptized and sent’ is theme of Pope’s message for World Mission Sunday
 The Holy Spirit brings rejuvenates the disciples and brings harmony, Pope preaches on Pentecost Sunday
 ‘Christians are committed to fostering culture of peace,’ Vatican cardinal says at D-Day Mass
 15th-century hermit beatified in Kraków
 Pope calls for conversion of minds, hearts so that integral ecology ‘can become ever more a priority’
 In France, over 3,000 mark 600th anniversary of death of St. Vincent Ferrer
 Continuing reorganization of Vatican City State, Pope names 3 officials
 Oregon environmental scientist named to pontifical academy
 Vatican hosts conference for airport chaplains
 Accountability for bishops in response to abuse crisis tops agenda of US bishops’ meeting
 US prelate offers condolences, solidarity to Church in Burkina Faso
 Video released for Pope’s monthly prayer intention

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