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Stories for week of June 10, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 15

 Unanswered questions on cause for Archbishop Sheen’s beatification
 Australian priests still bound by confessional seal, bishop says
 Guam archbishop appeals Vatican guilty verdict on abuse charges
 500 British priests sign statement of support for Humanae Vitae
 Belarus says no to foreign Catholic and Orthodox priests
 Worldwide drop in numbers of priests, seminarians
 Philippine police arrest suspect in priest’s killing
 4 Protestants arrested for ‘forced conversions’ in India
 Maryknoll missionary sees new atmosphere of peace in Korea
 US slaps down abortion language at G7 negotiations
 Myanmar’s cardinal defends Aung San Suu Kyi
 Uganda’s bishops lament rise in violence
 Chaldean patriarch takes part in dinner for end of Ramadan
 Exploiting women is a sin against God, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to the Vatican
 Nuncio calls on US bishops to listen to youth, Hispanics, Pope’s teaching on holiness
 US bishops hear updates on Latino Catholics, migrants, synod, World Youth Day
 USCCB president appoints 3 new members of National Review Board
 Vatican Secretary of State speaks on migration, emphasizes ‘primary right’ to remain in home country
 Argentina’s bishops lament lower house’s vote to legalize abortion
 Nicaragua: opposition, with backing of archdiocese, stages general strike

Released Thursday, Jun. 14

 Worldwide ‘generation gap’ shows young people less religious
 Irish bishops’ pregnancy-help center closing
 Irish physicians’ group says doctors favor ‘conscience clause’ on abortion referrals
 US bishops denounce Trump immigration policies, weigh responses
 Chile: police raid bishops’ offices in sex-abuse probe
 Nicaraguan cardinal renews criticism of government repression
 Austria’s bishops: protect both citizens and migrants
 American Medical Association decides not to reaffirm its longstanding opposition to assisted suicide
 Australia’s prime minister to deliver national apology to child sexual abuse survivors
 Vatican team returns to Chile to ‘ask forgiveness’ for clergy sex abuse
 Pope Francis: ‘Christian witness is being salt, light’
 ‘Jesus desires reconciliation,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Cardinal denounces attorney general’s decision not to grant asylum to domestic violence victims
 Pope calls on astrophysicists ‘never to stop at a complacent agnosticism’
 ‘This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him’ is theme of Pope’s Message for World Day of the Poor
 Migrants are persons, not numbers or threats, Pope says in message
 Holy Land’s Catholic leaders see Ramadan as opportunity to foster dialogue with Muslims
 Spanish cardinal says his diocese will aid 200 rescued refugees
 Positive Vatican newspaper coverage of Trump-Kim summit

Released Wednesday, Jun. 13

 All Irish hospitals will be required to provide abortions
 Council of Cardinals finishes draft for reorganization of Roman Curia
 Australian archbishop: bid to break confessional seal is ‘premature and ill-judged’
 Nuncio ‘full of hope and confidence’ following ‘truly historic’ Kim-Trump summit
 Pope Francis begins new series of general audiences on the commandments
 Papal foundation weighs proposals for funding development projects in Latin America
 DR Congo: lay Catholics call for full light to be shed on the death of a civil rights activist
 Pope hopes FIFA World Cup will be an occasion of dialogue and encounter
 Chaldean Patriarch calls for greater Christian political unity in Iraq
 Nicaraguan bishop urges people to stay inside as violence increases
 Leading Italian prelate calls on other EU nations to join Italy in assisting migrants, refugees
 Vatican newspaper op-ed analyzes ‘new severity’ toward sexual abuse of women, children
 Bangladesh: priest thought to be kidnapping victim is accused of relations with women, girl
 Missionaries: patience needed in evangelizing Japan
 Faisalabad mayor pays pensions of Christian sanitation workers after 6 months of waiting
 Maronite Patriarch against naturalization decree that benefits ‘dodgy’ immigrants
 God has listened to our prayers for reconciliation, Korean cardinal says following Kim-Trump summit

Released Tuesday, Jun. 12

 Filipino prelates say Duterte’s rhetoric feeds violence against Church
 Australian attorney general backs law to break confessional seal
 Hong Kong prepares to welcome thousands of young people for international Taizé pilgrimage
 Crimean parish, confiscated in 1936, given back to Church
 Pence will attend Southern Baptist Convention meeting amid turmoil over gender
 Never forget the Holocaust, Pope says in message
 The Holy Spirit is the ‘protagonist of evangelization,’ Pope preaches during weekday Mass
 Nigerian cardinal calls for negotiations with terrorists
 Benedictine monastery in New Mexico attracts numerous vocations
 Sant’Egidio Community, Jesuit Refugee Services criticize refusal to accept rescued refugees
 Irish referendum vote: a ‘wake up call’
 Vatican newspaper op-ed: it’s unlikely Trump-Kim summit will lead to immediate results
 Catholics seek bigger impact in Indonesian politics
 Bishop speaks out against special Chinese economic zones in Vietnam
 Singapore archbishop prays for peace on eve of Kim-Trump summit
 Prepare ‘spiritually and materially’ to evangelize North Korea, bishop urges fellow South Koreans
 More attacks against Catholic schools feared as new school year starts in Madhya Pradesh
 Vote on revised medical directives on tap at US bishops’ spring assembly

Released Monday, Jun. 11

 Cardinal Dolan rejects Jesuit’s call to downplay abortion issue
 Council of Cardinals holding 25th meeting
 Polish bishops’ issue careful guidelines for Amoris Laetitia
 Abortion linked to mental-health problems in women
 Gay identity ‘reduces the whole wealth of the human being’—Cardinal Müller
 Top New York court orders Archbishop Sheen’s remains moved to Peoria
 Priest shot and killed in Philippines
 Father Martin to speak at World Meeting of Families
 Schedule announced for Pope’s visit to Ireland
 Pope accepts resignation of Chile’s Bishop Barros
 Religious community’s foundress beatified in France
 Papal appeal for US-North Korea summit
 Jesus faced misunderstanding from scribes and relatives, Pope says in Angelus address
 Former Vatican diplomat in Washington indicted on child pornography charge
 Young Italian pilgrims speak with Pope on phone
 ‘God’s love has no need for words, but for concrete gestures,’ Pope preaches on Feast of Sacred Heart
 Congressman, former National Security Advisor call on Vice President Pence to help Iraq’s Christians
 Colorado cake artist: ‘The Supreme Court let me live my faith again’
 Pope Francis calls for transition to clean energy
 4 sainthood causes advance
 Pro-life leaders respond to new Title X rule
 Chicago archdiocese creates new violence prevention program
 More annulment processes done for free, Vatican statistics show
 Ecumenical initiative seeks to ‘reclaim Jesus’ from US politics
 California appellate court upholds ruling against physician-assisted suicide
 Astronauts give Pope personalized space suit, add white cape
 Vatican officials summarize Amazon synod document, discuss upcoming steps

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