Stories for week of June 12, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 17

 Italian parish holds ‘Mass of Thanksgiving’ for same-sex union
 GOP lawmakers urge action against attacks on pro-life centers
 Belief in God declining in America
 Pope says Buddhists, Christians should work together
 Pelosi affirms Catholicism, support for abotion
 Ukraine’s Donetsk bishop: ‘We stay with our people, even as bombs fall’
 Myanmar army burns down Catholic church
 NATO leader dismisses Pope’s comments on Ukraine
 Poland: 10 nuns beatified, martyrs of wartime violence
 California bishops oppose move to ‘enshrine’ abortion in state constitution
 Cardinal Gambetti on Corpus Christi: ‘Give of yourselves like Jesus did’
 US abortions increase by nearly 70,000 in 3 years, reversing long-term decline
 Synagogue sues Florida, saying abortion restrictions violate religious freedom
 Sexual abuse in focus as leading Slovenian bishops visit Vatican
 New Franciscan superior in Germany is openly gay, backs women’s ordination
 Kenyan bishops express alarm at potential for election fraud

Released Thursday, Jun. 16

 British government sanctions Moscow Patriarch for supporting war
 Top Vatican liturgical officer laments ‘quite serious’ resistance to liturgical changes
 Abortion zealots announce ‘open season’ on pro-life centers
 Belgian bishop declines red hat
 Peter’s Pence collection rises, but expenditures outpace revenue
 Massachusetts bishop: Jesuit school cannot call itself Catholic
 Historic Canadian cathedral basilica sold for $3M
 Texas pastor elected Southern Baptist president
 Canadian cabinet member: Pope’s health an ‘extreme concern’ but trip unchanged
 Speak out against Israeli extremist groups, Jerusalem Christian leaders urge President Biden
 Head of UN’s disarmament office meets with Pontiff
 Pope: Remember those suffering in Ukraine and pray for them
 DR Congo’s government ‘firmly awaits’ Pope’s visit
 Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation
 UK court orders life support removed from 12-year-old; family vows to appeal
 USCCB: ‘Ask Congress to provide a permanent solution for Dreamers’
 US bishops’ domestic policy chairman commends congressional efforts to address gun vviolence
 Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Egyptian government sign environmental protection protocol
 More than 400 Ukrainian Orthodox parishes have left Moscow Patriarchate
 Ecumenical Patriarchate holds ecological summit; participants see ‘decisive turning point’

Released Wednesday, Jun. 15

 Pope requires Vatican approval for new lay associations
 Elderly should serve and be served, Pope tells audience
 Priest killed in Tanzania
 Bolivian bishops: include religion question in next census
 Vatican foreign minister emphasizes respecting Ukraine’s territorial integrity
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores Russian torture of civilians
 Archbishop of Canterbury lectures African Anglican primates on poverty, environment
 Vatican announces international summit on sports and inclusion
 At least 50 civilians killed in suspected jihadist raid on Burkina Faso village
 Bishop chairmen plead for peace as attacks on pro-life organizations mount
 New Philippine President Marcos ready to work closely with Church, nuncio says
 Australian archbishop criticized for article on ‘modern green religion’
 Pope’s approval rating falls to 52% in Argentina

Released Tuesday, Jun. 14

 Pope attacks efforts at ‘restoration’ in Church
 Pope rips ‘senselessness of war,’ damaging effects on the poor
 American Jesuit to be rector of Gregorian University
 Report finds 196 clerics abused minors in German diocese
 Pope Francis steps in to appoint new Order of Malta leader
 Religious lament decay of democracy and the social fabric in Latin America and the Caribbean
 #ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
 Pope plans July Mass for Congolese in St. Peter’s Basilica
 Myanmar’s bishops call for prayer, action to address political crisis
 Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes papal comment on war
 Spanish official presses Pope on cooperation with government’s abuse inquiry
 8 abuse survivors meet with Pope
 Chile’s new ambassador to the Vatican meets Pope Francis
 Despite ‘steady trend of improvement,’ Vatican finance inspector files 104 suspicious activity reports
 ‘The apostle is not a manager,’ Pope tells Missionaries of Africa
 Pope decries scourge of child labor

Released Monday, Jun. 13

 Indian bishop, acquitted of rape charge, awaits Vatican move
 Pope will not celebrate Corpus Christi Mass
 New study finds higher youth-suicide rates after sex-change procedures
 Nigerian bishop chides Irish president: massacre not caused by climate change
 USCCB president marks 20th anniversary of ‘Dallas charter’
 Church leaders: Culture of Life means working to end gun violence
 Holocaust memorial chairman thanks Pope for opening archives
 German seminary rector found dead following abuse allegations
 Israel’s top court upholds sale in Jerusalem’s Christian quarter to Jewish organization
 Pope Francis cancels trip to Congo and South Sudan over health issues
 In address to Catholic family federation, Pope decries pornography, surrogacy
 Papal encouragement for ‘Long Night of the Churches’
 Von der Leyen and Pope discuss war in Ukraine
 Pope appoints San Diego auxiliary to replace Bishop Olmsted in Phoenix, in significant shift

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