Stories for week of June 14, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 19

 YouTube Censors Heritage Foundation Video on Gender Dysphoria
 Egypt: provincial officials encourage Christian pilgrimages
 Catholic priest protests requirement for Islamic study in universities
 Tennessee legislature passes fetal heartbeat bill, ban on abortions for Down syndrome
 Vatican spokesman defends Nostra Aetate
 Black Catholic leaders say more integration in the Church is possible
 War continues between US and UN over abortion promotion in CO19 response
 Turkey’s Catholic bishops won’t contest plan to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque
 ‘We are with you’: US bishops welcome Supreme Court DACA decision, urge president to uphold the program
 Cathedral loses land as China pushes small businesses
 Battle rages over India’s 1st Catholic TV channel
 Caritas calls on Europe to welcome people seeking protection
 Philippine bishops ask government to help private schools
 Nigerian bishop warns of threat of hunger
 ‘Contemplate with gratitude the great gift Jesus has given us,’ prelate advises priests
 Holy See to sign accord limiting hydrofluorocarbons
 Vatican announces new document, ‘Journeying for the care of the common home’

Released Thursday, Jun. 18

 College chaplain ousted for questioning ‘racist’ claims
 Benedict flies to Germany to visit failing brother
 USCCB invites faithful to take practical steps to eradicate racism
 Supreme Court LGBT decision puts pressure on religious employers, employees
 CO19 is killing Catholic schools and hurting the minorities who attend them, columnist writes
 Islamic extremists attack 3 towns in Nigeria
 Pope Francis: Discover the riches hidden in the Sacred Heart of Jesus
 Study lists highest, lowest CO19 rates by diocese
 New US sanctions against Syria are a ‘diabolical act,’ archbishop says
 Vatican financial authority, auditor general pledge to increase cooperation
 Zambian bishops renew calls for withdrawal of controversial bill
 Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witness to jail for ‘building world theocratic state’
 Federal appeals court upholds Illinois CO19 restrictions on worship services
 Affirming the dignity of others is just as important as feeding them, Caritas leader says
 Pakistan: in prison on blasphemy charges, Christian man sees appeal hearing postponed nearly 70 times
 In video message, Pope offers encouragement to maritime workers

Released Wednesday, Jun. 17

 Supreme Court stays Texas execution, denial of chaplain at issue
 Pope honors WWII diplomat who saved Jewish lives
 Trappist nuns: The Syrian people are starving as a result of ‘unsustainable’ international sanctions
 Dutch physician says killing of dementia patient ‘was tremendously difficult, but for the best’
 Pope reflects on Moses’ intercessory prayer
 Catholics fearful about looming Chinese restrictions on Hong Kong
 In Colombia, the Church has fed more than 1.5 million people during pandemic
 Over 70 US bishops have issued statements on death of George Floyd
 ‘Huge disappointment’ as UK House of Lords backs Northern Ireland abortion regulations
 After 22 years, Cardinal Schönborn steps down as Austrian bishops’ conference president
 Church leaders urge scientists to develop ethical CO19 vaccine
 In Pakistan, Church officials protest discriminatory job advertisement
 Vatican frees broker as details emerge of costly London deal
 6th Circuit ‘right-to-public-education’ appeal dismissed
 1st church built on state-owned land in Havana is almost a reality

Released Tuesday, Jun. 16

 Another New York diocese weighs bankruptcy option
 Members appointed to new pontifical commission on health care
 Attempted arson against Rennes Cathedral
 ‘Feel the pain,’ Lebanese cardinal-patriarch tells government as poverty rises
 Indian bishop seeks approval to enter life of prayer as a hermit
 ‘A Church without martyrs would be like a tree without fruit,’ Chaldean archbishop says
 Leading Australian prelate weighs in on leaked Church governance report
 Cardinal Nichols, Anglican leader oppose annexation of West Bank territory
 Vatican cardinal gives masks, medicine, gloves to 600 in itinerants’ camp
 Pandemic highlights need for new solutions to counter corruption, Vatican diplomat says
 Pope appeals for peace in Libya, praises blood donors
 The violence in Nigeria could end in genocide, Anglican leader warns
 Chinese Communists’ nod for bishop deepens division
 CO19 has brought us back to the core of our faith, Jerusalem archbishop says
 USCCB president rues Supreme Court decision on ‘sexual orientation’ and transgender status

Released Monday, Jun. 15

 Priests join suit against New York officials for selective enforcement of lockdown
 Accused bishop resumes work at Vatican financial office
 New official appointed to APSA, Vatican financial office
 National Shrine rector cleared of abuse charges
 Composer David Haas faces multiple abuse complaints
 Jerusalem Patriarchate selling property to address budget deficit
 Russian court rules against return to church to Catholic faithful
 Irish bishops discuss CO19, racism, and Pontifical Irish College
 Women appointed to leadership positions at Vatican library, financial authority
 UK man dies after court approved his starvation while in coma after surgery
 Argentine bishops strongly condemn illegal espionage against clerics, others
 God gave us the Bible and the book of creation, NIH director says
 Colombian bishops concerned about threats against social leaders
 Detroit archbishop denounces ‘racist and derogatory speech’ about Archbishop Gregory
 No criminal sex abuse charges for former Wyoming bishop, but successor praises ‘courageous’ victims
 ‘Stretch forth your hand to the poor,’ papal message urges
 St. Paul highlights the Eucharist’s mystical and communal effects, Pope tells pilgrims
 The Mass heals our memory, Pope preaches at Corpus Christi Mass
 Federal court upholds Nevada CO19 restrictions on worship services
 US bishops applaud HHS rule on ‘gender identity,’ ‘termination of pregnancy,’ and sex discrimination

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