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Stories for week of June 16, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 21

 3 priests accused of abuse file suit against Texas diocese
 Global Christian persecution is worsening while American churches slumber, says Open Doors leader
 In Pakistan, discrimination turns violent for a Catholic teenager
 US Secretary of State honors Italian nun for efforts against human trafficking
 Jharkhand’s government calls for federal probe of use of funds by Missionaries of Charity
 Vatican official praises Catholic media for coverage of sex abuse crisis
 In Tamil Nadu, Protestant evangelists arrested for ‘disturbing public peace’
 Young Russian Orthodox priests greet Pope, meet with curial officials
 In flurry of opinions, Supreme Court allows Bladensburg cross to remain on public land
 Priest arrested for murder in Mexico City
 House of Representatives passes spending bill that would overturn pro-life policies
 Mexican bishops deplore torture, murder of 2 college students
 Boko Haram threatens Christians in Niger
 ‘Welcome Christ in refugees,’ Peruvian bishops urge
 South African archbishop calls for action to help youth with HIV/AIDS
 Utah governor meets with Pope

Released Thursday, Jun. 20

 Indianapolis archdiocese: Jesuit school no longer considered Catholic
 One year after McCarrick scandal: a recap of developments
 Abuse victim declines settlement, pursues legal case against Buffalo diocese
 Cardinal Ranjith weeps, recalling bomb victims in Sri Lanka
 Inquiry faults English cardinal, archdiocese on handling of abuse charges
 Scottish bishops authorize independent abuse audit of each diocese
  Burkina Faso and Niger bishops: ‘For years, we have been in the grip of terrorism’
 Venezuelan bishops lament rise in human trafficking
 Archbishop Scicluna defends St. John Paul II’s record on abuse
 Coptic Orthodox patriarch meets with Pope Francis
 There is ‘an Islam that wants to dialogue,’ Vatican spokesman says
 Charitable giving by individual Americans dropped in 2018
 Congressman warns of ‘pro-abortion legislation on steroids’
 US military archbishop calls for de-escalation of conflict with Iran
 Burundi’s bishops caution that political intolerance poses threats
 Philippine bishops slam Duterte’s reaction to fishing boat sinking
 Kerala bishops’ protest fails to change cartoon award
 Hong Kong’s Cardinal Tong renews request for withdrawal of controversial extradition law
 Family of kidnapped Christian in Egypt: ‘We fear torture and savage death’
 Number of refugees, other displaced persons tops 70 million
 Archbishop Viganò, in new interview, discusses Bishop Bransfield and the ‘gay mafia’
 Pope recalls Corpus Christi, St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Released Wednesday, Jun. 19

 Vatican official speaks to FAO on eliminating poverty
 Vatican prefect visiting Eastern churches in US
 Papal audience: Church born in ‘fire of love’ at Pentecost
 Kidnapped priest released, but violence continues in northern Nigeria
 Capuchins choose lay brother as provincial
 California bishops issue pastoral statement on ecology, explore divestment from fossil fuels
 Media has helped Church on abuse, apostolic nuncio in Mexico says
 Canonical trial begins for Italian priest accused of breaking confession seal
 Father Rosica resigns from Canadian Catholic media network after plagiarism scandal
 Catholic health centers shut by Eritrean government
 Calls for ‘safeguarding revamp’ of Catholic Church in Scotland in wake of abuse scandals
 China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong members, expert panel finds
 Vatican cardinal calls on Catholic charismatic renewal to share Catholic faith, foster Christian unity
 Church, rights groups demand justice for slain Filipino activists
 Amazon bishops’ network decries murder of rural union leader
 In Mexico, 26 churches are desecrated per month
 Violence has reached terrifying levels in Colombian city, bishop says
 Leading EU prelate sees ecological conversion as a ‘matter of life and death’
 Ousted Islamist Morsi’s rule was ‘catastrophic,’ priest says upon former Egyptian leader’s death

Released Tuesday, Jun. 18

 ‘Underground’ Chinese bishop: better persecution than join Patriotic Association
 Vatican denies former Pope Benedict suffered stroke
 Suspicious fire in church outside Paris
 High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake
 Bishop to remain with Hong Kong protesters ‘no matter how long they stay’
 Victoria’s bishops declare they will not cooperate with euthanasia
 Quebec government passes Canada’s strictest secularism bill
 Pakistani Christians welcome government’s curricular reform of Islamic schools
 Congo bishops warn of spread of Islamic State
 Mexican bishops reaffirm commitment to building peace following catechist’s murder
 Worshippers don hard hats for first Notre-Dame Mass since devastating fire
 Say things ‘with proximity,’ expressing tenderness, Pope advises Spanish Internet apostolate
 2 Christian men accused of ‘forced conversions’ in Haryana are released
 Maronite bishops warn that the Middle East is losing its Christians
 Oslo bishop laments exploitation of au pairs
 In Niger, protesters set fire to Christian church
 Pope praises inclusivity, ‘healthy disorder’ of Jesuit educational federation
 Themes of Amazon synod’s working document: ‘the voice of Amazonia,’ integral ecology, prophetic Church

Released Monday, Jun. 17

 Pope lauds Franciscan embrace of ‘minority’
 Small donors—many American—paying for restoration work at Notre Dame
 Sri Lankan government establishes council to promote religious harmony
 Vietnamese bishops ask restraints on healing liturgies
 New renovations planned at Church of the Holy Sepulcher
 Christian archeological site opens in United Arab Emirates
 Synod of Bishops to discuss married priests for areas of Amazon region
 5 years after death sentence, Pakistani court to hear Christian couple’s appeal
 Cardinal Tong asks for prayers for Hong Kong, condemns violence
 Hong Kong interreligious group meets Pope Francis
 Somber mood as slain Kenyan priest laid to rest
 Mali cardinal, president visit Christian village where jihadists massacred 35
 Irish bishops express concern about incidents of racism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance
 Vatican Secretary of State to apostolic nuncios: ‘We must be united with the Pope’
 USCCB committee chairman backs Mexican bishops’ criticism of US-Mexico immigration agreement
 Pope appeals for peace in Persian Gulf, solidarity with refugees
 ‘Remember, repair, rebuild together,’ Pope preaches in Italian city devastated by 2016 earthquake
 Italian union leaders meet with Pope
 South African Anglican minister meets with Pope Francis to discuss healing of memories
 Pope pays tribute to political thought of Father Luigi Sturzo
 Be close to the young to help them discern their vocation, Pope tells members of Trinitarian order
 At beatification Mass, cardinal praises Sardinian stigmatic’s devotion to the Passion and ‘wounded humanity’
 At nuncio’s funeral Mass, Pope reflects on a pastor taking leave

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