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Stories for week of June 24, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jun. 29

 Caritas issues appeal as West Africa food crisis threatens 6 million people
 New cardinals speak: ‘I am a pastor, not a prince’
 Lawmakers fight for funding for overseas abortion groups
 Showdown expected at UN over abortion and humanitarian assistance
 Nigerian bishop fears for the worst from attacks by Fulani herdsmen
 Chinese Protestant pastor released after prison and torture
 Leading Russian Orthodox official criticizes Ukraine’s government, Eastern Catholics
 Bishop criticizes Supreme Court decision on public-sector unions
 Poland amends Holocaust law that sparked international outcry
 Bishop welcomes ceasefire in South Sudanese Civil War
 In Europe, religious minorities face mounting hostility, harassment
 Israel: nun says Bedouin, faced with village demolition, feel hopeless
 Pro-life groups see opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade with Justice Kennedy’s retirement
 Do not flee from Christ’s Cross or people’s wounds, Pope preaches to new cardinals
 Pope praises athletics for fostering values
 House of Representatives rejects immigration bills opposed by USCCB
 Cardinal Becciu: other EU nations should assist Italy and Greece in receiving migrants
 Putin, Trump to hold summit in Helsinki
 We must not resign ourselves to society’s de-Christianization, Pope tells Orthodox delegation

Released Thursday, Jun. 28

 ‘Too early to judge’ Vatican reforms, new cardinal says
 Pope elevates 14 new cardinals, warns against ‘jealousy, envy, intrigue’
 Vatican Secretary of State visits Montenegro, praises EU
 Orthodox delegation visits Rome for Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
 Holy See, San Marino sign accord on education
 Pope accepts resignations of 2 more Chilean bishops
 Notre Dame and HHS sued over settlement of contraceptive mandate coverage
 Catholic Relief Services official discusses why Central Americans migrate to US
 Catholic refugees slowly return to Myanmar’s Kayah State
 Teen admits setting fire to historic Minnesota parish
 Jordan’s King Abdullah II awarded Templeton Prize
 Pakistanis hopeful as Pope Francis elevates country’s 2nd-ever cardinal
 Russian Orthodox patriarch congratulates Erdogan on re-election
 After making blasphemous statements, Philippine president seeks dialogue with the Church
 Christians in Pakistani village demand right to pray in their church
 Federal judge orders Trump administration to reunite migrant families
 Bishops ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court’s travel-ban decision
 Pope Francis: ‘God has special place in heart for disabled people’

Released Wednesday, Jun. 27

 German bishops publish disputed policy on intercommunion
 CDF will not offer opinion on women deacons, prefect says
 Cardinal Dolan: Supreme Court decision on crisis pregnancy centers is an ‘important victory’
 Bishop hopes peace talks will bring South Sudanese refugees home
 ‘God’s love precedes the law and gives it meaning’: Pope continues weekly catechesis on Commandments
 Vatican launches international conference on ecology
 Cardinal Müller: ‘We are experiencing conversion to the world, instead of to God’
 1st transitional deacon ordained for Hebrew Catholic vicariate
 Eastern European prelates criticize court ruling on same-sex marriage
 Iraq’s cardinal-designate discusses Islam
 France’s secularism is not an anti-religion, French president says
 Russian Orthodox patriarch congratulates World Council of Churches on anniversary
 Society of Catholic Scientists examines ‘the human mind and physicalism’
 Syria’s Christians reckon with survival
 Wife of Swiss Guard member describes life in Vatican City
 Report: Nicaraguan bishops helped avert massacre in rebel city
 Migrant rescue ship Lifeline to dock in Malta after being stranded for 5 days in Mediterranean

Released Tuesday, Jun. 26

 French President Macron has warm meeting with Pontiff
 Cleared of misconduct, former pastor of St. John Cantius remains suspended
 Supreme Court backs pregnancy-help centers in challenge to California law
 Pope fills 2 Vatican positions
 Pope Francis ‘equates’ 4 cardinals with the 7 current cardinal-bishops
 Vatican prefect condemns drug trafficking in message on drug abuse
 USCCB initiative touts program as alternative to detaining immigrant families
 Patriarch calls on Iraqi lawmakers to unite around nation’s common good
 The US is not a serious ally, Middle Eastern Christians say
 Under pressure from Vice President Pence, US aid is directed to Iraqi Christian, Yazidi communities
 Kenyan bishop suspends priest for rapping during homilies
 Muslim-Christian violence claims at least 86 lives in Nigeria
 New Hampshire bans conversion therapy, discrimination based on gender identity
 Networking and hope are important, Pope tells new Vatican education foundation
 Pontifical Academy for Life goes beyond ‘cold re-offering of doctrine,’ prelate says
 Australia’s head of state meets with Pope Francis
 Vatican Secretary of State: all European nations should share responsibility of assisting refugees
 Report: Catholic prelates in Turkey congratulate Erdogan for election victory
 Nicaragua: cardinal rushes to city to prevent new massacre, leads Eucharistic procession

Released Monday, Jun. 25

 Reuters twisted Pope’s words to attack Trump, journalist charges
 Former Irish president opposes Baptism for children
 Ireland: culture minister, leader in abortion drive, leads Communion service
 Korean cardinal leads push to abolish death penalty
 Defend ‘human ecology,’ Pope urges Pontifical Academy for Life
 Vatican removes Indian cardinal from leadership role, citing financial scandal
 Pope reflects on ‘wonder, surprise, and gratitude’ surrounding St. John the Baptist’s birth
 Carmelite nun beatified in Paraguay
 Pope renames Curia’s communications department
 Do not seek a ‘conciliatory syncretism,’ Pope says to interreligious association
 Vatican convicts former Holy See diplomat for child pornography
 Clergy in the Middle East should not be living in luxury, Pope tells ROACO
 Archbishop Kurtz: Religious Freedom Week is about the Gospel, is meant to “inspire a culture”
 ‘Go ahead with courage’ in assisting refugees and children, Pope tells head of Order of Malta
 Since 1980, Church has resettled nearly 1/3 of refugees arriving in US
 Philippine president mocks idea of original sin, utters blasphemies against God
 Hong Kong’s new bishop asks Pope to accept early resignation
 China: government spokesman responds to Pope’s Reuters interview
 Indian bishops’ conference: rape complicity allegation against priest is false
 US bishops issue revised directives for Catholic health care services
 South Korea to build ‘chapel of peace’ in demilitarized zone
 Canada attacks religious freedom, university president says following court decision
 Africa needs peace and Christian solidarity, Pope tells African Protestants

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