Stories for week of June 27, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 2

 Iraqi prime minister meets with Pontiff
 Vatican joins campaign against ‘vaccination hesitancy’
 World Meeting of Families to combine diocesan events with Rome focus
 New revelations about Vatican employee in financial scandal
 New York bishop says Pope should repudiate Church support for colonization
 US Catholic schools seek rebound from grim year
 ‘Suspicious fire’ at Canadian cathedral; minor damage
 Historic Denver church vandalized; motive unclear
 US bishops support federal investigation of former residential schools for Native Americans
 Polish archbishop sanctioned by Vatican defends election as mayor
 At least 11 Catholic churches vandalized in Calgary
 Cardinal Sako sees Church in East as model for a renewed synodality
 Pew study: Indians are devout, but religions want to live separately
 President Biden issues executive order on LGBTQ+ diversity in federal workforce
 House appropriators begin repealing federal policies preventing taxpayer funding of abortion
 Pope Francis pays tribute to Vatican newspaper, Pius XII’s magisterium
 Build social friendship, flee from populisms and social enmities, Pope says in video

Released Thursday, Jul. 1

 Pope, Mideast prelates join in prayer, discussion for Lebanon’s future
 French bishops disappointed with new bioethics law
 Vatican archbishop walks back criticism of protest on anti-homophobia bill
 North Carolina governor vetoes ban on abortion based on race, sex, Down syndrome
 Canadian indigenous delegation to meet with Pope Francis in December
 Favor the real economy, not the financial sector, Pope says in video message
 Vatican Secretary of State, in Berlin, urges Church in Germany to unite
 Vatican suppresses Italian Catholic movement, says founder’s ‘revelations’ not supernatural
 Canada: Another Catholic church up in flames, this one not on indigenous land
 USCCB awards $1.36M to Church in Africa
 Indigenous leaders condemn recent vandalism of churches in Canada
 Never give up the dream of a world without wars, Pope says in new book
 Vatican newspaper marks 160th anniversary
 On eve of day of reflection and prayer, Pope calls for prayers for Lebanon
 Papal prayer intention for July: social friendship

Released Wednesday, Jun. 30

 Archbishop Paglia: Vatican should not oppose Italian anti-homophobia measure
 Mozambique catechist risks life to save parish records from jihadists
 Our times are not very different from those of the early Christians, leading Orthodox prelate says
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: St. Paul, a true Apostle
 DC parish where President Biden attends Mass will not deny Holy Communion to anyone
 Historic Kansas church closed indefinitely after fire
 Pope Francis: Jesus asks each of us, ‘Who am I to you?’
 Polish bishops reveal hundreds of new abuse claims
 No damage after suspicious fire put out at Alberta church
 Monstrance stolen from Bronx parish
 Pandemic takes toll on English parishes, priests
 Maronite bishop hopeful on eve of papal summit on Lebanon
 USCCB responds to Supreme Court decision on President Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Released Tuesday, Jun. 29

 Pope to Orthodox: Covid shutdown is opportunity to change ways of life
 Russian Orthodox prelate charges Constantinople moving toward papal model
 Benedict XVI celebrates 70th anniversary of ordination: greeting from Pope Francis
 ‘Peter and Paul were free because they were set free,’ Pope preaches on feast day
 Supreme Court denies review In transgender school bathroom case
 Bomb in Catholic church in Democratic Republic of Congo ‘seriously injures’ 2 parishioners
 Fire at Kansas parish under investigation
 Pope condemns violence in Mexican border city, prays for victims
 Be salt and ‘live the prophecy of human brotherhood,’ Pope tells Middle East’s Catholic Patriarchs
 Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil
 Thai prime minister to implement new rules on recognizing parishes
 Disgraced Polish archbishop elected mayor; 2 more bishops sanctioned by Vatican
 ‘Sanctions are inhumane and the population is starving’: Aleppo priest discusses plight of Syrians
 Archbishop Gomez praises President Biden for donation of Covid vaccines to world’s poorest countries
 Cathedral vandalized in Saskatchewan

Released Monday, Jun. 28

 Orthodox delegation in Rome for Pope’s patronal feast
 US Secretary of State meets with Pontiff
 During border visit, El Paso bishop speaks with Vice President Harris about immigration
 Americans, including Catholics, continue to have favorable views of Pope Francis
 Let Jesus heal your heart, Pope tells pilgrims
 Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Cardinal Dziwisz
 Gov. Cuomo signs Gender Recognition Act
 2 more Catholic churches burned down on indigenous land in British Columbia
 Requesting prayers for himself, Pope calls for prayers for Middle East, Czech Republic
 Pope applauds Father James Martin’s ministry
 Church in Malawi decries rising economic inequality
 Statue outside Edmonton Polish parish vandalized with red paint
 Church gains foothold in Communist Cuba
 USCCB calls for prayers for papal summit on Lebanon

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