Stories for week of June 30, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 5

 Oklahoma superintendent directs public schools to incorporate the Bible into curriculum
 Cardinal Nichols congratulates new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
 USCCB committee chairman welcomes Supreme Court decision on domestic violence and gun possession
 Vatican publishes ‘lexicon’ on end-of-life issues
 San Francisco archbishop hails UK cultural figures’ support for traditional Latin Mass
 Archbishop Viganò found guilty of schism, declared automatically excommunicated
 Cardinal Zuppi calls for ‘inclusive democracy,’ social participation; decries populism, individualism
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ calls for respect for international law in South China Sea dispute
 Ethiopian cardinal: The Church stands with the people who suffer from war

Released Thursday, Jul. 4

 UK cultural grandees urge Vatican not to restrict traditional Latin Mass
 Nearly 80% of Gaza’s residents have been displaced, Vatican newspaper emphasizes
 Cardinal Parolin: The concept of just war is ‘being reviewed’
 Holy Land commission: Israel–Hamas war does not meet just-war criteria
 World Council of Churches announces major ecumenical gathering for 2025
 Turkish archbishop to host commemoration of 1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea
 Migrants meet with Pope
 Cardinal Hollerich to lead pilgrimage of 50,000 altar servers to Rome
 Haitian priest kidnapped, freed
 South Sudan bishop who survived murder attempt given new diocese

Released Wednesday, Jul. 3

 4 US archdioceses celebrate biggest ordination classes in years
 Lourdes bishop says Rupnik art will no longer be illumined
 Texas judge bars attorney general from shutting down Catholic migrant ministry
 US bishops’ committee to offer guidelines on transgendered vowed religious
 Direct abortion is not emergency care, USCCB committee chairman says following Supreme Court decision
 Pope: Anointing of the Sick is not only for the moment of death
 Italian Catholic Social Week to culminate in papal Mass
 Uptick in priestly ordinations in France

Released Tuesday, Jul. 2

 Foundation donates $150M to Indiana diocese’s Catholic schools
 Iowa court permits heartbeat law to go into effect; bishops welcome decision
 Southern Lebanon is ‘in a state of war,’ archbishop warns
 USCCB committee chairman laments Supreme Court decision on criminalization of homeless
 Pope says God does not ‘keep us at a distance,’ warns against labeling others
 63-year-old German missionary bishop resigns
 Nebraska priest to represent Holy See in Vienna
 Cardinal Czerny: Church’s digital mission may become an ‘ecclesial ministry’
 Vatican spokesman calls on cities to organize tourism opportunities for the homeless
 Pope Francis recalls contemporary martyrs, urges prayers to the Sacred Heart for peace
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’: Listen to Philippine bishops on divorce
 Orthodox Church of Bulgaria elects new Patriarch
 Ecumenical Patriarch lauds papal emphasis on synodality, advocacy for peace
 Vatican demands changes to new Church body in Germany

Released Monday, Jul. 1

 Ousted Vatican auditor appeals for justice
 New cardinal ‘protodeacon’ would announce next Pontiff
 New rules for employees at St. Peter’s basilica
 Peter’s Pence receipts up for 2023
 Bl. Carlo Acutis to be canonized
 Ukrainian Catholic priests freed from Russian captivity
 Papal reflection on St. Peter’s universal mission
 Be peacemakers, be hope, be missionaries of synodality: papal encouragement for Verbites
 Open the Church’s doors to evangelization, Pope tells new archbishops
 Cardinal Prevost emphasizes Eucharist, charity in address to European bishops
 3 archbishops named for Venezuela
 Ethiopia’s bishops meet with Pontiff
 Pope recalls milestones in ecumenical relations with Orthodox, encourages continued progress
 July papal prayer intention: for the pastoral care of the sick

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