Stories for week of July 07, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Jul. 13

 US bishops’ president condemns political violence, calls for prayer following Trump rally shooting

Released Friday, Jul. 12

 USCCB awarded over $2.1M to Church in Africa in 2023
 Uzbek law would punish parents for religious education of children
 Philippines: bishops caution against accepting divorce
 Americans favor IVF, but also favor protection for fetus
 Pope hopes for ‘faithful’ and ‘creative’ interpretation of Lord’s intentions for women and ministry
 Holy See calls for shared international commitment to help African nations ‘build resilience’
 Pope to celebrate Vespers at Santa Maria Maggiore
 Sostituto makes official visit to Honduras, a week after admitting he approved false invoice
 Vatican completes podcast series on Pius XII and the Holocaust
 Vatican newspaper rues Europe’s demographic winter
 Pope Francis: ‘Our world’s problem is not the number of children born into it’

Released Thursday, Jul. 11

 Indonesian bishop, in pastoral letter, forbids beachside ‘destination weddings’
 K of C will cover Rupnik mosaics
 California bishop pursues libel suit against women who criticized his administration
 Syro-Malabar prelate rejects priests’ petition on liturgy
 Firefighters save historic French cathedral
 American priest named to lead worldwide traditionalist fraternity
 Vatican reveals negative judgment on reported apparitions in Amsterdam
 America’s New Catholic Priests: Young, Confident and Conservative
 Iraqi archbishop: ‘ISIS tried to eradicate us, but failed’
 Vatican prefect publishes book on saints for 2025 jubilee
 +Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi, 88
 Haiti’s capital has become a ‘real hell,’ says bishop
 Spanish bishops clash with government over abuse victims’ financial compensation plan
 Kansas court overturns abortion clinic regulations, law against dismemberment abortions
 USCCB committee chairman condemns targeting of civilians in Gaza
 Holy See: Right to freedom of assembly is inextricably linked to freedom of religion

Released Wednesday, Jul. 10

 Nicaraguan regime shuts down Catholic radio station
 Pope urges ban on ‘lethal autonomous weapons’
 ‘Nobody wants a war,’ leading Philippine prelate says amid tension with China
 USCCB welcomes release of working document for October Synod session
 Synod of Bishops releases names of members of study groups, working groups
 Archbishop Paglia, representatives of different religions sign AI ethics statement
 Pope emphasizes Eucharist’s centrality, says he is ‘very pleased’ by US National Eucharistic Congress
 Pope expresses ‘great sorrow,’ ‘deep shock’ at attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, Gaza school

Released Tuesday, Jul. 9

 Focus on process in working document for October Synod meeting
 Vatican archbishop, in London court, admits signing false invoice
 TLM banned at Spanish pilgrimage
 Archbishop Cordileone calls for preservation of traditional Latin Mass
 Vatican workers press for implementation of Pope’s vision for labor
 Another Nigerian priest released by kidnappers
 GOP drops right to life plank from party platform
 Papal tribute to St. Rosalia, ‘woman of hope’
 A ‘sin that cries to heaven for vengeance’: Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores attack on children’s hospital
 New statutes issued for Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
 USCCB committee chairman speaks of ‘urgent need’ to promote refugees’ dignity
 Pope, in book preface, reflects on democracy
 Bishop laments racial violence in Roman neighborhood
 Promoting peace is true instrument of defense, Vatican ‘foreign minister’ tells Philippine diplomats
 Vatican newspaper rues plight of migrants after Panama closes border crossings
 Be bearers of hope, use social media wisely, Pope advises Romanian youth

Released Monday, Jul. 8

 Vatican approval for ‘Mystical Rose’ devotion
 Cardinal Ruini, 93, in intensive care after heart attack
 Jerusalem Patriarchate denounces Israeli strikes in Gaza
 Archbishop named for troubled Guam diocese
 Engage with elected officials on pro-life issues, USCCB committee chairman urges
 Vatican newspaper rues migrant deaths in Mauritanian boat capsize
 Program announced for papal journey to Southeast Asia
 New prefect named for Vatican Archive
 16 parishes submerged in Brazilian flooding
 Expand legal migration to combat human trafficking, Holy See urges
 Pope visits Trieste, says democracy ‘not in good health’

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