Stories for week of July 14, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 19

 Suspended priests serving fractious Carmelite community, Texas diocese reports
 Vatican argues brokers ‘not in good faith’ as London trial closes
 Vatican releases schedule for papal visit to Belgium, Luxembourg
 Catholic Charities challenge Michigan law on gender therapy
 Pope stresses peace in message for Paris Olympics
 Vatican newspaper editor calls for Christian meekness in political life
 Heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis venerated in Germany
 Vatican dicastery to manage pontifical university’s publishing house
 100 bishops at National Eucharistic Congress opening Mass
 Pope tells children that the most beautiful thing in life is making peace
 USCCB committee chairman asks Secretary Blinken to remove Cuba from terrorism sponsor list
 Cardinal Hollerich says he’s ‘not sure’ whether women’s ordination should be ‘completely excluded’
 Vatican diplomat lists 3 principles that should underpin international community’s efforts

Released Thursday, Jul. 18

 Prominent French priest, Abbé Pierre, accused of abuse
 Christians slowly return to Ninveh region after ISIS devasatation
 Knoxville diocese sells former bishop’s mansion for $1.4 million
 Plenary indulgence offered for World Day for Grandparents
 Canonist asks: How will bishops react to VP candidate Vance’s stance in favor of chemical abortions?
 Poland’s former WYD director arrested
 NY diocese not liable for abuse in non-diocesan institutions, federal court affirms
 Islamist insurgents have destroyed 18 Catholic churches in Mozambique this year, bishop says
 Pope commemorates 1500th anniversary of Roman Marian apparition
 National Eucharistic Congress opens in Indianapolis
 USCCB committee, other Catholic organizations urge passage of ‘Yes in God’s Backyard Act’
 Holy See grateful that human genetic resources are excluded from intellectual property treaty

Released Wednesday, Jul. 17

 Bishops in conflict over USCCB staff cuts
 American artists, writers plead for retention of Tridentine Mass
 Papal encouragement for Latin American youth meeting
 ‘Walk together’ with the most vulnerable and with Jesus, Pope emphasizes in migrant-day video
 ‘Large law enforcement presence’ at National Eucharistic Congress; ‘no known threat’
 The invisible become more visible on Sea Sunday, Vatican cardinal writes in message
 Young Gaza Catholic describes daily routine
 Papal prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel for peace
 ‘The price of exclusion’: 250 million children deprived of education, Vatican newspaper warns
 USCCB president calls for respect for human dignity in American political discourse
 US bishops award $10.5M from special collections
 Vatican diplomat deplores targeting of schools, hospitals, houses of worship in armed conflict

Released Tuesday, Jul. 16

 Vatican approval for devotions at Italian ‘Shrine of the Rock’
 Mexican cardinal urges Pontiff not to suppress traditional Mass
 Unauthorized exorcisms led to expulsion of New Zealand religious community?
 Washington judge denies state AG’s subpoena against Seattle archdiocese
 Federal court orders school to reinstate Christian club that upholds biblical teaching on marriage
 Indian bishops meet with prime minister to discuss attacks on Christians
 Vatican press office provides unprecedented billing for Sostituto
 Pope addresses 6 religious institutes, emphasizes beauty and simplicity
 US bishops publish pastoral letter to youth and young adults
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘radical and transformative action’ on international debt

Released Monday, Jul. 15

 New Zealand bishop orders traditionalist priests to leave diocese
 Irish priest refuses Communion to pro-abortion politician
 Vatican official is ‘very encouraged’ by East African bishops’ abuse-prevention efforts
 Venezuela’s bishops call for end of political persecution of opposition
 Holy See calls on wealthier nations to forgive debts of poor small island nations
 Senior Russian Orthodox official meets with Pope, Curial officials, discusses Fiducia Supplicans
 Without mentioning Trump by name, Vatican statement expresses concern following assassination attempt
 Pope seeks Virgin Mary’s intercession for peace
 Pope Francis: Communion, sobriety are ‘indispensable values for a Church to be missionary’

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates today St. Quentin, martyr (d. 287), a Roman, descended from a senatorial family. Full of zeal for the kingdom of Jesus Christ, he left his country, and, attended by St. Lucian of Beauvais, made his way to Gaul. They preached the faith together in that country till…

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