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Catholic Culture Trusted Commentary

Stories for week of July 31, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 5

 ‘Summit meeting’ in view as Pope meets Russian Orthodox official?
 Lebanese Patriarch seeks international probe of Beirut explosion
 Syro-Malabar archbishop says Vatican ordered immediate resignation
 Vatican economic overseer sees progress, warns of future uncertainty
 Portuguese cardinal meets Pope amid abuse cover-up complaints
 Pennsylvania diocese settles with abuse victims
 Nigeria is on the path of disintegration, bishop warns
 Archbishop Gallagher defends Vatican neutrality in Ukraine conflict
 UK transgender clinic to close after damning report: ‘not safe’ for children
 US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment
 Vatican cardinal opens Pardon of Bibione
 Chinese embassy reacts to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit with anti-Catholic tweet
 Colombian prelate who brokered peace deal dead at 80
 Pope calls on priests to be compassionate shepherds, recalls St. John Vianney
 Vatican newspaper draws renewed attention to crisis in Lebanon
 USCCB hails environmental, health-care cost provisions in massive economic bill

Released Thursday, Aug. 4

 Chicago archdiocese denies banning Mass at traditionalist shrine
 YouTube censors experts on abortion-cancer link
 Cuban government tightening restrictions on religious leaders
 Biden signs order to allow federal funding for abortion
 Pope renews criticism of traditionalists
 Bishops call for peaceful protests in Congo after clash with UN peacekeepers
 Court refuses to dismiss suit against Tennessee bishop
 Pope promotes ‘personal health assistant’
 Vatican names administrator for troubled Syro-Malabar archdiocese
 Indian Catholics to call for ‘justice’ after archbishop’s resignation
 Primate admits Anglicans remain ‘deeply divided’ over sexuality
 Former Vatican spokesman takes stock of new cardinals
 Canadian archbishop evaluates Pope’s visit to Canada
 Federal judge blocks Indiana law on transgender athletes
 Judge’s order further freezes Michigan abortion ban
 Bishops of Africa: It is painful to see young people leave the continent
 Bishops back EQUAL Act on drug-crime sentencing
 Pope, in video, pays tribute to small businesses
 Ukrainian priests meet with Pope, who blesses crown for Marian image

Released Wednesday, Aug. 3

 Pope could meet Russian Patriarch in Kazakhstan
 Detroit auxiliary steps aside, denies sex-abuse charge
 Nigerian violence ‘getting out of hand,’ cardinal reports
 Papal praise for work of Father Martin
 Pope offers plea for Lebanon
 Pope, at audience, recaps trip to Canada
 Synodal Path was always doomed, says Cardinal Müller
 Michigan bishops troubled by court ruling on sexual-orientation discrimination
 ‘The scenario is frightening,’ Cardinal Sako says after protestors storm Iraq’s parliament
 Colombian prelate laments rising violence
 22 attorneys-general challenge new regulation linking school lunch funding to transgender policy
 Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly discusses the future of the Knights of Columbus
 Bishops back ‘Save Our Sequoias Act’
 ‘Peace, bread, and work’: Argentine bishops issue statement amid economic crisis
 Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ pro-life amendment fails
 Minnesota churches write reflections for international Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 ‘Drama without end’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Rohingya
 Program announced for papal journey to Kazakhstan

Released Tuesday, Aug. 2

 Appeals court dismisses complaint against Canadian pastor who defied lockdown
 Annual Irish pilgrimage resumes after Covid-lockdown hiatus
 Papal encouragement for Medjugorje youth rally
 Cardinal Ranjith sees ‘no justice’ in Sri Lanka
 Archbishop of Canterbury pleads for unity at Lambeth Conference
 Cardinal Mahony: photo portrait shows humility
 Nicaragua shuts down Catholic radio stations
 Appeals courts back abortion restrictions in Louisiana, Kentucky
 Chinese bishop demands priests, laity accept role of Patriotic Association
 Nigerian bishop says Christ appeared to him in a vision, gave him hope for end of Boko Haram
 Pope underscores need for a world free of nuclear weapons
 ‘Do your utmost to end insecurity on the African continent,’ continent’s bishops urge leaders
 Michigan Supreme Court redefines ‘sex’ to include sexual orientation, gender identity
 Kansas officials expect record turnout as abortion amendment campaign nears finish line
 With 2 years before National Eucharistic Congress, director planning for a ‘transformative’ event
 US bishops urge Congress to assist families—not promote abortion
 Jesuits conclude Ignatian Year
 Indonesian scandal-hit bishop dies at 63
 Canadian bishops see papal visit as ‘significant milestone on the path of healing and reconciliation’

Released Monday, Aug. 1

 Traditionalist community ends public Masses in Chicago
 Fiji’s president meets Pontiff
 Pope to visit Kazakhstan in September
 Salvadoran archbishop welcomes crackdown on street gangs
 Chaldean Patriarch confirms plan to resign at 75
 Appeals court turns down parents’ bid to save ‘Archie’
 AP instructs journalists to back ‘transgender’ claims
 Negotiation ‘only reasonable thing to do’ in Ukraine, Pope says
 Bishops’ contrasting steps to implement Traditionis Custodes
 Prelate from Ghana to lead African bishops’ conferences
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores Russian troops’ ‘inadmissible savagery and cruelty’
 Following prelate’s arrest, 3 US cardinals issue statement in support of Maronite bishops
 Pope thanks Virgin Mary for protection during pilgrimage to Canada
 Papal press conference: colonialism, resignation, Synodal Way, contraception
 Pope Francis, in Iqaluit, condemns residential schools, calls on youth to ‘come to the light’ of Christ
 African National Eucharistic Congress announced for 2023
 Biden administration would force health care workers to perform gender transition procedures; bishops object
 Papal prayer intention for August: small businesses

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