Stories for week of August 04, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 9

 Pope urges hope, patience for Chinese Catholics
 New Vatican document rejects ‘disproportionate intervention’ to prolong life
 Nicaragua, Brazil break diplomatic ties over crackdown on Church
 Nicaragua expels 7 more Catholic priests
 Christian aid groups cancel ecumenical trip to Holy Land, condemn Israeli violence
 Anti-bullfighting activists arrested after interrupting Pope’s general audience
 Knights of Columbus report rise in membership
 Federal court permits Maine to exclude Catholic schools from tuition reimbursement program
 Kenyan splinter groups create ‘Married Bishops’ Conference’
 Synod theologian lashes out at Church in United States, upholds German Church as model
 US Christian leaders appeal for persecuted religious minorities in India
 USCCB responds to claims about Catholic organizations serving migrants

Released Thursday, Aug. 8

 Severely premature babies can survive, but parents not always told
 New undercover videos expose Planned Parenthood involvement in body parts
 Pope offers thanks, encouragement to Knights of Columbus
 Vatican reveals theme for World Day of Peace message
 Chaldean prelate: ISIS ideology still a threat
 Survey: 71% of Americans favor euthanasia
 Leading South African prelate deplores Olympic parody, lends support to married priesthood
 Archdiocese of Dublin has 1 seminarian
 Court rules against jail guard who was fired after objecting to LGBTQ training
 No American groups at Pope’s general audience
 Pontifical academy president explores need for ‘pop theology’
 Papal almoner oversees new shipment of food, medicine to Ukraine
 Over 82,000 sex abuse claims against Boy Scouts

Released Wednesday, Aug. 7

 Pope tells Afghan visitors: religion must not divide
 Minnesota bishops’ conference congratulates Walz on VP selection
 Venezuelan prelate fears ‘social explosion’ over contested election
 Priest promptly released after arrest in Chad
 Venezuelan cardinals: government election report inaccurate
 Pope’s plea: end ‘unbearable’ situation in Gaza
 Baltimore police make arrest in brutal 2023 assault of elderly pro-life activists
 Polish bishop backs protest over religion class cuts
 Pope resumes Wednesday general audience, discusses Holy Spirit’s role in Redemption
 Nicaraguan seminary rector arrested
 Cardinal Fernández pays tribute to Marian shrine in India
 Judge upholds Ohio’s Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act
 USCCB committee, Catholic Charities back Second Chance Reauthorization Act

Released Tuesday, Aug. 6

 Church in Chad protests priest’s arrest
 Indonesian police thwart attacks on Catholic churches ahead of papal visit
 English bishops’ spokesman condemns rioting, defends migrants
 In leaked letter, Venezuelan cardinals call for ‘civic resistance’ against Maduro
 After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes
 Pope transfers French archbishop to smaller diocese
 Italian Catholic schools leader arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
 Utah Supreme Court prevents pro-life law from taking effect
 Vatican diplomat: St. John XXIII’s Pacem in Terris remains ‘a compelling plea to establish peace’
 Be amazed at the Mother of God, Pope preaches

Released Monday, Aug. 5

 12 Nicaraguan priests arrested in new government campaign
 Luxembourg’s Catholic charity crippled by alleged fraud
 US funds used to promote atheism in Asia?
 Papal letter encourages seminarians, all Christians to read literature
 Pope pleads for peace in Venezuela
 Cardinal O’Malley of Boston retires, succeeded by Bishop Henning
 17th-century Maronite Patriarch beatified
 Love shares, and material things do not fulfill us: papal Sunday Angelus address
 Holy See ‘saddened’ by Olympic Last Supper parody
 ‘Be men of integrity’: papal encouragement for Spanish seminarians

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