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Stories for week of August 07, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 12

 Rhode Island bishop gives traditionalists his support
 Pope speaks with Ukrainian leader
 Vatican cardinal sees strict conditions for ‘summit meeting’ with Russian Patriarch
 Nicaraguan human-rights groups urge Vatican to speak out
 Somalian famine looms
 Some suspects in Pentecost Sunday attack on church in Nigeria arrested: governor
 Witch hunts on the rise worldwide, warns German aid agency Missio
 Bishop in Zambia cautions priests against allowing politicians to speak in Church
 ‘Too harsh’ and ‘out of step’: synod surveys find NJ Catholics want a more inclusive Church
 Polish Church official: State commission can’t access abuse documents
 US bishops’ migration chairman calls for swift passage of Afghan Adjustment Act
 German Catholics want expanded lay roles, greater tolerance for dissent
 Montana voters to consider Born-Alive Infant Protection Act
 Spanish shrine where Our Lady of Fatima appeared to Sister Lucía is falling into ruin
 Cardinal Tomko’s love for service to Church recalled at funeral Mass

Released Thursday, Aug. 11

 Nicaraguan Church observes day of prayer after bishop’s arrest
 Canon lawyer for jailed Argentine bishop dismissed from university post
 With Gen Z, women are no longer more religious than men
 Kansas pro-lifers will ‘redouble efforts’ to help women, protect unborn
 More than 600 hostages of the Islamic State freed in northern Mozambique, but attacks continue
 Reconciliation is key to national cohesion in Côte d’Ivoire, say country’s bishops
 Holy See diplomat: Ensure the peaceful use of nuclear energy
 Irish pro-life advocates may face fines, imprisonment for praying near abortion clinic
 Kentucky Catholics urged to support amendment as state ban faces court battle
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to papal meetings with transgendered persons
 Papal praise for Argentine parish’s missionary work among indigenous people
 Pope: Ukrainians still suffering from a ‘cruel war’

Released Wednesday, Aug. 10

 Most English babies in 2021 born out of wedlock
 September trial date for Cardinal Zen
 Ohio bishop removes Paulist campus chaplains
 Pope finishes series of audience talks on old age
 Pope praises indigenous peoples’ sense of family, community
 Vatican cardinal honors St. Edith Stein, tells his own story
 UK court says Mincione-Vatican lawsuit can go ahead
 DR Congo priest, wounded in attack on convent, dies
 Caritas head warns of grave food crisis in Africa
 Nuns and priests flee, more churches shut in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
 USCCB committee chair welcomes Senate passage of legislation on environment, drug prices
 Archbishop Paglia on Archie’s death: ‘Humanity defeated when life decided by a court’
 Peace is a duty that concerns all, say bishops of Japan
 Pope recalls ‘great faith’ and service of late Cardinal Tomko

Released Tuesday, Aug. 9

 Religious Americans having larger families, statistics show
 Taiwan’s envoy decries China’s reaction to Pelosi visit
 Two drive-by shootings damage Denver church
 Cardinal Parolin speaks on Ukraine war, legitimate defense
 Indiana passes abortion legislation
 Vatican pension obligations seen as ‘ticking time bomb’
 In final Lambeth address, Archbishop of Canterbury calls his church to tell, teach and transform
 Kerala bishops call for government mechanisms to protect country’s secularism
 McCarrick, New Jersey dioceses, accuser fail to reach settlement agreement
 Nuncio weighs in on synodality, Eucharistic revival, abortion
 USCCB publishes updated Catechism conformity review list
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman responds to executive order facilitating abortion
 Pope to digital evangelizers: “Go and ‘Samaritanize’ these environments”
 Pope prays for victims of massive blaze at Cuban fuel depot

Released Monday, Aug. 8

 German bishop helped abusive clerics in Latin America, report says
 Indian cardinal denies cover-up of bishop’s offenses
 Slovak Cardinal Tomko dead at 98
 Don’t be afraid, but be ready, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Federal judge rules Catholic Relief Services must provide health insurance to spouse in same-sex marriage
 Italian bishop named president of Pontifical Academy for Theology
 Ukraine’s Vatican envoy hints Pope may be set to visit the country
 Pope to Teams of Our Lady: ‘Be courageous witnesses to faith, hope, fraternity’
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to homelessness
 Nicaraguan government places bishop, 6 priests under house arrest
 Archie Battersbee: 12-year-old boy dies hours after hospital ends life support against parents’ wishes
 6 beatification causes advance
 Thousands take to streets in support of Syro-Malabar archbishop
 ‘May Jesus become your great friend,’ Pope tells young people

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