Stories for week of August 18, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 23

 Ukraine’s new law enrages Moscow, splits Orthodox leaders
 Incoming Boston archbishop speaks candidly on abuse, confession, seminary formation
 Pope meets with ousted Peruvian archbishop
 Sister Wilhelmina’s body incorrupt, bishop confirms
 Catholic Democrats endorse Harris-Walz despite abortion advocacy
 Late Cardinals O’Connor, Bernardin declined to address Democratic conventions
 Vatican cardinal says migrants ‘came from hell’
 Sister Theresa Kane, who confronted Pope John Paul II, dead at 87
 Nuncio to Ukraine lauds individual, small-group charitable initiatives
 Olympic bell donated to Notre-Dame de Paris
 Vatican approves devotion to 1945 Spanish Marian apparitions
 Nicaragua ends religious tax exemptions
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Kenyan ballet school
 Brazilian priest arrested for abuse; pressured teen to have abortion
 Bankruptcy judge questions whether Archdiocese of New Orleans has financial wherewithal to continue

Released Thursday, Aug. 22

 Sister Agnes Sasagawa, seer of Akita, dead at 93
 Ukrainian Catholic leader backs new law to curb Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 Massachusetts pregnancy center sues governor for misleading ad campaign
 Archeologists identify bones of 9th-century Spanish bishop instrumental in the Camino
 2 Steubenville priests gain legal custody of 2-year-old boy
 Nicaragua extinguishes legal status of several religious orders
 Theme song released for papal visit to Singapore
 Papal tributes to St. Pius X, prayer for catechists
 No American groups present at 2 consecutive papal general audiences
 Pope recalls Archbishop Treanor’s ‘devout and faithful’ service
 Excommunicated Archbishop Viganò fears for life, lashes out at Cardinal Bertone

Released Wednesday, Aug. 21

 Ukraine outlaws Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church
 English pro-lifer wins payment, apology after arrest for silent prayer
 Pope, at audience, repeats prayers for peace
 At Baptism, Jesus receives ‘fullness of the gift of the Spirit,’ Pope says
 Michigan pro-lifers convicted; face up to 10-year sentences
 Latest study confirms Shroud of Turin is 2000 years old
 Illinois Right to Life raps Cardinal Cupich invocation at Democratic convention
 Bishop Barron rues ‘appalling declension’ of leading Democrats on abortion
 Arizona, Missouri join growing list of states with abortion on ballot
 Colombian bishops lament permanent curfew imposed by Marxist rebels
 Euthanasia has gone ‘from exceptional to routine’ in Canada
 28% of US parishes have Masses in Spanish
 Urging prayer, Jerusalem Patriarch sees ceasefire negotiations at crucial point
 Catholic delegation meets with Malankara Orthodox leader
 Vatican newspaper highlights Bolivian women entrepreneurs

Released Tuesday, Aug. 20

 Chinese priest formally protests of usurpation of jailed bishop’s authority
 Nicaraguan regime seizes assets of 1,500 NGOs
 47% of world’s migrants are Christians
 Supreme Court halts Title IX transgender mandate in schools in 26 states
 Jerusalem Patriarch expresses cautious optimism about ceasefire
 Nicaraguan dictatorship exiles 2 priests
 Cardinal Cupich delivers invocation at Democratic National Convention
 Pope, in book preface, lauds US chaplain, deplores death penalty

Released Monday, Aug. 19

 Incoming Archbishop of Boston scolds Catholic college for Harris-Walz fundraiser
 Seek what is essential, Pope urges Rimini meeting
 Malawi’s president meets with Pope
 Lay group will influence choice of bishop for Swiss diocese
 Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist meets with Pope
 Leading Pakistani prelate placed on ‘sabbatical’ after allegations of abuse, fraud
 Father Rupnik art appears on Vatican website again — and in Pope Francis’s apartment
 Papal gratitude for monthly public Rosary for persecuted Christians
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 4 martyrs beatified in DR Congo
 Respond to the Eucharist with wonder and gratitude, Pope tells pilgrims

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