Stories for week of August 25, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Aug. 30

 Priest, nun accused of kidnapping in Philippines case involving Duterte opponents
 Nigerian priest killed during mediation attempt
 Cardinal Parolin: peace and hope are themes of papal visit to Africa
 Pope sends video message to Mozambique, ahead of visit
 Federal appeals court rules 2 Arizona-Utah border towns discriminated against non-Mormons
 Moscow, Constantinople clash in Southeast Asia
 Beatification cause of Philippine street child opens
 Kenyans commemorate death of American missionary
 Catholic officials criticize Washington State’s ‘green’ burial law
 English bishops issue message for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
 Bishops praise Trump administration for enforcing conscience law on abortion
 South Sudan’s bishops praise peace agreement for neighboring Sudan
 Jerusalem archbishop: ‘The mission of the Church is to build small connections, bridges’
 Conflict threatens Yemen’s unity while people continue to suffer, bishop says
 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea; ‘many more’ asked to renounce Christ before a judge
 Anglican leader visits Sri Lanka, mourns victims of Easter attacks
 G7 rejects abortion language in final communique

Released Thursday, Aug. 29

 Vermont nurse forced to assist in abortion, Trump administration says
 Cardinal Silvestrini, veteran Vatican insider, dead at 95
 Sudan’s persecuted Christians eye long-sought freedom
 Myanmar’s military sues Baptist leader who said Christians are being tortured
 In Karnataka, leading Hindu militant demands closure of all Christian prayer centers for ‘forced conversions’
 Catholic bishops, Scott Morrison to clash on religious freedom
 Federal court rejects Catholic anti-nuclear activists’ religious freedom defense
 Federal judge blocks parts of Missouri law that bans abortions after 8 weeks
 New Jersey court ruling lets assisted suicide go ahead
 Keep schools open, Cameroonian bishops tell Anglophone separatists
 Ecumenical Patriarch speaks of threat posed by global wildfires
 Pope prays for peace ahead of 80th anniversary of beginning of World War II
 2 Jewish congregations attacked by Tree Of Life shooter oppose death penalty prosecution
 Lawsuit alleging Knights of Columbus have committed insurance fraud goes to trial
 Here’s what’s left of ISIS — and why they still pose a major threat
 US bishops, in Labor Day statement, look back on their 1919 ‘Program of Social Reconstruction’
 In Mississippi Delta, Franciscans settled abuse cases on cheap

Released Wednesday, Aug. 28

 Facebook posts contradict Seattle archdiocese claims on parishioner’s planned suicide
 2nd Chinese bishop ordained with blessing from Rome
 Vatican tells Argentinian court accused bishop has job in Rome, despite being suspended
 Church serves the poor and sick, Pope tells audience
 Indonesian police arrest terrorist suspects linked to church bombings
 Oppressed by the regime, Catholics in Vietnamese city pray for religious freedom
 30 Christian families threatened with expropriation by influential Muslim politicians in Faisalabad
 Syriac Catholic Church reestablishes diocese dissolved in 17th century
 Federal appeals court rules Indiana abortion clinic can operate without license
 Wisconsin bishop sees ‘remarkable progress’ as Church in Central Asia rebuilds after Communism
 Sudan’s leading prelate welcomes agreement between new regime, opposition
 ‘Hope, peace, reconciliation’ is theme of Pope’s upcoming visit to Africa
 As Boko Haram’s campaign of Islamist terror marks 10th year, faith of Christians persists
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’: Duties, more than rights, are at stake in addressing migration
 Dublin archbishop speaks of ‘authoritarian Church of the past’ and the need for hope
 ‘Commit yourselves to Christ,’ Pope tells Pontifical North American College seminarians
 Pope invites Paraguay’s youth to bring Gospel to the poorest
 DR Congo’s bishops welcome formation of new government
 Missionaries of Charity celebrate Mother Teresa’s 109th birthday
 US prelates call for prayer, works of mercy in wake of Amazon fires

Released Tuesday, Aug. 27

 Cardinal Pell will appeal to top Australian court
 Retired Vatican diplomat demands ordination of women
 Indian religious congregation threatens legal action against dismissed nun
 Texas bishop: claims of Marian apparitions are ‘fabrications’
 Benedict says he sought to restore focus on God in essay on abuse scandal
 New England dioceses roll out 3rd-party reporting system for misconduct of bishops
 Satan is real: exorcists’ association responds to Jesuit superior general’s comments
 Cardinal Turkson brings Pope’s support to populations affected by Ebola
 Stop the violence and corruption, Colombian archbishop pleads
 ‘Return home to the homes of your ancestors,’ Ecumenical Patriarch urges Orthodox Christians
 In Goa, 8 Catholic lawmakers join Hindu nationalist political party
 Sri Lanka terror victims are martyrs, 2 cardinals say
 As Kashmir tensions continue, bishop says Catholics are ‘very much afraid’
 Pakistan’s cabinet approves draft of Christian Marriage and Divorce Act
 Prelate sees confused situation, risk of division in Yemen
 11 years after India’s deadly anti-Christian violence, faith still growing
 Vatican Secretary of State calls for increased reflection on link between liturgy, holiness
 Pope offers prayer, expresses fraternal closeness as Italian Protestant body meets

Released Monday, Aug. 26

 LCWR leader: women religious also involved in abuse scandal
 Australian senator blasts Melbourne archbishop for claiming Cardinal Pell is innocent
 Chinese bishop ordained: first since Rome-Beijing accord
 Pope welcomes initiative to promote document signed with Grand Imam
 Archaeologists find evidence of Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem, as told in the Bible
 San Diego bishop sees bishops’ failure to confront clerical abuse as ‘the great sin of the Church in its recent history’
 Mexican bishop says criminal groups ‘seeking an exit,’ urges dialogue
 West Virginia’s new bishop calls on faithful to maintain unity with Church despite ‘revulsion’
 Vatican newspaper columnists reflect on legacy of Toni Morrison
 Australian bishops call on faithful to overcome fear toward migrants, refugees
 Holy See, Vietnam agree to resident papal representative at ‘earliest possible date’
 Stop predatory neo-colonialism in the Amazon rain forest, Cardinal Hummes urges
 Priest stabbed to death in Mexico border city
 UN leader calls for end to violence against religious believers
 900 religious leaders take part in ‘Religions for Peace’ assembly
 Bishops ‘raise their voice’ for the Amazon, as fires rage in Brazil
 The path of salvation is narrow but open to everyone, Pope tells pilgrims
 Prelate denounces new Trump administration rule ending limits on detention of migrant children

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