Stories for week of September 01, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 6

 31% of US Catholics attend Mass weekly, new survey finds
 Ukraine official says Orthodox body must sever ties with Moscow
 Indonesian police arrest seven in plot on Pope
 Harris leads Trump among Catholic voters, poll shows
 Pope arrives in Papua New Guinea
 Pope Francis bids farewell to Indonesia
 Religious broadcasters sue IRS over rule limiting political speech for nonprofits
 Pakistani priest arrested for threatening to kill bishop
 Irish government abuse inquiry: 50 alleged abusers at Brothers of Charity school
 Corporate brands retreat from gay-rights index
 Vatican announces symposium on popular movements

Released Thursday, Sep. 5

 Pope sees the sick, the poor, as treasures of the Church
 At Mass in Jakarta, Pope says God’s Word is ‘the only true compass’
 Venezuela’s Maduro declares Christmas begins in October
 Pope, Indonesian Imam join in call for interfaith harmony
 Pope discusses diversity, unity with Indonesian young people
 Vatican spokesman: Compassion ‘makes the world go round’
 3 million pilgrims expected for India’s ‘Lourdes of the East’ pilgrimage
 Jihadist militants on motorcycles attack Nigerian village, kill over 100
 New UN report documents ‘severe deterioration’ of human rights in Nicaragua
 Majority of Gen Z Catholics in US are Hispanic
 Leading Vatican diplomat renews call for ban on nuclear tests

Released Wednesday, Sep. 4

 Orthodox prelates rap Moscow’s support of Russian offensive in Ukraine
 Federal court blocks Biden administration’s gender-surgery mandate
 Pope meets with Jesuits in Indonesia
 Indonesian leader praises Pope’s backing of two-state solution in Middle East
 Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem decries Ukraine law
 Suspect arrested in French church fire
 Do not impose faith, Pope warns Indonesian religious
 Pope praises Indonesia’s inter-religious harmony
 Pope Francis: Listen to the pain of the earth and of victims of environmental catastrophes
 Irish government inquiry finds 2,395 abuse allegations at religious-order schools
 Federal court upholds religious schools’ exemption from Title IX
 Thuringia’s bishops rue political party’s victory in state elections
 Pakistan: Christian woman, sentenced for blasphemy, released from prison after 8 years
 USCCB reports $2M operating deficit; assets increase because of investments
 Vatican publishes pre-Jubilee prayer resource for priests

Released Tuesday, Sep. 3

 Ukrainian monastery abbot drafted for military duty
 Pontiff greets each reporter on flight to Indonesia
 Irish teacher jailed again over dispute on transgender policy
 Pope arrives in Jakarta to begin 12-day trip
 Pope renews condemnation of warfare
 Women’s congregations hit hard in latest crackdown in Nicaragua
 Indonesia is home to world’s largest seminary
 Federal court allows Alabama law prohibiting puberty blockers to go into effect
 Prelate encourages Vatican to articulate evangelizing mission to global sports world
 Economics professor to lead Vatican foundation on Catholic social doctrine
 Assisted suicide, sold as compassionate, becomes monstrous in Canada
 ‘Hope, Action and the Eucharist in Creation’: US bishops’ statement for World Day of Prayer for Creation

Released Monday, Sep. 2

 Pope begins longest foreign voyage
 Priest leaves ministry for marriage; Italian bishop urges support
 French parish church devastated by fire; cause unknown
 Nigerian bishops liken foreign debt to enslavement
 Cardinal Parolin previews Pope’s voyage; first stop in Indonesia
 Canadian bishop faces inquiry on Father Rosica abuse charges
 New Jersey diocese sues federal agencies over clergy visas
 Polish court blocks changes in religious education
 Papal call for release of hostages, aid for polio outbreak in Gaza
 Papal solidarity with Ukrainians amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure
 Pontiff condemns jihadist massacre in Burkina Faso
 Seminarian beatified as martyr in Slovakia
 Jesus teaches that purity is a matter of inner dispositions, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope Francis: Ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to obtain for us a ‘sincere, strong, inviolable faith’
 The Eucharist makes us one body: papal letter
 Papal gratitude for electricity, criticism of ‘dirty energy,’ encouragement of innovation
 Fraternity, availability, commitment to peace: papal encouragement for Capuchin Franciscans

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Wed17 September
Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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