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Stories for week of September 10, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 15

 Kansas bishop, in pastoral letter, seeks renewal of sacred music
 Cardinal Zuppi, in Beijing, discusses Russian wheat exports
 Church seeks to act as mediator in Cameroon
 Pope to speak for Clinton Global Initiative
 Pope meets with Rupnik colleague and defender
 Benedictine spirituality should expand the heart, Pope says
 Jesus statue beheaded at Louisiana Catholic school
 Cleveland mayor denounces diocese’s sexuality, gender, and identity policy
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: Pope Francis has ‘very low approval numbers’ in Ukraine
 California priest charged with child pornography
 Consecrated hosts stolen from hospital chapel tabernacle in Spain
 French bishop under investigation for attempted rape was appointed in 2016 despite ‘multiple warnings’
 New round of USCCB funding for Church in Africa includes 5 solar-power grants
 Cardinal-designate Fernández, in new interview, outlines his vision as the Vatican’s doctrinal chief

Released Thursday, Sep. 14

 Seattle archbishop rescinds request for all pastors to resign
 Belgian royals meet with Pontiff
 Bishop Strickland will not voluntarily resign
 Vatican denies private papal meeting with controversial Iraqi
 Pope sees Pauline route to ecumenical unity
 Pope seeks change at Pontifical Urban University
 Cardinal Müller speaks of ‘false prophets,’ fears for the Synod
 Allen: Synod secrecy could encourage media manipulation
 Pope Francis appoints Father Spadaro to Vatican post
 Holy See appeals for end of use of cluster munitions in Ukraine war
 USAID announces ‘religious engagement policy’ aimed at partnering with faith groups
 Catholic leader in Morocco: It may take years to rebuild after earthquake
 Libya needs our solidarity, Pope says
 Swiss bishops pledge action after damning abuse report
 Pope warns against ‘tyrant bishops,’ hails Africa’s ‘virgin thought’
 USCCB announces mental health novena
 Papal approval for permanent diaconate in Philippines

Released Wednesday, Sep. 13

 New Mexico archbishop backs governor’s ban on firearms
 A personal prelature for Filipino migrant workers?
 Spanish bishop defends appointment of new rector for Opus Dei shrine
 Abortion figures up in 2023
 Vatican to inaugurate ‘House of Sport’
 Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to Blessed José Gregorio Hernández
 College student in Philadelphia among lay voting members of Synod
 Ukrainian Catholic archbishop announces covering of Nazi monument in Pennsylvania cemetery
 Pope Francis sends envoy to China to discuss Ukraine war
 Appeals court says Catholic group can install Stations of the Cross prayer trail
 Swiss bishops’ study finds more than 1,000 cases of clergy sexual abuse
 Let’s ‘individually, collectively’ work for lasting peace, Ethiopian bishops say in new year’s message
 Swedish cardinal, Lutheran leader make joint DC visit for ecumenical dialogue
 USCCB weighs in on Biden administration’s emergency spending request
 Be ‘beggars for peace,’ Pope says

Released Tuesday, Sep. 12

 European bishops criticize proposed rules on ‘substances of human origin’
 Massachusetts priest faces charges for stealing parish funds
 Vatican bank rejects charge of supporting Russia
 Papal delegate rejects proposal to end Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute
 No penalty for Swiss priests who ‘concelebrated’ with woman
 Cardinal-designate Fernández, new DDF prefect, warns against bishops who think they can judge ‘doctrine of the Holy Father’
 Nicaraguan police arrest priest who requested prayers for imprisoned Bishop Álvarez
 Cleveland diocese issues sexuality, gender, and identity policy
 Cardinal Zuppi pays tribute to pro-abortion political figure, author of ‘God Save the Queer’
 South African bishops recall Mandela rival Buthelezi as ‘committed Christian’
 Ukrainian Catholic leader thanks Pope for humanitarian aid
 US bishops’ international committee chairman urges humanitarian access for Nagorno-Karabakh
 Pope Francis: Marriage and Holy Orders are ‘signs of God’s spousal love for us’

Released Monday, Sep. 11

 Silent prayer is not a crime: British Home Secretary
 Pope to ask for Bishop Strickland’s resignation?
 California law would require parents to accept child’s gender change
 Pope faults capitalist excesses for workers’ injuries
 Might Opus Dei need new canonical framework?
 Australian archbishop defends responses to abuse inquiries
 Syrian Orthodox primate, Pope discuss synodality
 ‘Let us be close to the people of Morocco,’ Pope says following earthquake
 New Orleans archbishop: local Catholic institutions must help with cost of clergy abuse claims
 California’s rising assisted suicide rate alarms Catholics
 Choose fraternal correction, not gossip and resentment, Pope urges
 Biden administration asks Supreme Court to reject limits on popular mail-order abortifacient
 Kerala bishop slams Indian PM Modi for turning blind eye to Manipur violence victims
 Vatican orders investigation into Swiss bishops who allegedly covered up abuse
 Writer sees ‘growing wave of young women’ opting out of hormonal contraception
 Nigeria’s fate hangs in the balance in Supreme Court election decision, leading prelate says
 Catholic peace entity allays fears of possible coup in Cameroon
 Ulma family, murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews, is beatified

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Pachomius of Tabenna (290-346), founder of the cenobitical life, born near Esneh, Egypt; died at Phebôou around the year 346. After spending some time with the hermit Palemon, he withdrew to Tabennisi where he introduced community life among the hermits who…

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