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Stories for week of September 12, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 17

 Most Catholics favor Communion for Biden, poll says
 Northern Ireland diocese charged with sheltering bombing suspect
 Miniature Vatican built of Legos
 Irish president meets with Pope
 Catechesis requires creativity, Pope says
 Cardinal Cupich reinstates pastor cleared of abuse allegations
 Oklahoma governor signs 9 pro-life laws
 Pro-life group says Google engaging in censorship
 Supreme Court to hear case on religious schools barred from Maine choice program
 USCCB: Act now to stop most extreme abortion bill ever
 Ukrainian Christians begin 3 days of prayer to preserve traditional family values
 Ecumenical Patriarch announces trip to US
 Armenia is surrounded by enemies, Czech cardinal warns
 62 nuns at Manila convent test positive for Covid
 Tabernacle with Blessed Sacrament stolen from Denver parish
 Belarus government faces new confrontation with Church

Released Thursday, Sep. 16

 Same-sex marriage is rejection of all, Pope-emeritus Benedict writes
 Catholics have highest US vaccination rate
 Greek foreign minister scolds Turkey for mosque at Hagia Sophia
 Google cancels ads for reversal of abortion pill
 Pope warns movement leaders against desire for power, disloyalty
 In Madhya Pradesh, priest on trial for Christmas caroling is acquitted
 We are living ‘in the valley of death,’ 3 Philippine archbishops say
 Historic Viennese church given to SSPX
 Kenyan bishops bar politicians from addressing church congregations
 Australian bishop’s resignation ‘raises some big questions’
 Hmong Catholics in Vietnam are imprisoned for evangelization efforts
 Abductors release Nigerian priest
 New Jersey bishop: Vaccination exemption for clergy ‘will be minimal’
 Bishops’ migration chairman welcomes House provisions on immigration
 Mary’s faith is ‘journey, prophecy, and compassion,’ Pope preaches at final Mass in Slovakia

Released Wednesday, Sep. 15

 Pope speaks on Communion for pro-abortion politicians
 Federal court blocks New York vaccine mandate that bars religious exemptions
 Ousted archbishop meets with Pope in Slovakia
 As Covid fears ease, Maronite Church returns to Communion on tongue
 Pope declines resignation of German archbishop
 Roundup: US dioceses respond to Biden vaccine mandate
 Priests who advocate vaccine refusal will not receive salary, Orthodox prelate says
 Southern African bishops decry corruption in member nations, urge ‘solidarity with needy’
 Federal court clears way for telemedicine medication abortions on Guam
 Largest Catholic parish in US being built in ‘heart of California’s dairy industry’
 Vatican cardinal urges Mexican bishops to prioritize care for migrants
 Catholic Hong Kong activist honored at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
 British doctors’ union drops opposition to assisted suicide
 Gunmen abduct priest in Nigerian village
 Pope, in Slovakia, preaches on the crucified Jesus, encourages young people to go to Confession

Released Tuesday, Sep. 14

 Kentucky bishop: unvaccinated priests cannot visit the sick
 The Cross is not for ‘triumphal’ Christianity, Pope tells Slovaks
 Poll shows American majority opposes vaccine mandate
 Lutheran body installs ‘transgender’ bishop
 Maronite Patriarch welcomes Lebanon’s new government
 Paraguayan prelate urges government to act against Marxist-Leninist guerillas
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman issues statement on supporting pregnant and new mothers
 Vatican spokesman: Pope is offering ‘new ABCs for proclaiming the faith’
 Tasmanian archbishop faces criticism over support for unvaccinated priests
 23-year-old arrested for smashing Catholic church statues: NYPD
 In India, Church mourns prominent Catholic politician’s death
 Anti-Christian violence reaches ‘alarming proportions’ in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh
 Former Irish president McAleese ramps up criticism of Pope Francis
 Pope, in Slovakia, deplores anti-Semitism, says Christian society is based on Beatitudes, not ‘culture wars’

Released Monday, Sep. 13

 Maternity ward to close, as nurses quit to avoid vaccination
 Swiss Guard to admit women?
 Students’ lawsuit challenges vaccine mandate at Jesuit university
 Pope renews critique of ‘rigid’ Catholicism [Corrected]
 Vatican cardinal reassures Jews after papal remarks
 Vietnamese catechist, family jailed for teaching faith
 Don’t slander St. Junípero Serra, Archbishops Cordileone and Gomez write in op-ed
 USCCB president recalls 20th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks
 Papal message to interfaith summit: If we want peace on earth, ‘we cannot lose sight of heaven’
 Listen, discern, bear witness: papal audience with Discalced Carmelites
 President of European Council discusses Afghan refugees with Pontiff
 The family is alive in prayer, Word of God, and service: papal message to families
 Pope arrives in Slovakia, meets with other Christian leaders
 Wyszynski’s beatification ceremony gathers thousands in Poland
 Pope, in Hungary, meets with Orbán, laments anti-Semitism, concludes Eucharistic Congress

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