Stories for week of September 15, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 20

 Chinese agents tailed Cardinal Zen at Fatima
 Villanova theologian foresees robot priests
 Biotech executive affirms harvesting brains from intact unborn babies
 Lay group organizes to fill Detroit’s inner-city churches
 Divorce is unconstitutional, say bishops in Philippines
 Leading Nigerian prelate urges government to protect citizens from attacks
 Never forget the horrors of martial law, Philippine bishops urge
 Priest accused of ‘forced conversion’ in Jharkhand released on bail
 Holy Land: Catholic spokesman weighs in on Israeli election deadlock
 South Korea announces new measures to counter population decline
 Cardinal-designate discusses fruits of ‘human fraternity’ document
 Pope donates funds from auctioned Lamborghini to rebuild Haitian seminary, school
 Blood of St. Januarius liquefies on feast day
 Citing abortion concerns, Canadian bishops review their relief and development agency’s partnerships
 New Luxembourg cardinal spent more than 2 decades in Japan
 Maine bishop speaks out against physician-assisted suicide, taxpayer funding of abortions
 Eritrean bishops protest government seizure of Catholic schools
 Ministry is a gift to be contemplated, Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Thursday, Sep. 19

 Eastern churches can shed light on synodality, Pope remarks
 Archbishop Chaput issues warning on Father Martin
 Council of Cardinals reviews feedback on draft of apostolic constitution
 Cardinal Marx meets Pontiff with German bishops, Vatican at odds
 Indiana, Illinois attorneys general investigate after fetal remains found
 Philippine senate considers proposals to legalize divorce
 Peoria bishop issues pastoral letter on the Real Presence
 Archbishop: Synod should make Canadians consider their roles in Amazon
 Irish archbishop warns of ‘dangerous’ uncertainty posed by Brexit
 ‘How a Melbourne seminary became the breeding ground for pedophile rings’
 The Pope is a revolutionary like Jesus, Argentine rabbi says
 Zambian bishops launch Catholic TV
 US rabbi joins committee to promote ‘human fraternity’ document
 Talitha Kum marks 10 years of work against human trafficking
 Pope Francis: Saints Matthew, Stanislaus Kostka inspire us to convert, follow vocation
 Pope appeals for prayers for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
 Majority of Americans support conscience protection in health care: USCCB survey

Released Wednesday, Sep. 18

 Syrian Patriarch says his followers suffer discrimination in Lebanon
 Pope, at audience, speaks of apostles’ bravery
 Cincinnati archbishop anticipates Vatican investigation into handling of abuse case
 Arizona Supreme Court backs artists who declined to design invitations to same-sex wedding
 Massachusetts bishops issue statement on climate change
 Visiting Vatican, 2 US bishops comment on Pope’s ‘Americans are attacking me’ comment
 Bologna’s cardinal-designate helped broker Mozambique peace deal
 Religion plays ‘valuable role’ in forming culture of peace, says leading Vatican diplomat
 Nicaraguan prelates decry Ortega regime’s denial of entry to OAS commission
 Zimbabwe’s bishops denounce government oppression, violence
 Vatican to try 2 priests for alleged abuse of altar boys in St. Peter’s Basilica
 Scientists create a device that can mass produce human ‘embryoids’
 English bishops call for support for justice and peace in the Holy Land
 Promoting human dignity in Brussels is priority, says new EU bishops’ official
 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ calls for increase in peaceful use of nuclear energy
 Compassion is God’s language, Pope preaches at weekday Mass

Released Tuesday, Sep. 17

 Cardinal Pell appeals to Australia’s top court
 Cardinal Marx: German bishops will proceed with synod despite Vatican warning
 In China, pilgrims flock to save Marian shrine from destruction
 In Jharkand, man’s relatives kill his young wife because she was Christian and Dalit
 At Polish cross festival, Catholics atone for abuse scandals, vandalism
 Prince Charles to lead UK delegation to Blessed John Henry Newman’s canonization
 Vatican abuse commission members discuss vulnerable adults, survivor advisory panels
 In kickoff to speaking tour, Irish abuse survivor says she is disappointed with global reforms
 It is illogical to divide peoples or deny hospitality, Pope says in peace message
 Pray for people in government and political leaders, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Nicaragua’s bishops call nation’s crisis of trust ‘an omnipresent virus’
 Pope encourages Italian Railways to be ‘increasingly attractive, sustainable, and supportive’
 Italian polio victim, Dachau martyr beatified
 St. Thérèse’s relics brought to Scotland’s largest prison
 Prelates criticize expected cut in US refugee admissions

Released Monday, Sep. 16

 Pope sees good and bad effects of globalization
 Malta’s president meets with Pontiff
 Eastern Catholic churches are path to ecumenical progress: Cardinal Parolin
 Indian cardinal demands release of priest, catechist arrested for ‘forced conversions’
 Hong Kong auxiliary bishop weighs in on protests
 Eritrea’s bishops speak out against regime’s takeover of schools
 Jury returns small verdict in Knights of Columbus lawsuit
 Wisconsin jury acquits accused priest
 Missouri attorney general issues report on abuse in Church
 Ex-priest and Air Force chaplain, once a fugitive in Morocco, sentenced to 30 years for abuse
 Cardinal Cupich: Catholic social ministry challenged by ‘changing face of the family,’ societal polarization, abuse crisis
 Pontiff expresses joy over Russian-Ukrainian prisoner exchange
 ‘With God, no sin has the last word,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope encourages Abraham Community in its work of evangelization
 Transmit the Gospel’s joy and hope to all, Pope tells Venezuelan Catholic youth
 German bishops respond to Vatican criticism of ‘synodal path’
 Central American, Mexican bishops urge more help for migrants
 Congo’s cardinal-designate has lifelong passion for human rights
 Pope renews criticism of life imprisonment
 Ecumenical Patriarch sees gift of St. Peter’s relics as ‘crucial step’ toward unity
 Pope warns against populism

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