Stories for week of September 20, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 25

 Pope stresses environment in message to UN
 California pastor wins in court, will continue services
 Tibetan farmers, like Uyghurs, in Chinese re-education camps
 Russian Catholics worried by new religion law
 West Virginia bishop says predecessor’s apology inadequate
 Pope criticized for ‘masculine’ title of new encyclical
 Louisville archbishop pleads for peace, rejection of violence following Breonna Taylor decision
 Italian mother recalls her son, soon to be beatified
 California monastery escapes wildfire: ‘It’s like the parting of the Red Sea; the fire just went around’
 UN agencies pressure Malawi to liberalize abortion laws
 Immigrants and refugees are ‘essential workers during COVID-19,’ bishop tells US House subcommittee
 EEOC sues Frito-Lay for religious discrimination
 President Trump tells Catholic prayer breakfast ‘all children, born and unborn, have the right to life’
 Asia’s bishops encourage faithful to live with hope during pandemic
 Kenya’s bishops speak out against reproductive health bill
 Caritas: Long-awaited EU Pact on Asylum and Migration falls short
 Municipal approval granted for $10.2M Christian monument in England
 ‘We are on your side,’ leading EU cardinal tells climate strikers
 Background: World Day of Migrants and Refugees
 ‘The cleaning of the stables’: Cardinal Pell welcomes Cardinal Becciu’s resignation, thanks Pope Francis
 Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal

Released Thursday, Sep. 24

 Euthanasia fast gaining acceptance in Netherlands, cardinal fears
 Cardinal Tagle cleared of Covid
 Trump issues order to protect born-alive abortion victims
 South Sudanese bishop warns against tribalism
 Costa Rican bishops criticize nation’s economic model
 Bible translated into Pazande
 DR Congo bishops call for fair election laws
 Pope to Philippine Catholic schools: Form authentic witnesses to Christ
 Kenyan government approves Catholic TV station operated by bishops
 Displaced persons can be a positive force of change, Vatican cardinal says
 Vatican diplomat criticizes UN Covid resolution
 Pope prays for Covid-struck Cuba
 Pompeo visits Catholic-run refugee center, parish in Brazil
 Macron decries ‘Islamic separatism,’ defends blasphemy
 Vatican silent on the Abraham Accords
 EU bishops urge action to protect asylum seekers
 Papal gratitude to Cardinal Sodano on 70th anniversary of priestly ordination
 Knights of Holy Sepulchre give $3.5M in emergency aid to Holy Land
 China: still no ‘yes’ to Vatican agreement
 US bishops decry new federal executions

Released Wednesday, Sep. 23

 Quebec places tight new restrictions on churches
 Pope Francis emphasizes importance of subsidiarity
 House passes Global Child Thrive Act
 Irish monastery receives canonical visitation; founder resigns
 Pontifical commission discusses impact of lockdowns
 Pelosi ‘misspoke’ about San Francisco Mass attendance, spokesman claims
 Judge killed by mafia 30 years ago is a candidate for sainthood
 Nigeria: ‘We have been left to perish because of our faith’
 Poll shows Biden with 53%-41% lead among Catholics
 National shrine basilica celebrates 100th anniversary
 2 Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees
 Catholic schools stay open in Wisconsin; court date set over Covid closure order
 Pontifical council, World Council of Churches publish ‘Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity’
 ‘Forge new paths,’ leading Italian prelate urges
 In Austria, tougher restrictions at Mass due to rise in Covid infections
 Vatican Secretary of State pays tribute to UN on 75th anniversary

Released Tuesday, Sep. 22

 Vatican issues statement on end-of-life care, condemns euthanasia
 British premier’s son baptized in Catholic cathedral
 Vatican doctrinal chief: ‘everything possible’ done in conflict with Irish dissident priest
 Vatican official named to head Italian health commission
 Colombian bishops decry assassinations
 Ugandan political party under fire for rejecting Catholic candidate
 Archbishop Aymond: How Catholics should approach controversial election issues
 Fort Worth bishop issues pastoral letter on possible invalid baptisms
 Rep. Pelosi says she attended Mass in San Francisco church, despite city health order
 Kaduna bishops decry financial inducements for terrorists
 Lift sanctions against Syria, Caritas urges in peace appeal
 Holy See calls on Belarus government, protestors to reject violence
 USCCB warns against rising chemical abortions, calls for support for Save Moms and Babies Act
 Religious bodies speak out against proposed abortion law in Malawi
 Canadian bishops begin virtual fall meeting
 Salesian: Global missionary efforts have taken a hit in the time of coronavirus
 Accept ‘fair contingent of refugees,’ Austrian bishops urge government
 Pope Francis receives PACE president at private audience
 Pope invites children with autism to thank God, intercede for others

Released Monday, Sep. 21

 Changes loom at Vatican: many Curia leaders beyond retirement age
 Question: why has Africa been spared the worst of epidemic
 Virginia bishop sees ‘Pentecost moment’ in response to Covid lockdown
 New Zealand politician warns bishops not to press against euthanasia
 Covid lockdown may be ‘extraordinary means,’ Bishop Paprocki argues
 New Mexico archdiocese ‘appalled’ by Catholic group’s invitation to Attorney General Barr
 Catholic community divided, angry in wake of Wisconsin priest’s video denouncing Democrats
 Pennsylvania Catholic Conference compares Trump, Biden on abortion, 10 other issues
 Archdiocese starts process to name Father Gabriel Richard a saint
 Archbishop Cordileone: San Francisco Mass restrictions ‘mocking God’
 Black sisters urge US Catholics, Church leaders to do more to end racism
 Dissident Irish priest rejects CDF invitation to assent to Catholic teaching
 Leading EU cardinal open to women priests, rues Boris Johnson’s ‘dangerous’ populist tendencies
 Why priests don’t endorse candidates: experts respond to FEC chairman
 Surprise papal donation to struggling poultry workers
 St. Januarius’ blood liquifies in Naples
 Pope encourages Belgian Christian journalists to be sowers of hope
 Medicines, vaccines should be available to world’s poorest, Pope says to pharmacists
 ‘Everything is grace’: Pope reflects on God’s call and recompense

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