Stories for week of September 15, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 20

 Ukraine law against Moscow-affiliated churches to take effect Monday
 ‘Catholics for Harris-Walz’ downplay abortion issue, praise Biden legacy
 Texas bishop urges faithful not to support rebellious Carmelite community
 Maronite Patriarch decried Israeli exploding-pager tactic
 Pope urges cardinals to tighten Vatican budget
 Legislative proposals would mandate insurance coverage for IVF
 Pew surveys find US trends away from religious affiliation
 Trump cancels visit to Marian shrine
 Synod retreat master: I don’t ‘fully understand’ how young gay Catholics should live out the Church’s teaching
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘radical and transformative action’ on international debt
 Papal message stresses importance of reparation to assist Mafia victims
 Pope praises Queen Isabella’s response to enslavement of Native Americans
 Papal satisfaction with work of Laudato Si’ Higher Education Center
 Pope encourages Picpus Fathers, Salvatorian Sisters to prayer, service to needy, evangelization

Released Thursday, Sep. 19

 Pope encourages move to align calendars for Easter
 Blood of St. Januarius liquefies again
 Thousands leaving Catholic Church in Austria
 Vatican gives cautious approval for Medjugorje devotions
 Pope Francis: Pass along treasure of Poland’s faith, tradition to the young
 Papal appeals for World Alzheimer’s Day, prayer for peace
 Papal prayer for European flood victims
 Tight secrecy imposed on Synod participants, even after Synod’s conclusion
 Notre Dame theologian wins prestigious Ratzinger Prize
 USCCB pro-life chairman calls for ‘revival of prayer and action,’ vote for candidates who defend human life, dignity
 Vatican diplomat pushes back against language of plant, animal, and fungi rights

Released Wednesday, Sep. 18

 Vatican, Italian prosecutors join to investigate leaks
 Harris-Walz campaign rallies Catholic supporters
 New bishops take Vatican orientation courses
 US bishops propose new focus for CCHD
 Cardinal Parolin asks Russian official about prisoner exchanges with Ukraine
 Pope, at general audience, recalls apostolic journey to Southeast Asia
 At international conference, Holy See reiterates support for nuclear non-proliferation
 Europe’s Eastern Catholic bishops gather in Romania
 Pope, in book preface, lauds Enzo Bianchi, disciplined by Vatican in 2020
 Direct yourselves to God, ‘first truth and supreme good’: Pope’s message for Québec anniversary
 IVF insurance mandate halted in Senate
 Papal message for World Youth Day: ‘Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary’

Released Tuesday, Sep. 17

 Pope encourages young peacemakers in Mediterranean region
 Exiled Nicaraguan bishop appointed as Synod participant
 Vatican press conference to discuss Medjugorje
 State Department rapped for inaction on religious freedom
 The Eucharist frees us to serve others, papal legate preaches at International Eucharistic Congress
 Sydney to host 2028 International Eucharistic Congress
 Papal encouragement for annual Marian pilgrimage by Italian charismatic Catholics
 Franciscans mark 800th anniversary of saint’s stigmata
 Papal tweet notes Season of Creation
 Pope praises results of Vatican-China dialogue, says he hasn’t followed situation in Venezuela
 German abbot elected Abbot Primate of Order of St. Benedict

Released Monday, Sep. 16

 Synod meeting will open with unusual ‘penitential service’
 Massachusetts pro-lifers seek murder prosecution under Unborn Victims of Violence Act
 Rebel Texas Carmelite community opts for SSPX
 Archbishop Chaput: ‘Not all religions seek the same God’
 Successor named for Polish archbishop who resigned amid Vatican investigation
 Renewal, communion, service: papal encouragement for Theatines on 500th anniversary
 Renewed papal call for peace, release of Israeli hostages
 Mexican religious order founder beatified
 Papal closeness to typhoon victims in Myanmar, Vietnam
 Set out to follow Jesus and be transformed, Pope exhorts pilgrims
 China releases American pastor imprisoned since 2006
 Vatican diplomat laments ageism, assisted suicide, euthanasia

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