Stories for week of September 22, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 27

 Pope addresses ethical challenges of new technology
 Decriminalization of abortion is ‘defeat for humanity,’ says Australian archbishop
 Denver’s archbishop sees schism threat in Germany
 Pope addresses hockey officials
 ‘3 decades ago, America lost its religion. Why?’
 New York archdiocese welcomes dismissal of abuse charges against priest
 In Australian state, Church faces over 800 new sex abuse claims after legal change
 5 bishops spent a week visiting migrants at the border—and they’re worried
 Recognize religion’s role in promoting culture of peace, leading Vatican diplomat says at UN
 Bishops in Australia vow to ignore laws requiring them to divulge confession of child sexual abuse
 Mexican bishops lament legalization of abortion in Oaxaca
 FBI offers reward following 3 Catholic parish arsons in El Paso
 Pope recommends ‘ecumenism of hatred’ article, criticizes ‘rigid’ young priests, distinguishes proselytism from evangelization
 Italy’s top court approves assisted suicide in certain cases
 Lukewarm faith turns our lives into graveyards, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope encourages Emmanuel Community in its work with the disadvantaged
 More Church sectors needed in fight against human traffficking, Pope tells Talitha Kum

Released Thursday, Sep. 26

 Cardinal Levada, former CDF prefect, dead at 83
 Amazon region bishops say funding is priority
 German bishops vote to proceed with controversial ‘synodal assembly’
 Bahrain appreciates its Christians, foreign minister says at UN
 Federal court upholds Southern Poverty Law Center’s designation of ministry as ‘hate group’ for LGBT views
 Church forcibly closed in Algeria—the 8th since 2017
 300 flee to convent as violence erupts in Indonesian Papua
 German bishops call on world leaders to act on climate change
 In Faisalabad, 14-year-old Christian girl is kidnapped, forced to convert and marry
 Diocese of Buffalo facing more Child Victims Act suits than any other defendant in NY
 Brazilian bishops’ agency reports soaring violence against indigenous persons
 Former Vatican official advises more cautious engagement with popular movements
 Nuns strive to be disciples of hope in changing landscape of human trafficking
 Pope offers encouragement to Lourdes pilgrimage apostolate
 Vatican’s Secretary of State urges international community to protect rainforests

Released Wednesday, Sep. 25

 Cardinal Marx: no ‘stop sign’ from Rome as German bishops open assembly
 Martyrdom remains common today, Pope reminds audience
 Venezuelan cardinal: Amazon Synod working document wrong on Jesus
 Minnesota diocese’s ex-vicar general denies abuse allegation
 ‘Deeply disturbing’ footage surfaces of China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims
 Federal court upholds Maryland’s ban on conversion therapy
 Number of Chinese seminarians plunges as government bans those under 18 from entering churches
 Bolivian archbishop rallies faithful to march for the environment
 African religious leaders fear renewed fighting in South Sudan
 Proclaim the Gospel to those who do not believe, Vatican official urges Canadian bishops
 Cameroon cardinal to take part in national debate on Anglophone crisis
 Pope Francis will oversee Argentinian and British military bishops’ statue exchange
 President Trump, at UN, urges world leaders to end religious persecution
 El Paso bishop: Trump administration has raised ‘anti-immigrant sentiment to a whole new level’
 Philippine bishop urges strong response to polio epidemic
 Guatemalan cardinal-designate known for work with the poor, speaking out against injustice
 The Pope calls us to communicate by witnessing, Vatican spokesman says
 God always helps you rebuild your lives, Pope tells New Horizons community

Released Tuesday, Sep. 24

 Canadian Catholic hospital required to offer assisted-suicide support
 Vatican suspends archbishop’s discipline on Indianapolis Jesuit high school
 DC basilica rector leaves Catholic University’s board amid Church investigation
 ‘Ground zero: How the Ballarat diocese exported pedophiles to the world’
 Hindu radical arrested in India for 1999 murder of Baptist missionary
 3 tribal Christians lynched in Jharkhand for slaughtering a ‘sacred cow’
 Authorities in United Arab Emirates officially recognize 17 churches
 Leading Vatican diplomat encourages other religious leaders to condemn violence, persecution
 Vatican, World Council of Churches discuss peacebuilding, migration
 French bishops speak out against IVF for single mothers, lesbians
 Study find 6% of seminarians have experienced sexual harassment or abuse
 Asia’s sole cardinal-designate known for justice and peace work
 Archbishop Gregory, at funeral Mass, remembers Cokie Roberts as ‘wise woman of faith’
 More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in India in 2019
 Work with Church leaders to counter Ebola, Congo bishop advises
 Face climate change with ‘honesty, courage, and responsibility,’ Pope tells participants in UN climate summit
 Changes will help John Paul II Institute ‘start to become’ excellent, new president says

Released Monday, Sep. 23

 Female theologian bows out of German bishops’ synod process
 Nigerian bishops decry criticism of Pontiff
 Cardinal O’Malley, Bishop McElroy named to Amazon Synod
 Burundi’s government rips Catholic bishops
 Proclaim the faith, Pope instructs Vatican communicators
 Tell the truth, Pope urges Catholic press
 Brazil: priest killed in robbery, Blessed Sacrament taken
 Chinese churches ordered to celebrate Communist regime’s anniversary
 Irish bishop denies promise to endorse women’s ordination
 Cardinal Sarah decries ‘false prophets,’ loss of sense of sacred
 German bishops to press ‘binding assembly’ plans despite Vatican caution
 Duke student senate denies Christian group over LGBTQ policy
 German ‘synodal way’ is rapid response to abuse scandal, bishops’ spokesman says
 Amazon archbishop backs ordination of married priests
 US abortion rate continues long-term decline in most states
 Pope, in new video, highlights threats to oceans
 Bishops and priests must be close to each other and to God’s people, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Mosque, synagogue, and church to be built on single site in United Arab Emirates
 Muslim-Catholic committee hopes UN will adopt Pope’s ‘human fraternity’ document
 Jesus remembers us and makes us feel at home, Pope preaches in Albano
 Pope encourages prayer, closeness to migrants and refugees
 Show empathy to impoverished and marginalized patients, Pope says to New York doctors
 Do not lend support to assisted suicide, Pope Francis tells physicians
 Transform ‘riches into instruments of fraternity and solidarity,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope warns Carmelites against ‘pseudo-mystics,’ ‘weekend solidarity,’ and ‘distance from the wounds of Christ’s body’
 Pope Francis: Evangelize by being ‘traveling companions’

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