Stories for week of September 27, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 2

 Pontiff praises commitment of Swiss Guard
 Cardinal Pell’s return not connected to Becciu ouster, Cardinal Parolin says
 Vatican investment partners probed for money laundering, mob links
 After Pompeo criticism, Vatican asserts right to go its own way on China
 Give ‘paramount consideration’ to right to life, Cleveland bishop says in election message
 Biden rolls out ads highlighting Catholic faith
 Report finds flaws in Church abuse-prevention plans
 Suspected Tampa church arsonist arrested after shoplifting at Walmart
 Following vigil, Boston archdiocese reverses decision to close church
 Diocese of Camden declares bankruptcy
 President Trump and Joe Biden speak at 2020 Al Smith Dinner
 Nigeria at 60: no cause for celebration, bishops say
 Leading Holy See diplomat urges integral ecology to reverse biodiversity loss
 Pope appoints new president, director of Vatican labor office
 Colombian bishops decry new massacres
 Pope’s words on peaceful protests have special significance in Latin America
 Return to Mass a concern for European bishops in Covid aftermath
 Leader of Germany’s most populous state meets with Pope

Released Thursday, Oct. 1

 Vatican releases financial balance sheet
 Vatican names 2020 winners of Ratzinger prizes
 Rockville Centre diocese files for bankruptcy
 Federal court affirms Colorado’s Covid limits on religious gatherings
 Belarus bishop denounces Russian government claim that United States is using Church to advocate for regime change
 USCCB ‘redoubles commitment’ to immigrants initiative
 Vatican, US Secretaries of State discuss religious freedom
 Irish primate calls for family Rosary crusade against Covid
 Assisi awaits Pope Francis
 Priests say Turkish attacks in northern Iraq displace Christians
 Australian court overturns 1996 abuse settlement, paving way for numerous lawsuits
 Indiana bishop calls for faithful citizenship in a divided nation
 Pope brings 7 people closer to sainthood
 Pope appeals for renewed love for Sacred Scripture
 October papal prayer intention: the laity’s mission in the Church

Released Wednesday, Sep. 30

 Nigerian priest kidnapped and released—again
 Mexican archdiocese warns faithful against fake priests
 Archbishop thankful as San Francisco eases restrictions on worship
 People of Praise web site hacked before Barrett nomination
 Moneyval begins review of Vatican finances
 Pope’s apostolic letter praises St. Jerome
 ‘Viralize love and globalize hope in the light of faith,’ Pope says in concluding audience on healing the world
 Cardinal Zen appeals to the Pope: Please send a faithful shepherd to Hong Kong
 UK bishops, Christian leaders appeal for halt to violence in Cameroon
 Irish high court justice sees oaths as ‘unfortunate’ but helpful
 Anti-Catholic attacks on Amy Coney Barrett are dangerous for Jews, columnist warns
 Cardinal Becciu’s lawyer resigns over social media photos
 In Latin America, ferment over abuse, abortion and Covid
 German bishops set up system for larger abuse payments
 Diocese estimates $60-100 million in damages following Hurricane Laura
 Vatican proposes renewal of agreement with China on bishops’ appointments
 Asia Bibi calls on Pakistan’s prime minister to protect minorities
 Pittsburgh diocese raises attendance limits at Mass to 50% capacity
 Cardinal Burke: Biden shouldn’t receive Communion
 Cardinal Tobin says Biden remarks not intended as endorsement
 Cardinal Müller looks at US politics, the 2020 election, and Catholic conscience
 Pope names leading physicist to pontifical academy
 Statues of Jesus and Our Lady desecrated in Andhra Pradesh
 ‘When the dogma lives loudly’: Archbishop Chaput reflects on Barrett nomination

Released Tuesday, Sep. 29

 New charges emerge in Becciu investigation
 German cardinal: ‘Synodal path’ as danger to Church unity
 Theme chosen for Pope’s message on World Day of Social Communications
 India: officials demolish parish Stations of the Cross
 Trump to address ‘virtual’ Al Smith event; Biden uncertain
 Filipino bishop condemns killing of parish workers
 Apostleship of the Sea becomes ‘Stella Maris’ in its 100th year
 Catholic hospital giant Ascension suffers $1 billion yearly loss
 Justice Department calls on San Francisco mayor to end ‘1 congregant’ rule for places of worship
 Catholic leaders call on president, Congress to support additional Covid relief
 ‘Fantasy of mercy’ needed to respond to pandemic, Pope tells Roman diocesan charity
 Pope celebrates Mass for Vatican police
 Arizona bishops: Vote no on marijuana legalization
 Shakeup at St. Louis archdiocese over handling of immigration webinar
 US Department of Education honors 40 Catholic schools for excellence
 US-based Armenian Catholic diocese deplores Azerbaijan’s attack
 Jharkhand: tribal Christians attacked on the basis of false charges of slaughtering a cow
 Papal encouragement for tourism industry workers
 Nun beatified in Naples
 Papal prayer for those forced to flee their homes
 Pope appeals for peace in the Caucasus

Released Monday, Sep. 28

 Network lobby urges rejection of Barrett nomination
 Rome region sees rare September snowfall
 ISIS mercenaries entering conflict against Armenia?
 Cardinal Pell returning to Rome—to resume fight against corruption?
 Papal thanks for Italian security forces at Vatican
 Cardinal Zen rebuffed again in bid to meet with Pope
 Pope appoints special prosecutor
 Archbishop Hebda: Minnesota priest’s Covid homily ‘inappropriate’
 Statue of Jesus outside Baton Rouge cathedral defaced
 Clashes in the Caucasus: Armenian Catholicos interrupts official visit to the Vatican
 Thousands of mosques in Xinjiang demolished in recent years: report
 Catholic nun known for work with immigrants makes Time 100 list
 Vatican cardinal pushes back after Pope fires him in scandal
 Pittsburgh bishop issues letter on voting
 Former Irish president pledges to spend retirement challenging Catholic Church
 Bat-wielding vandal damages San Antonio seminary
 Vatican invites Cardinal Pell to return to Rome
 President Trump slams media’s treatment of Barrett’s Catholicism: ‘I thought we settled this’ with JFK
 San Diego-area cathedral, parish vandalized with swastikas, graffiti
 USCCB committee chair applauds President Trump’s executive order on born-alive abortion victims
 Ask for the grace of conversion, Pope tells pilgrims
 Polish President Duda, Pope Francis discuss promotion of the family, regional security

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Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Peter Claver (1581-1654), who was born of a distinguished family in Catalonia, Spain. He became a Jesuit in 1604, and left for Colombia in 1610, dedicating himself to the service of black slaves. For thirty-three years he ministered to slaves, caring for the…

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