Stories for week of September 29, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 4

 Priest-abusers now living without supervision, AP reports
 Pope places Amazon Synod under patronage of St. Francis
 ‘What an incredible example of Christian love’: bishop praises man who forgives his brother’s killer
 Vatican authorizes apostolic visitation of Diocese of Buffalo
 Catholics pray for India on anniversary of Gandhi’s birth
 Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for continued vigilance in war
 Vatican unlikely to weigh in on Hong Kong protests, Catholic leaders say
 Northern Africa’s bishops welcome ‘important steps’ in relations with Islam
 Pope Francis, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold private meeting
 Receiving the Word of God fills us with joy, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Northern Ireland’s Catholics left out of UK Brexit debate, primate says
 Bishops’ commission welcomes EU road safety program
 Sustainable development entails working for the common good, not ‘ideological colonization,’ Cardinal Parolin cautions
 ‘Laws that work and media that shames’: Vatican responds to suspension of 5 officials
 Witness to Christ and imitate His charity for others, Pope tells Ursulines

Released Thursday, Oct. 3

 Amazon Synod will focus on mission, ecology, organizers say
 Colombian priest killed; robbery suspected motive
 Miracle approved, beatification looms for Cardinal Wyszynski
 Pope underlines historic impact of Puebla meeting
 Hebei tightens control over religious activities
 Pakistan rejects attempt to allow non-Muslims to serve as prime minister, president
 Like St. Francis, Christians can bear witness to Christ among Muslims, bishop in Arabia says
 Missionary in Ivory Coast decries child sacrifices, suicides
 ‘Come and see’: Chaldean Patriarch inaugurates extraordinary missionary month in Iraq
 Virginia teacher fired for refusing to use transgender student’s preferred pronouns
 Amid political meltdown, Peru’s bishops urge fighting ‘cycle of corruption’
 Judge blocks Georgia’s pro-life heartbeat bill
 ‘Undisguisedly indifferent’: Bridgeport diocese issues report on its own abuse record
 California bishop, son of immigrants, reflects on El Paso shooting, discrimination against Hispanics
 USCCB approves revised certification standards, competencies for Catholic Campus Ministry Association
 Constantinople is our Mother Church, Ukrainian Catholic leader tells Ecumenical Patriarch
 ‘It is immoral to use nuclear energy to make war,’ Pope tells Japanese journalists
 Pontifical council marks 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth
 Vatican foreign minister meets with US officials, discusses religious freedom, human trafficking
 Jordan’s Prince Hassan meets with Pope

Released Wednesday, Oct. 2

 Five Vatican financial officials suspended after prosecutor’s raid
 US Secretary of State, at Vatican, cites Chinese violations of religious freedom
 ‘Indigenous cathedral’ planned for Brazil
 Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s November trip to Thailand, Japan
 Maltese bishop named to head Synod office
 Cardinal Ouellet defends celibacy, questions syncretism
 Philosopher Taylor awarded Ratzinger Prize
 2nd sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Bishop Bransfield
 Tucuna deacon prepares to become 1st priest from Amazonian tribe
 Ambassador emphasizes areas of agreement between Vatican and US
 Guatemalan cardinal-designate: ‘I cannot stop speaking out’ on behalf of the poor
 Judge rules in favor of Wisconsin Christian student in free speech case
 Myanmar cardinal decries religious leaders’ silence over killings
 Support pro-life candidates, leading Polish prelate exhorts voters
 Vatican’s Secretary of State calls for end of Syrian conflict, repeal of sanctions
 Haiti’s bishops link violence to government’s lack of concern for the poor
 ‘Be missionaries, not spectators,’ Burundi’s bishops urge
 Theme of Pope Francis’s general audience: ‘He told him the Good News about Jesus’
 ‘The Lord is calling you to bear witness,’ Pope preaches at beginning of extraordinary missionary month
 Video released for Pope’s monthly prayer intention
 Northern Ireland’s Catholic, Protestant leaders urge prayer, action to halt imposition of abortion legislation
 Vatican’s representative at the UN transferred to Spain

Released Tuesday, Oct. 1

 Vatican police raid Secretariat of State
 Cardinal warns against German ‘national church’
 Ban on woman priests is not dogma, says key figure in Amazon Synod
 Report says New York archdiocese has removed all credibly accused priests
 China’s repressive reach is growing, Washington Post warns in editorial
 Federal judge halts Michigan’s new gay adoption rules
 Papua New Guinea prelate negotiates conscience protection for Catholic hospitals, doctors
 Church in Gabon celebrates 175th anniversary of evangelization
 ‘Vast majority’ of Russian priests in Western Europe leave Ecumenical Patriarchate for Moscow
 Manila cardinal baptizes 450 street children
 Pope sends almoner to visit migrants in agricultural ‘ghetto’
 Church begins Extraordinary Missionary Month
 Promote a culture of hope by caring for the young and the old, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope’s October prayer intention: a missionary ‘spring’ in the Church
 Vatican newspaper: Laudato Si’ is the Rerum Novarum of our day
 Vatican Secretary of State, at UN, calls for universal health coverage—with qualifications
 Pope encourages Italian missionaries in their work
 Pope offers prayers for Cameroon, migrants

Released Monday, Sep. 30

 Turkish government bars foreign prelates from voting for Armenian Patriarch
 Chinese priests barred from visiting Hong Kong
 New statue, honoring migrants, unveiled in St. Peter’s Square
 Gay ex-Dominican reports supportive phone call from Pope Francis
 Father James Martin meets Pontiff in private audience
 Cardinal Parolin: international support needed for peacemaking in Central African Republic
 Pope institutes annual ‘Sunday of the Word of God’
 Ahead of synod, students of Benedict XVI express concerns about married priesthood
 Justice Department backs Indianapolis archdiocese in firing of teacher for same-sex marriage
 ‘A door has opened that can hardly be closed’: book commemorates anniversary of Vatican-China agreement
 Following investigation, Pope appoints commissioner for Heralds of the Gospel
 ‘The Lord calls us to practice charity,’ Pope emphasizes on World Day of Migrants and Refugees
 Praising sacred music, Pope encourages formation of schola cantorum ‘in every parish community’
 Archdiocese of Mexico City divided into 4 dioceses
 ‘Always be Christ’s,’ Pope tells Portuguese youth
 Pope criticizes ‘profit, exasperated competitiveness, and sometimes violent attitudes’ in sports
 Biodiversity, Our Lady of Guadalupe among themes of Pope’s message to Mexican soccer team
 Papal condolences following death of Jacques Chirac
 Pope Francis expresses ‘immense gratitude’ for Cardinal Levada’s ministry
 Vatican diplomat calls for greater attention to climate restoration
 Prelate condemns Trump administration’s plans for 40% reduction in refugee resettlement

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