Catholic Culture Overview
Catholic Culture Overview

Stories for week of October 06, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 11

 Irish government relents, will send representative to Newman canonization
 Insurer: no coverage for Buffalo diocese in cover-up cases
 Alabama-born prelate to lead school for future Vatican diplomats
 Christ cares deeply for the mentally ill, English bishop says
 God’s love has healed the wounds of colonialism, leading Philippine prelate says
 Vatican’s Secetary of State calls for support for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
 Lousiville archbishop lends support to parish’s declaration of ‘sanctuary’ status for immigrants
 Central African Christians, Muslims work through trauma together
 Benedictine monk, in prestigious NEH lecture, warns that society is losing its ability to listen
 Aleppo archbishop condemns Turkish military offensive in Syria
 Witness to Christ in meekness and poverty, Pope tells Capuchin Franciscan friars
 Reforms have ‘completely renewed’ the Vatican Bank, its president says in 1st interview
 Papal prayers for victims of attack on German synagogue
 Bishops, religious discuss Church’s missionary work in the Amazon
 Brazilian bishop says infanticide in Amazon ‘shocking’ but largely eliminated by Church
 Apostolic visitation: Brooklyn bishop interviews more than 30 people in Diocese of Buffalo

Released Thursday, Oct. 10

 Vatican accepts resignation of New York bishop accused of abuse
 Vatican: journalist misquoted Pope on Christ’s divinity
 Central NY bishop suspends parish consolidation following Vatican intervention
 Theme of Pope’s journey to Japan: ‘Protect all life’
 Pope sends thanks to Johor’s sultan for commuting death sentences of 3 Mexicans
 Little Sisters of the Poor appeal to the Supreme Court, again
 Director: Victims call new film on abuse the French ‘Spotlight‘
 Turkish planes bomb Syria, causing panic among Christians, others
 Survey: 86% of Catholic teens in US attend public school
 Bishop Bransfield under police investigation for alleged abuse of 9-year-old girl
 Beatification process begins for St. John Paul II’s parents
 Brazilian Cardinal Araujo dies at 95
 Vatican spokesman says the Amazon’s Catholic communities are crying out for the Eucharist
 ‘Some’ synod fathers propose female lay ministry for evangelization
 On day 3, Amazon synod fathers discuss drug trafficking, ecological conversion
 Pan-Amazon Synod ‘may be a step to’ women priests, key synod father says

Released Wednesday, Oct. 9

 Italian journalist: Pope does not believe Jesus is God
 Pope, at audience, warns against ‘selective ideology’
 Prosecutors urge Australian high court to ignore Pell appeal
 877 Catholic churches were vandalized in France in 2018
 6 girls, 2 staff members kidnapped from Christian high school in Nigeria
 ‘Fear and anger’ in border parishes as Brexit chaos nears
 Irish primate: ‘It is time to revive our missionary genes’
 Ointment miraculously flowing from famed Marian icon, Russian Orthodox official says
 In Sri Lanka, lawyer-priest leads claims for Easter victims
 Cardinal Turkson says Church needs to ‘exit’ clerical abuse scandals
 Pope Francis wants ‘total investigation’ of Diocese of Buffalo, apostolic nuncio says
 Haitian bishops’ commission calls on nation’s president to resign
 Women’s diaconate, Amazonian Mass rite discussed in Amazon synod’s opening days
 Ideology should not replace faith, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Court rules that Northern Ireland’s pro-life law violates EU human rights treaty
 USCCB asks Supreme Court not to redefine ‘sex’ to include ‘sexual orientation,’ ‘gender identity’

Released Tuesday, Oct. 8

 No Irish presence at Cardinal Newman canonization
 Nicaraguan cardinal: pray for those who persecute us
 In France, 500,000 march against artificial reproduction
 As unrest in Ecuador worsens, bishops call for peace, justice, dialogue
 Burkina Faso: 27 Christians murdered by jihadists in 2019
 3rd sexual abuse lawsuit filed against former Albany bishop
 As Turkey prepares to invade Syria, prelate warns of suffering children
 Over 2,000 aborted fetal remains found in rural Illinois are returned home to Indiana
 Supreme Court returns for high-profile cases on abortion, LGBT, and more
 ‘Wake up, Europe,’ continent’s bishops say in message
 Vatican spokesman weighs in on Amazon women religious who ‘hear confessions’
 Archbishop Viganò, in brief ‘fraternal correction,’ warns pastors against silence
 Pope offers best wishes to Jewish communities on holy days
 ‘From a receiving Church to a missionary Church’: prelate discusses Church in NE India
 Congress holds hearing on religious minorities’ fight to remain in Iraq
 British employment tribunal rules against doctor who objects to transgender pronoun policy
 3 current Supreme Court justices attend Red Mass

Released Monday, Oct. 7

 Pennsylvania attorney general opposes use of Church trust to pay abuse claims
 Cardinal promises carbon offsets for Synod meeting
 Synod official raises celibacy issue at opening session
 The Gospel is ‘our only resource,’ Damascus archbishop says
 Indonesian cabinet member praises Pope, welcomes appointment of new cardinal
 EU leader Donald Tusk meets with Pope, discusses populism
 Korean bishops: Announce the Gospel to the poorest
 ‘Pray and proclaim’: Pope Francis ordains 4 bishops
 Pope Emeritus Benedict receives new cardinals
 Remember Christ’s compassion, Pope preaches as he creates 13 new cardinals
 ‘So that the fire of mission will continue to burn’: Pope Francis opens Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region
 Pope encourages devotion to Our Lady of Pompei, prayers for synod
 Service is the measure of faith, Pope tells pilgrims
 Be bold missionaries during this winter of religious vocations, Pope tells Daugthers of St. Paul
 New Zealand bishop resigns over ‘unacceptable’ sexual relationship

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