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Stories for week of October 07, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 12

 Religious order sues Belgian members who allow euthanasia at hospital
 Buffalo bishop responds, says cardinal is misinformed
 Boston archdiocese expands scope of seminary investigation
 Decision ‘already made’ to grant autonomy to Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Constantinople says
 Inmates at San Quentin join schola to sing Latin Mass
 Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
 100 young missionaries have been killed since 2000
 Priest murdered in Ecuador
 Acapulco archbishop decries rampant violence
 Belgian bishop, at Synod, broaches ordination of married men to priesthood
 Cardinal O’Malley: Vatican should investigate Buffalo bishop’s handling of abuse allegations
 Migration an emerging theme at Synod
 12 prelates named to draft Synod’s final document
 African youth struggle with poverty and broken families, South African prelate says
 Synod press briefing’s themes: digital world, fear, loneliness, and Korea
 Jesus teaches us to be ‘invasive’ in prayer, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 170 nations have abolished or imposed moratorium on death penalty
 Boko Haram’s attacks in Chad increase
 Church in Colombia aids 5,000 Venezuelan emigrants a day

Released Thursday, Oct. 11

 Kazakhstan’s president fetes Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue
 Constantinople postpones decision on autonomy for Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 In China, repression of ‘underground’ Church continues despite pact
 San Diego bishop says Archbishop Viganò has ‘political agenda’
 Canadian bishops’ conference issues statement on right to safe drinking water
 25 churches sue Texas city over ordinance on discrimination in hiring
 UK Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who refused to supply cake supporting same-sex marriage
 Study highlights changing landscape of Catholic campus ministry in US
 EU bishops’ commission: there is a fundamental right to live in dignity in one’s native land
 Pope renews call to pray the Rosary in October
 Displaced Catholics in Myanmar’s Kachin State eye new home
 Philippine bishops warn priests against running for office
 Bishop: despite Christian journalist’s release, fears of more Kurdish abuses remain
 Chinese region revives ‘reeducation camps’
 South Korean prelate discusses possible papal visit to North Korea
 Texas dioceses to release names of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors
 Melbourne’s archbishop, at Synod, calls for rekindling of Church’s missionary spirit
 Architect of Pope’s prayer campaign sees ‘spiritual combat’ behind crisis
 Bishop Barron gives insight into youth synod process
 Synod press briefing’s themes: changing social reality, totalitarian ideologies, joyful collaboration
 Venezuela’s bishops indignant at arrests, demand justice following political dissident’s suspicious death

Released Wednesday, Oct. 10

 Chinese bishops will leave Synod early
 Cardinal Cupich: allow Communion for Catholics in same-sex marriages
 Pope Francis pays tribute to St. John Paul II
 US bishops express prayer, solidarity following Indonesian natural disasters
 Pope Francis discusses Hail Mary prayer in book-length interview
 Iraqi archbishop fears more persecution, says ISIS went underground
 Bishops at Synod ponder ambivalence of the digital realm
 At Synod, young people’s discussion groups issue reports; some criticize Synod’s working document
 Pope to visit Madagascar in 2019, cardinal announces
 Holy See diplomat laments human trafficking, discrimination against women
 Venezuelan cardinal deplores suspicious death of prominent dissident, calls for ‘exhaustive investigation’
 Seminary rector: part of my mission is to help Christians stay in Middle East
 Vatican newspaper highlights ‘alarm on the climate’
 Contemplation, service are themes of Pope’s weekday Mass homily
 Synod press briefing: Listening, conversion, and the role of women
 ‘Do not kill’ is theme of Pope’s general audience

Released Tuesday, Oct. 9

 Low turnout annuls Romanian vote defining marriage as union of a man and a woman
 Senate committee hears testimony on threats to religious liberty
 Indian lawmaker: ‘it is time to launch a drive to get rid of Christian missionaries’
 3 Pentecostal Christians arrested for ‘forced conversions’ in Uttar Pradesh
 True Christians are not afraid to get their hands dirty, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Archbishop Chaput, at Synod, criticizes ‘LGBTQ’ in Church documents, says working document engages in ‘false flattery’
 Synod press briefing: sexual abuse and role of women are in focus
 USCCB leaders meet with Pope Francis
 Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to visit North Korea
 USCCB president welcomes Vatican statement on McCarrick, calls on bishops to ‘reaffirm communion’ with Pope
 Chilean archbishop who was Vatican official faces abuse charges
 Prelate saddened by administration decision to cut refugee admissions to 30,000
 Connecticut bishop, at Synod, discusses abuse crisis, need for beautiful, transcendent liturgy

Released Monday, Oct. 8

 Antioch backs Moscow in Orthodox dispute over independent Ukrainian Church
 ‘Underground’ Chinese churches, priests still not listed on official web site
 Pope meets president of Montenegro
 Judge finds St. Louis ‘abortion ordinance’ discriminatory and unconstitutional
 California man sues Vatican for names of abusers worldwide
 Hong Kong bishop fears Chinese Catholic ‘suppression’ to continue despite Vatican pact
 Priest still missing in China despite China-Vatican deal
 Pakistani Christians caught up in Thai immigration crackdown
 Ireland’s bishops call for conscientious object clauses in draft abortion law
 Ortega regime intensifies crackdown in Nicaragua
 Pakistan Supreme Court to hear Asia Bibi’s death sentence appeal
 In Synod address to youth, Pope laments ‘scandalous clericalism,’ populism
 Pope repeats invitation to pray the Rosary in October, recalls Our Lady of Pompei
 Divorce ‘does not correspond to the original intention of the Creator,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Cardinal Ouellet deplores ‘blasphemous’ Viganò letter, confirms Vatican had urged McCarrick to undertake life of prayer and penance
 Vatican pledges ‘thorough study’ of McCarrick documents
 Pope pays tribute to heritage of Slovakia’s Greek Catholics

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