Stories for week of October 11, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 16

 Author Thomas Howard dead at 85
 Young Brazilian priest killed
 Venezuelan bishops support peaceful protests
 World hunger ‘shameful,’ Pope says in message to FAO
 Jewish groups hit NY Governor Cuomo with discrimination suit
 Newspaper investigates past abuse by Toronto’s Basilian priests
 Leading South Korean prelate calls for unconditional ban on abortion
 In USA Today op-ed, philosophy professor raps bias against Catholic mothers of large families
 Federal judge overturns Tennessee’s law requiring waiting periods for abortions
 Bible institute not shielded from sex-discrimination lawsuits, federal court rules
 Vatican diplomat calls for unified international commitment to protect our common home
 For first time, Brazilian Marian shrine celebrates feast day without pilgrimages
 ‘People want to know the truth’ about archbishops’ deaths, Congo prelate says
 USCCB book on racial injustice wins children’s book award
 Background: World Mission Sunday
 ‘Time is running out’ for Syria, cardinal warns
 Pope Francis names winner of 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics to pontifical academy
 As abuse report looms, new nuncio in Great Britain meets with Pope

Released Thursday, Oct. 15

 African prelate named to Council of Cardinals
 Papal encouragement for Global Compact on Education
 New prefect for Congregation for Causes of Saints
 ‘Mistaken identity’: judge dismisses child porn charges against former Catholic school principal
 St. Junípero Serra statue defaced, archbishop plans exorcism
 Pope Francis comforts parents of slain Italian priest
 Indiana priest who faked assault is suspended for abuse
 Illinois bishops back clean energy legislation
 Divided federal appeals court rules against Texas ban on dismemberment abortions
 Court orders pay for Florida State’s ousted student senate president, a Catholic
 Vatican diplomat calls on nations to work together, recommit to development
 Chile’s bishops call for prayer, peace, and participation as constitutional vote nears
 Nicaraguan bishop criticizes Ortega regime’s repression
 Pope names Rice University professor to pontifical academy

Released Wednesday, Oct. 14

 Boston priest cleared of abuse charges after 15 years
 Council of Cardinals hones draft of apostolic constitution
 Facebook to promote vaccination, censor critics
 Pope keeps his distance at audience as Covid concerns increase
 Italian woman with ties to Cardinal Becciu arrested
 Sri Lanka Catholic bishops oppose proposed constitutional amendment
 Pompeo decries treatment of Belarus archbishop
 In confirmation hearing, Barrett faces questions on abortion, Catholic faith, race, and religious freedom
 Bishop McElroy: US Catholics, politically homeless, face hard choices
 Papal praise for children’s Rosary initiative
 German archdiocese prepares beatification cause of anti-Nazi White Rose member
 Hurricane Delta deals fresh blow to hard-hit Louisiana dioceses
 New York governor, Brooklyn bishop honor St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
 In Malawi, armed bandits attack 3rd church in 2 months
 Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law
 Vatican diplomat: To eradicate poverty, put the poor at the center of development policies
 Guatemala’s bishops welcome end of Covid state of emergency
 Armenian cathedral shelled in disputed region
 US bishop chairman: ‘Tens of millions of Americans urgently need help today’
 Pope reflects on the prayer of the Psalms
 Moneyval committee concludes ‘constructive and cooperative’ Vatican visit

Released Tuesday, Oct. 13

 DC restrictions on churches violate religious freedom, court rules
 Vatican to try two priests on abuse charges
 Cardinal Parolin no longer on board of Vatican bank
 Judge allows suit against New Mexico archdiocese for transferring property to parishes
 4 Vatican Swiss Guards test positive for Covid
 Supreme Court rules that pregnant mothers can obtain abortion pill by mail, for now
 Catholic activists praise Pope’s move away from just war theory
 Pope calls for greater women’s lay presence in Church leadership decisions
 Papal tribute to missionary priest in São Paulo
 Council of Cardinals holds online meeting
 India’s bishops call for immediate release of arrested priest
 Italian president awards posthumous honor to murdered priest
 In Egypt, Coptic Orthodox priest’s candidacy sparks debate
 Welcome the message of Fratelli tutti, Cardinal Bo tells fellow Asian bishops
 Don’t make Covid an excuse for ignoring international refugee law, Vatican diplomat says at UN
 US bishops, other faith leaders call for increased congressional funding for worship security
 Pope Francis names UCLA literacy expert to pontifical academy
 Cardinal Marx, Lutheran leader receive peace prize for ‘prophetic courage’
 Nicaraguan Catholic leaders decry government’s repressive plans

Released Monday, Oct. 12

 Cardinal Pell meets with Pontiff
 Irish schools to eliminate Catholic content, symbols
 Niger: kidnapped priest released after two years
 Irish archbishops ask government to allow return to Mass
 In TED talk, Pope demands action on climate change
 Court upholds NY governor’s limits on churches; Brooklyn bishop says fight isn’t over
 Infuriated New Orleans archbishop ordered burning of altar following priest’s obscene actions
 Papal encouragement for peace in Caucasus region
 Carlo Acutis, Italian teenager, beatified
 God invites everyone to the wedding banquet, Pope tells pilgrims
 Researchers examine tomb of saintly Danish king
 Poland rejects international criticism over LGBT issues
 Papal prayer for victims of wildfires in North, South America
 Pope Francis doesn’t propose ‘welfarism,’ says close papal advisor
 Papal anti-racist message follows letter from black Brazilian clergy
 Pope Francis invites people of our time to rediscover Dante’s Divine Comedy
 Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
 Bishop: Francis expressed ‘dramatic concern’ over Germany’s ‘synodal path’

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