Catholic Culture Overview
Catholic Culture Overview

Stories for week of October 18, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 23

 Bishop Schneider begs Pope: retract civil-union support ‘for the sake of souls’
 Bishops blast government leaders in DR Congo
 Australian police not investigating Vatican fund transfers
 Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople meets with Pope
 Cardinal Czerny: Pope’s social teaching inspires a Church ‘going out’
 Diocese of Richmond to pay $6.2M to abuse victims
 Kerala bishops: Catholic teaching on homosexuality has not changed
 Church’s constant teaching on marriage remains unchanged, Singapore archdiocese says
 Catholic Relief Services warns climate change poses dangers to African farming
 Texas bishop says Francis’ support of civil unions is ‘dangerous,’ papacy lacks clarity
 San Francisco archbishop issues statement on role of civil unions
 Pope’s civil-union remark came from heavily-edited 2019 interview
 When looking to future, include most vulnerable, Vatican official, Nigerian bishop tell G20 forum
 US commission holds hearing on online hate speech, disinformation targeting religious communities
 Vatican ambassador looks back on history of Holy See — UN relations
 In Pakistan, 13-year-old Catholic girl kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam
 Nicaraguan government expels Colombian priest
 US bishops’ religious liberty chairman applauds HHS actions to ensure access to spiritual care during pandemic

Released Thursday, Oct. 22

 ‘Francesco’ director receives film award in Vatican Gardens
 Vatican and Beijing renew secret agreement
 Pope’s civil-union statement ‘devoid of any magisterial weight’—Cardinal Burke
 Italian consultant, arrested in financial scandal, received funds through Cardinal Becciu
 Pope Francis calls Trump administration’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’
 China’s ‘underground’ Catholics wary of Beijing-Vatican deal
 French bishops join Muslim leaders in condemning beheading of teacher
 Rhode Island bishop: Pope Francis ‘clearly contradicts’ Church teaching
 ‘Use your vote to stop abortion,’ Texas bishop pleads
 ‘Still think he’s pro-life?’: Kentucky bishop criticizes President Trump
 Anglican, Catholic prelates knew of allegations against notorious pedophile clergy, royal commission says
 Ousted priest writes new book: ‘Ordained by a Predator’
 Accused Michigan priest returned to limited ministry after panel fails to establish guilt or innocence
 Society of Jesus ‘strongly condemns’ arrest of Indian confrère
 Holy See diplomat laments racism, xenophobia against migrants
 Churches win federal court decision against 2 of Colorado’s Covid mandates
 Federal court rules that jail’s ‘God-pod’ program violates First Amendment
 In Egypt, number of legally recognized Christian churches rises to 1738
 Proclaim Christmas a public holiday, Chaldean Patriarch asks Iraq’s president
 Pope’s charity reaches out to families of shipwrecked crew
 Philippine bishop: Pope’s comment on civil unions is contrary to divine law

Released Wednesday, Oct. 21

 Cardinal Müller fears German bishops’ ‘synodal path’
 Australian officials confirm investigation of Vatican funds
 Chinese diplomats mum on renewing Vatican accord
 Vatican-China deal will be renewed this week: Cardinal Parolin
 Pope Francis endorses civil-union legislation
 Pope continues reflections on the prayer of the Psalms
 ‘Nuns on the Bus’ creator to retire from Catholic lobbying group
 Pennsylvania justices review priest abuse lawsuit’s ruling on time limits
 Virgin Mary statue vandalized outside church in Brooklyn
 Statues at Arizona parish toppled, damaged
 Zimbabwe bishops encourage return to Mass
 Melbourne archdiocese selling large real estate development portfolio
 Canadian religious leaders lament euthanasia expansion
 Catholic Charities of Baltimore ends international adoption program
 8 key survey findings about Catholics and abortion
 Work toward elimination of nuclear weapons, Vatican diplomat urges
 El Salvador archbishop praises constitutional amendment recognizing water as human right
 Armenian Patriarch calls for intervention in the Caucasus
 Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch, other religious leaders participate in interfaith peace gathering

Released Tuesday, Oct. 20

 Barred from Belarus, archbishop confers with Vatican on return
 In India, archbishop, imam march for elderly priest’s release
 Liberia’s striking Catholic school teachers angered that they may be replaced
 Cardinal Pell’s 1st Mass in public in Rome
 Catholic encounters with Muslims frame Fratelli tutti, scholar says
 ‘The Bible is all that I have’: Iranian convert discusses his experience
 After teacher beheaded, some in France turn to Father Jacques Hamel
 New Orleans priests give Archbishop Aymond vote of confidence despite scandals
 Pentecostal church’s challenge to California Covid limits rejected again
 Vatican diplomat: Intellectual property rights should not create barriers to Covid vaccine access
 Peruvian cardinal succeeds Cardinal Hummes as head of Amazon Church network
 Nun kidnapped in Mali is alive but needs care, says former hostage
 International Red Cross president meets with Pope
 As refugees increase, German bishops work to include Eastern Catholics

Released Monday, Oct. 19

 Brooklyn bishop repeats criticism of lockdown ‘overreach’
 Woman arrested in Vatican financial scandal fights extradition
 Appeals court upholds Kentucky abortion law
 San Francisco archbishop performs exorcism after church vandalized
 Irish archbishop raps protests over mask use
 Chile: churches torched during protests over new constitution
 New Vatican coin revives Pachamama debate
 Federal court rules against Brooklyn diocese, upholds NY governor’s new Covid limits
 Papal prayer for peace and stability in Libya
 ‘Speak of God and bear witness to Him’ as honest citizens, Pope tells pilgrims
 Patriarch weighs on Lebanese-Israeli negotiations
 Nigerian archbishop decries police brutality
 Don’t incentizive the throwaway culture, Vatican diplomat says
 USCCB announces election novena
 Mexican archdiocese says phony priests proliferate during pandemic
 Pope removes Polish bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up
 Brazil Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services
 Liberia’s Catholic school teachers go on strike
 Covid case confirmed in Pope’s Vatican residence
 Bishop Daly challenges Bishop McElroy’s statements on abortion and the 2020 election
 Former German president meets with Pope, touts ‘synodal way’
 Becciu ‘vigorously’ denies interference in Cardinal Pell trial
 Vatican officials discuss World Mission Sunday
 Papal praise for Italian police at Vatican

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