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Stories for week of October 17, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 22

 Pope plans more foreign travel in 2022
 Pope sends anniversary greetings to Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew
 Myanmar: more military assaults on church targets
 Pakistani Muslims bulldoze Christian graves
 Australian archbishop rues legislation against confessional seal
 Vatican clarifies bishops’ role in liturgical translations
 Miami archbishop: ‘This is the worst Haiti has been for a long time’
 Sri Lanka cardinal doubtful Easter victims will find justice under current government
 Denver archbishop condemns anti-religious vandalism, prays for healing
 Santa Fe archdiocese: Woman’s attempted ordination invalid
 Marian pilgrim route back to life after lockdown
 Catholic groups outline priorities ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate change summit
 Vatican symposium explores sacramental penance in 19th century
 Despite pandemic, 117,000 have visited Blessed Carlo Acutis’ tomb in past year
 Cardinal announces formation of Fratelli Tutti Foundation
 Background: World Mission Sunday
 Vatican newspaper rues record arrests at US-Mexican border
 Papal message to Italian Catholics encourages conversion to God, ecological conversion

Released Thursday, Oct. 21

 Chilean diocesan building looted, torched
 Archbishop opts out of Synod process
 Vatican launches recovery plan for Rome hospital
 Benedict XVI still has ‘zest for life,’ longtime secretary reports
 Catholic senator: no comment on Pope’s condemnation of abortion
 World Catholic population slightly up; seminary enrollment down
 Shootings toward nuns’ Missouri abbey prompt investigation, concern
 USCCB president: Synod can foster call to holiness, participation in Church life
 College football coach describes vaccine-related firing as attack on his Catholic faith
 Missouri Christian church wins settlement over Covid restrictions on worship
 Holy See deplores attacks on churches, human rights violations in DR Congo
 Pray and offer sufferings for the missions during October, Pope urges
 Vatican hosts conference on solidarity, cooperation, and responsibility
 Pope names replacement for Minnesota bishop who resigned after Vatican investigation
 Italian bishops, delegates ponder ‘the planet we hope for’
 ‘Beyond the threshold of shame’: Vatican newspaper rues plight of children in Yemen, Afghanistan
 Papal praise for children’s spontaneity after disabled 10-year-old interrupts audience

Released Wednesday, Oct. 20

 Catholic group opposes federal judicial nominee
 ‘Hypocrisy’ of West harms standing of Christians in Pakistan, cardinal says
 Benedict XVI: looking forward to next life
 Bishops’ conference for Amazon region gains Vatican recognition
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘Freedom is realized in love’
 Pilgrimages to the Holy Land are slowly resuming
 Trudeau says Canada’s bishops must ‘step up’ morally, financially for residential school survivors
 US bishops have ‘snuffed out’ message of Laudato Si’ and deny climate change, authors charge
 In meeting with French PM, Vatican Secretary of State says sacraments must be respected
 Holy See backs Serbia on Kosovo, foreign minister says
 Vatican unveils synod prayer app, website
 Religious fanatics gain strength in Muslim-majority Bangladesh
 In Karnataka, Hindu militants storm churches, sing against ‘conversions’
 Catholic primate says he raised concerns about focus of Armagh event
 Forced to flee Afghanistan, Catholic mission waits to start a ‘new page’

Released Tuesday, Oct. 19

 Vice-president Harris shared investigation evidence with abortion lobby, whistleblower charges
 Indian archbishop rejects ‘dangerous’ government bid to study church workers
 Arson suspected in fire at Scotland’s national shrine
 English bishop rues police block on last rites for slain lawmaker
 Vatican sets new rules for postulators of sainthood causes
 Bible software, Qu’ran removed from Apple store in China
 Leading Holy See diplomat calls for cap on nuclear weapons, laments other threats
 Bail for Indian Christian women in conversion case
 Pope shares survivor’s letter pleading for clergy to face truth of abuse
 Wave of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh
 The world needs women’s leadership and skills, Cardinal Parolin tells G20 women’s forum
 US bishops to vote on document on the Eucharist at November meeting
 Vatican cardinal discusses work of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
 ‘’The church I so loved has lost its way’: prominent Anglican bishop explains conversion to Catholicism
 Priest who sought to give last rites to British lawmaker says he respects police decision
 Superiors-general, US Vatican embassy hold symposium on human trafficking
 Diocesan phase of synod on synodality begins
 Pope remembers victims of attacks in Norway, Afghanistan, and UK

Released Monday, Oct. 18

 17 Christian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
 Pope tells new bishops to serve, not rule
 French prime minister meets Pope amid furor on abuse, confessional seal
 Patients come first, Pope reminds biomedical researchers
 Nebraska priest charged with siphoning funds from colleague with dementia
 Study predicts 30% of US churches will close
 ‘The disciples want to rise up, and Jesus wants to immerse Himself,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Myanmar’s military strikes 2 churches
 Mystery fire destroys old church in Australia
 Catholic, Muslim dignitaries in Bosnia call for tensions to be defused
 Cardinal Gregory pours praise on America’s embattled press
 UK police prevented priest from giving last rites to murdered MP
 Los Angeles removes St. Junípero Serra’s name from park
 Sicilian archdiocese imposes moratorium on godparents
 We are not condemned to exclusion and inequality, Pope tells popular movements
 127 martyrs beatified in Córdoba
 Private papal visit to Assisi announced

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