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Stories for week of October 28, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 2

 Study shows high correlation between homosexual priests, clerical abuse
 Ugandan archbishop asks government to collect taxes for Church
 Filipino president mocks saints, suggests reverence for himself
 French priest who led calls for cardinal’s resignation is suspended
 Vatican: no agreement with Spanish government on reinterment of Franco
 Mexico City archdiocese: ‘For the Catholic Church, no human being is illegal’
 Vatican diplomat, at UN, weighs in on diplomatic immunity
 Sri Lankan bishops urge nation to resolve political crisis peacefully
 Jury awards $3.5M to Catholic school teacher in wrongful-termination suit
 Cologne Cathedral pays tribute to Pope Francis with a gargoyle
 French bishop on trial for failing to report abuse
 Holy Land bishops lament law declaring that Israel is a Jewish state
 Bishops reaffirm support for EU
 German bishops’ conference examines how spiritual abuse can precede sexual abuse
 Let the saints, ‘our truest brothers and sisters,’ challenge us, Pope says on All Saints Day
 Vatican establishes new organization to serve Catholic charismatic renewal
 Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘in the service of peace’
 Cardinal Bo denounces potential EU sanctions against Myanmar
 Bangladeshi Christians ask that elections not be held on Christmas
 ISIS-linked group threatens to assassinate Pope
 Indonesian Christians oppose bill requiring permit for religious education classes
 ‘Untouchable’ caste identity haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi

Released Thursday, Nov. 1

 CWN closed for feast of All Saints

Released Wednesday, Oct. 31

 Abuse charge sidelines auxiliary bishop in New York
 Vatican releases annual message to world’s Hindus
 Scriptures are ‘living and active,’ Pope reminds American Biblical Society
 Human bones found under basement of apostolic nunciature in Rome
 Nicaraguan leader accuses bishop of attempting coup
 European women’s religious leaders call for female votes in Synod
 Sacred species stolen for satanic rituals, Irish priest
 Top Pakistani court frees Asia Bibi, discards blasphemy conviction
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘In Christ, our spousal vocation finds fullness’
 Irish voters, in referendum, scrap law against blasphemy
 Primate accuses Archbishop Viganò of ‘hijacking’ World Meeting of Families
 Court hears arguments in suit aiming to take away mandate exemption from nuns
 Texas diocese opposes federal efforts to build border fencing on its property
 Benin’s bishops express concern about government sex-education programs
 Tension rises between Coptic, Ethiopian Orthodox churches over Jerusalem monastery
 Division among Cameroon’s bishops over presidential election
 Vatican dicastery presents documentary examining Eucharistic miracles
 Masterpiece Cakeshop case drew $500K in grants from religious freedom foes
 Confront illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, Holy See diplomat says at UN
 Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in US
 In Pakistan, it takes courage to be a Christian
 Holy See diplomat: ‘Address the threats to our oceans in a courageous and adequate way’
 US government is behind Ecumenical Patriarch’s support for Ukrainian Orthodox independence, Russian Orthodox official charges
 Vatican newspaper weighs in on Brazil’s new ‘ultra-libertarian’ government
 Worldwide decline in number of priests, seminarians, sisters; Catholic population rises by 14 million
 Ave Maria University president wants Church to ‘come clean’ on abuse crisis
 As migrant caravan approaches border, Catholic leaders call for compassion

Released Tuesday, Oct. 30

 Most African migrants remain in Africa, Ethiopian cardinal notes
 Five nuns kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria
 Vatican, Spanish government agree to find new burial place for Franco
 Editor of Vatican magazine expects Pope to name female cardinals
 Russian Orthodox prelate praises Pope for ‘balanced’ stand on Ukrainian independence
 Indian bishop’s laptop may be crucial evidence in rape case
 New Vatican approach will stress service to local dioceses, Cardinal Gracias says
 Cuba’s bishops: new constitution should protect human rights, including right to life, religious freedom
 Pakistan: Catholics protest following derogatory media portrayals of Christian symbols
 Afghan elections marked defeat for Taliban, missionary priest says
 Pope receives 30 young French pilgrims, encourages them to evangelize
 Mexican parishes pitch in to help Central American caravan heading north
 Holy See diplomat, at UN, calls for ‘integrated ethical’ response to rising sea levels
 Synod Fathers write brief letter to young people
 Agenda announced for US bishops’ fall meeting
 Papal condolences following Indonesian plane crash
 Iran’s new ambassador gives Pope a Persian rug
 UN General Assembly president thanks Pope for commitment to multilateralism
 German bishops declare day of prayer, penance for sexual abuse victims
 Listen to migrants and give them Jesus in the Bible and Eucharist, Pope tells Scalabrinians
 ‘Truth and biblical principles’ will bring change, Brazil’s new president says
 Pope tells Italian bishops’ news agency: give voice to the voiceless, ‘become more passionate about the truth’

Released Monday, Oct. 29

 Buffalo whistleblower says diocese discouraged her concern for abuse victims
 Former nuncio: heard rumors about McCarrick in 1994
 Combat the Great Accuser with prayer and penance, Pope says in Synod’s final address
 The Pope doesn’t understand China, Cardinal Zen writes in op-ed
 Synod was a time of listening and communal discernment, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope, prelates pray for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
 Humility, gentleness, and patience lead to peace, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Youth synod final report released, addresses gender, sexuality
 The Church must preach a countercultural message, Irish prelate says at Synod press briefing
 Pope warns against clericalism, worldliness, gossip
 2 martyrs beatified in Guatemala
 Pope appoints UCLA dean to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
 Papal condolences for flood victims in Jordan
 Listen, be a neighbor, and bear witness to Christ, Pope preaches at Synod’s closing Mass
 Israel’s Christians reflect gloom as Jerusalem elections approach

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