Stories for week of November 07, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Nov. 13

 Background: World Day of the Poor

Released Friday, Nov. 12

 In Assisi, Pope offers prayers for the poor
 Spanish pro-lifers decry bid to restrict speech at abortion clinics
 In Chad, outrage over assault of priest, at parish, by security forces
 Ohio priest sentenced to life in prison
 Divided Supreme Court considers role of chaplains in the execution chamber
 Archbishop Paglia calls for greater emphasis on palliative care
 ‘Listen to the cries of the peoples, waters, and forests of the Amazon,’ region’s bishops tell COP26
 Indian Dalit Christians demand separate Catholic rite
 EU bishops call for ‘practical solidarity’ with migrants on Poland-Belarus border
 Pope urges European solidarity with migrants amid new crisis
 Pope, in interview, urges governments to take action against child pornography
 Ukrainian Catholic leadership outlines 7 priorities
 UN climate change conference ‘must not be wasted,’ Pope tells Scotland’s Catholics

Released Thursday, Nov. 11

 Pope rejects deterrence, urges disarmament
 Another radical group funded by US bishops’ program
 Dioceses, schools, even parishes, could fall under vaccine mandate
 Wisconsin diocese: no vaccine clinics for children
 US Mass attendance down 14% after Covid lockdown
 Church in Iraq, destroyed by ISIS, to reopen with US support
 Chinese bishop released after latest detention
 4,240 clerical abuse allegations—22 of them current—made in US in 2019-20
 Canadian residential school victims, indigenous elders to meet with Pope Francis
 Exiled Nicaraguan bishop calls presidential election ‘illegitimate’
 Catholic Relief Services aids desperate Afghans under Taliban rule
 Indian Catholics hope a papal visit will halt anti-Christian persecution
 Orthodox priests targeted in Ethiopia conflict
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ says closer Vatican-Russia ties could benefit the world
 Lebanon’s patriarchs, bishops gather to discuss political crisis, synod, and schooling
 The souls of our beloved dead seek our prayers, Pope tells pilgrims
 Vatican newspaper: ‘To save nature by reading a book’
 Catholic Church in Belarus urges prayers for migrants

Released Wednesday, Nov. 10

 Myanmar: cathedral hit by artillery as civilians seek refuge
 Coptic Patriarch, Muslim imam celebrate inter-faith alliance
 Senator Durbin resents ‘unfair’ denial of Eucharist
 ‘Build Back Better’ legislation curbs funding for church-run programs
 Most American churches adopting online services
 Rome diocese bars traditional liturgy for Easter Triduum, other sacraments
 Cardinal Kasper sharpens criticism of German bishops’ Synodal Path
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘Let us not grow weary’
 Nebraska’s bishops respond to attorney general’s abuse report
 Poles protest abortion law after pregnant woman dies of sepsis
 Muslim leader lauds Fratelli tutti
 Burkina Faso Christians face resurgence of terrorist attacks
 Bishops call for solidarity with migrants on the Polish border
 Salesian missionaries arrested in Ethiopia
 ‘Our Church is a place of serious crimes,’ France’s leading prelate says, as bishops adopt reforms
 Vatican announces initiatives for World Day of the Poor
 Pope, on Kristallnacht anniversary, laments anti-Semitism
 Vatican newspaper welcomes girls’ reported return to school in Afghan city

Released Tuesday, Nov. 9

 Survey explores why Catholics leave Church
 Charles de Foucauld, six others slated for canonization in May
 Pope decries assassination attempt on Iraqi prime minister
 Bishops seek answers in vandalism of churches and Catholic symbols
 Ghana president’s promise to protect public purse ‘now an illusion,’ bishops say
 In France, Church will sell assets to compensate abuse victims
 Bishop Barron: Equity, diversity, and inclusivity are not absolute values
 Indian bishop to be probed for promoting hate
 24% of Americans are Catholic, new survey finds
 Evangelize, Florida bishop urges in pastoral letter
 Switzerland, Holy See sign joint declaration calling for worldwide abolition of death penalty
 Pope writes preface to biography of priest who baptized him
 Bishop says transparency, credibility are APSA’s goals
 45 million now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’

Released Monday, Nov. 8

 Top Vatican archbishop says Paul VI ‘abrogated’ traditional liturgy
 Pope meets with top Vatican officials
 Pope, at audience, cautions against hypocrisy
 Church leaders urged to resist destruction of Lebanon
 Hindu mob breaks up Christian prayer service in India, charges ‘forced conversions’
 Nicaragua: Ortega wins re-election; world leaders denounce ‘fake’ vote
 Denver archdiocese warns faithful on illicit, invalid Masses
 Vatican will lose $115 million in London real-estate debacle
 Gaps in recorded testimony raise questions in Vatican finance trial
 Irish archbishop sees COP26 failure to take ‘courageous’ action on climate change
 Ecumenical Patriarch released after stent procedure
 Christian, Muslim leaders launch appeal to protect places of worship
 Church leaders call attention to Ethiopia as troops approach capital
 French bishops pray for forgiveness, speak of ‘institutional responsibility’ for abuse
 In homily at Roman hospital, Pope preaches on Sacred Heart, care of the sick
 Vatican hosts conference on ‘rethinking anthropology’
 Pope-emeritus Benedict pays tribute to late Orthodox prelate
 3 Capuchin Franciscan martyrs beatified in Spain
 Vatican newspaper lauds Italian town’s residents for rescuing migrants
 Pope: New Apostolic Library exhibit space bears witness to beauty
 ‘Crises help us to grow,’ Pope tells Retrouvaille

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