Stories for week of November 08, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 13

 Felony prosecution for church vandals in San Francisco
 Russia shelves plans for ‘Orthodox Vatican’
 Pakistani cleric faces arrest for marriage of child bride
 Polish bishops defend John Paul II
 Delaware governor removes church restrictions
 Bishop Conley returns to work
 Vatican plans all-electric car fleet
 Archbishop Vigano denies charges in McCarrick Report
 Diocese of Brooklyn takes on NY governor at the Supreme Court
 Suit challenging Louisiana Covid limits on churches fails
 Freed missionary priest reflects on captivity, meeting with Pope
 Pakistani cardinal deplores caricatures of Muhammad
 Bishop advocates for Philippine domestic workers in Saudi Arabia
 Biden, Pope Francis speak by phone
 Pope Francis commemorates JRS’s 40th anniversary
 Vatican appoints president of foundation overseeing scandal-ridden Italian hospital
 Background: World Day of the Poor
 Justice Alito: Covid restrictions ‘previously unimaginable’
 Focus on the person, welcome, and involve: Pope reflects on Catholic schools and religious communities
 Papal encouragement for Chemin Neuf
 Ambassador warns of prospect of atrocities against Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh

Released Thursday, Nov. 12

 Did McCarrick pay abuse settlements with funds from charity
 Police warn Irish priest who celebrated Mass despite lockdown
 Ecumenical Patriarch to Biden: Citizens of the whole free world welcome your victory
 Catholic mother, son murdered over Pakistan drain dispute
 Government restrictions on religion reach highest level globally in more than a decade
 Christian village in Bangladesh attacked over land dispute
 Florida Catholic college ends recognition of faculty union
 News accounts of McCarrick Report find blame levied at popes, others
 Mass beheading by jihadists reported in Mozambique
 Maine Catholic churches voice frustration while limiting in-person attendance
 UK abuse scandal: Cardinal Nichols faces criticism over leadership
 Catholics and Disciples of Christ: a new dialogue document
 Paraguay’s bishops rue corruption, rising poverty, displacement of indigenous from their territories
 Ethiopia’s bishops appeal for peace as threat of civil war looms
 Polish archdiocese apologizes for cardinal abuse scandal
 Indonesian bishops call for dialogue in restive West Papua

Released Wednesday, Nov. 11

 Brunei’s new cardinal is nation’s 1st native-born priest
 Jesuit priest pens book about his order’s complicity in the Holocaust
 Cardinal Cupich: Report pulls back curtain on culture of clericalism
 Cardinal Wuerl retiring from Vatican roles as McCarrick report unveiled
 NY Covid limits: federal appeals court rules against rabbis and Diocese of Brooklyn
 In Turkey, trial of Syriac monk on terrorism charges postponed
 Ivory Coast: Catholic, Muslim leaders appeal for calm
 ‘If necessary I’ll be arrested’: the lockdown-defying priest
 USCCB president welcomes McCarrick Report
 McCarrick Report: Pope Francis expresses his closeness to the victims
 ‘Persevering in prayer’ is theme of Pope’s general audience
 Asia’s bishops welcome Biden presidency
 UK inquiry finds Church prioritized reputation over the welfare of children

Released Tuesday, Nov. 10

 McCarrick Report: details of abuse ignored [News Analysis]
 Former nuncio to France on trial for sexual misconduct
 Papal nuncio toasts Belarus president; archbishop still banned
 El Paso-area churches to remain closed until further notice
 British priest faces fine for breach of lockdown rules
 Priest urges Vatican to intervene as fresh sexual misconduct allegations emerge in Australian diocese
 Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East
 San Diego bishop sees ‘historic moment’ in Biden inauguration
 Archdiocese closes churches for indoor worship amid New Mexico’s virus spike
 Papal prayer for Central America as hurricane wreaks havoc
 Without water there is no life, Pope tells pilgrims
 Kenyan bishop rues rising domestic violence
 Nicaraguan bishop laments fracturing of opposition to Ortega regime
 ‘Live the celebration of the Eucharistic Mystery,’ Pope tells Chile’s Catholics
 Freed missionary priest meets with Pope
 Our Lady of Guápulo featured on US Christmas stamp

Released Monday, Nov. 9

 Knights of Malta elect new leader for one-year term
 Australian media on trial for breaching order in Pell case
 French bishops lament lockdown; appeal rejected
 Hackers target online site of Apostolic Library
 Leading German bishop renews intercommunion call after Vatican objections
 Mexican priest who disappeared is found alive
 Federal court refuses stay of order on Indiana county’s crèche display
 Paul Shanley, ‘poster boy’ of clergy sexual abuse scandal, dead at 89
 ‘Hard times’ ahead for Church in Poland after cardinal sanctioned by Vatican
 Horrified by deadly attacks, French Muslims protect church
 Chicago parish repeatedly defaced with graffiti
 English cardinal mourns death of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
 Papal appeal for peace in Ethiopia and Libya
 Joan Roig, martyr of the ‘fight for Christ,’ beatified in Spain
 Add the oil of charity to the lamp of faith, Pope tells pilgrims
 Kenyan president meets with Pontiff
 USCCB president, in election statement, calls on Catholics to be peacemakers

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