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Stories for week of November 10, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 15

 Archbishop Scicluna: be prepared for new revelations
 Joint Islamic-Catholic colloquium ends with joint statement
 Pope sends video message to Thailand in advance of visit there
  Disagreements escalate over Notre Dame rebuilding project
 Vatican holds meeting on laity’s identity and mission
 Background: World Day of the Poor
 US bishops approve new edition of Program of Priestly Formation
 Vatican, Orthodox church representatives continue discussion of primacy, synodality
 Malawi’s bishops call for peace as violent political unrest continues
 Fire at former French cathedral; mayor suspects Satanists
 Buffalo’s Christ the King Seminary: sexual misconduct dates back decades
 ‘There is more than enough food for everyone’: Vatican diplomat sees ‘worrying tendencies’ in anti-hunger efforts
 Kenya’s bishops rip international population summit
 Belgium’s bishops oppose proposals to liberalize abortion laws
 Mozambique’s bishops defend prelate against accusations of racism, inciting violence
 Pope invites impoverished pilgrims at Lourdes to become Christians, live out the sacraments
 ‘Wisdom,’ ‘covenant,’ ‘outgoing’: Pope encourages work of Focolare’s university

Released Thursday, Nov. 14

 Buffalo’s Bishop Malone denies resignation rumors
 Austrian diocese confirms church blessing for same-sex union
 Protect children from internet abuse, Pope urges
 Spanish Jesuit succeeds Cardinal Pell as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy
 Churches in Chios being destroyed by unknown vandals
 Vandals desecrate Carmelite convent chapel in Ireland
 EU court: Switzerland’s rejection of asylum claim by Afghan Christian convert violates human rights treaty
 FBI: 63 victims of anti-Catholic hate crimes in 2018
 Buffalo’s troubled Christ the King Seminary
 Pope names new bishop for scandal-hit Indonesian diocese
 Syrian bishop laments Turkish invasion, resurgence of ISIS; bomb explodes near parish
 Pope Francis denounces attacks on Jews
 ‘For us, they are martyrs’: Armenian prelate mourns priest murdered in Syria
 Chile’s bishops appeal for respect, dialogue after another church attacked
 Indonesian bishops: ‘The Church must open up’ and ‘strengthen interreligious brotherhood’
 Anglican primate to join Pope Francis on trip to South Sudan
 Pope appeals for interreligious dialogue following Burkina Faso attacks

Released Wednesday, Nov. 13

 Cardinal pressed for silence on abuse victim’s claims, English bishops testify
 Bishop DiMarzio hit with abuse charge, denies allegation
 Chinese bishop pressured to endorse Party platform
 Bishops urge people to ‘build a Bolivia in peace’
 Bethlehem seeing more pilgrims this year
 Pence touts administration’s work ‘keeping families together’
 US bishops affirm abortion as “preeminent” public issue
 Angolan president skips national day to meet with the Pope
 Illinois priest pleads guilty to child pornography, meth possession
 Poland’s abuse scandal has led to slump in vocations, primate says
 St. Irenaeus should be declared a doctor of the Church, US bishops say
 US bishops approve new hymn translations for the Liturgy of the Hours
 Hong Kong bishop says death of student is ‘suspicious,’ calls for independent investigation
 USCCB committee chairman weighs in as Supreme Court hears DACA cases
 Pope prays for Syria’s Christians following murder of priest
 Australian prelate decries ‘inhuman and dehumanizing’ treatment of refugees
 The devil destroys because he is envious, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Australian High Court allows Cardinal Pell to appeal sex abuse conviction
 Pope Francis reflects on Aquila and Priscilla, ‘a couple in the service of the Gospel.’
 Vatican newspaper: Pachamama is not a god, but mother earth

Released Tuesday, Nov. 12

 US bishops elect Archbishop Gomez as conference president
 Hong Kong crisis pits Catholic students against Catholic head of government
 Holy See will not participate in upcoming international population conference
 Archbishop Gomez urges political leaders to ‘fix our nation’s broken immigration system’
 US bishops vote to revise strategic priorities for 2021-2024
 Pope removes Fairbanks from list of mission dioceses
 Cardinal DiNardo reflects on term at USCCB president
 Prelate, at US bishops’ meeting, announces initiative to help pregnant, parenting mothers in need
 Community organizer honored during US bishops’ meeting
 Some renovations made to Lateran Basilica; new Mass prayers introduced
 Bolivian bishops appeal for calm, say Morales’ resignation was not a coup
 Pope Francis sees ‘an inclusive capitalism that leaves no one behind’ as a ‘worthy goal’
 Pope calls for ‘courageous employment policies’ in Italy

Released Monday, Nov. 11

 Whistleblower unimpressed with inquiry into Buffalo diocese
 Toronto Catholic school board adopts ‘gender identity’ protection
 Chaldean patriarch calls 3-day fast for peace in Iraq
 Pope meets with leaders of the Roman Curia
 Papal nuncio to US bishops: follow lead of Pope Francis
 Armenian Catholic priest killed in Syria
 ‘Holy bishop of the Council of Trent’ canonized in Portugal
 ‘Primacy of discipleship and service to the poor’: Pope praises Christian witness of the Salvation Army
 Lithuanian president, Pope Francis discuss promotion of the family, social justice
 Pope calls for opportunities for prisoners to reform, reintegrate into society
 ‘Beauty, music, and art allow us to know of God’s grandeur,’ Pope tells Vatican conference participants
 Pope calls on Rome’s Christians to be obedient and courageous evangelizers
 Pray for peace in Bolivia, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope announces visit to South Sudan
 Pope refects on resurrection, life after death
 Judge dismisses West Virginia attorney general’s suit against diocese
 Nun whose body is incorrupt is beatified in Spain
 Parish looted by vandals as protests rage in Chile’s capital
 Praising Pope Benedict’s theology, Pope Francis awards Ratzinger Prizes to Charles Taylor, Father Paul Béré

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