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Stories for week of November 11, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Nov. 17

 Background: World Day of the Poor

Released Friday, Nov. 16

 Christian homes seized in Nineveh Plains region, bishop complains
 Italian bishops set new abuse policies
 Pope asks Knights of Holy Sepulcher to support oppressed Christians
 New class-action lawsuit by abuse victims against Church
 Cause for beatification of Father Pedro Arrupe to open in February
 Church leaders rap Trump for stopping migrant caravan
 Bishop Trautman criticizes media, attorney general report
 Editorial: ‘The Catholic Church is in crisis, and its leaders are making it worse’
 Angolan police close 34 churches
  In Kyrgyzstan, convert from Islam to Christianity attacked, severely injured
 Pakistan’s foreign minister: Asia Bibi not permitted to leave Pakistan due to pending court review
 Bible students escape from China-backed militia in Myanmar
 Salvadoran martyrs gave voice to voiceless, Vatican official says
 Pontifical Mission Societies leader highlights importance of extraordinary missionary month
 God’s Kingdom, manifest in the Eucharist and good works, ‘doesn’t make the news,’ Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope and Pope Emeritus write letters for Ratzinger Foundation symposium
 Kenyan cardinal calls on fathers to lead their families, children to seek to please God
 Vatican newspaper column warns against overprescription of antibiotics
 Kenyan Jesuit murdered in South Sudan
 At UN, Holy See Mission commemorates WWI centenary with performance of Mozart’s Requiem
 Abortion dominates international family-planning conference
 Brexit could lead to renewed border violence, bishop in Northern Ireland warns
 Pope Francis, Israel’s president discuss Jerusalem
 UNICEF chief meets with Pope, lauds his commitment to children affected by war
 Be artisans of communion and evangelizers who are close to the people, Pope tells Latin American seminarians

Released Thursday, Nov. 15

 Chilean cardinal confirms exit from Pope’s advisory council
 Italian court orders Archbishop Vigano to pay brother from family estate
 FBI: 73 anti-Catholic hate crimes in 2017
 Catholic colleges spared in Indonesia’s mass closing of private colleges
 Christians investigated for ‘forced conversions’ in Uttar Pradesh
 In China, 4 underground priests subjected to ‘brainwashing’ for over a month
 Jerusalem bishop praises Jordanian, Egyptian efforts to mediate Gaza crisis
 Morocco archbishop: Pope’s upcoming visit will encourage Christian-Muslim dialogue
 Seattle archdiocese pays $7M in abuse settlement
 Denver archdiocese removed seminary’s vice-rector after abuse allegations
 Cardinal DiNardo: US bishops will take ‘strongest possible actions’ against abuse ‘at the earliest possible moment’
 ‘Open Wide Our Hearts’: US bishops issue pastoral letter against racism
 US bishops endorse opening of sainthood cause for Sister Thea Bowman
 US bishops elect new committee chairmen
 Catholic leaders express ‘deep concern’ about President Trump’s new asylum limits
 Religious leaders call for repeal of new federal ‘parking lot tax’ on churches, nonprofits

Released Wednesday, Nov. 14

 US bishops defeat resolution to encourage Vatican candor on McCarrick
 Iraqi prelate promotes ‘spirituality of exile and return’
 Sicilian priest excommunicated for public attacks on Pontiff
 Archbishop Lori: many bishops want to vote, despite Vatican directive
 Jesuit-sponsored study examines deportation and its effects
 11th-century church vandalized in Bordeaux
 Holy Land: Catholic spokesman worried about the ‘sudden and inexplicable’ escalation of Gaza violence
 Pope, in general audience, reflects on Eighth Commandment
 Connecticut needs a parental notification law, state Catholic conference states in abortion report
 Christians in Indian state seek religious freedom, end to discrimination and violence
 Fired Muslim awarded $3.2M in discrimination suit against California hospital
 Patriarchs, bishops rue sectarian ‘political militias’ that govern Lebanon
 Landmark anti-trafficking conference begins in Nigeria
 Indian Christians demand equality for Dalits
 Pope encourages Spanish religious to be prophets, ‘tired through living the works of mercy’
 Survivors call Vatican telling US bishops to wait on abuse ‘totally unacceptable’
 NPR report: Immigrant communities were the ‘geographic solution’ to predator priests
 Greensburg, Pittsburgh Catholic dioceses to launch compensation fund for clergy abuse victims
  ‘Shaken to the core,’ Michigan lay group releases clergy abuse reader
 ‘Punished’ for being sexually abused: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ culture of cover-up
 Editorial: ‘Vatican dodges and delays on sex-abuse scandal’
 US bishops hear presentation on assisting abuse victims
 Intense debate over handling of abuse scandal ensues at USCCB meeting

Released Tuesday, Nov. 13

 News outlets ignore arrest of Chinese ‘underground’ bishop
 Pope will travel to Morocco in March
 Archbishop Scicluna given new role in Vatican abuse cases
 No asylum plans yet for Asia Bibi
 Archbishop Vigano urges US bishops to be ‘courageous shepherds’
 Head of National Review Board issues challenge to US bishops
 Tribal Christians molested, raped in Bangladesh
 EEOC backs Pentecostal restaurant employee who wished to wear skirt
 Episcopal Church: Albany bishop vows there will be no same-sex marriage liturgies in his diocese
 Leading Bolivian bishop warns: without human rights, democracy becomes totalitarian
 Intervene firmly against witchcraft, magic, and superstition, Vatican cardinal tells Angolan bishops
 A bishop should be a humble and meek servant, not a prince, Pope preaches at weekday Mass
 Pope thanks Bose monks for ‘fruitful presence’ in Church and society
 To exempt ourselves from ‘zero tolerance’ is ‘unacceptable and cannot stand,’ Cardinal DiNardo tells brother bishops
 Proclaim Christ, heed the Pope as you pursue reform, nuncio tells US bishops
 Pope institutes peace studies program at Pontifical Lateran University
 Vatican hosts conference on the Church after WWI
 Renovations to Buffalo bishop’s new home cost $200,000
 Spokane bishop: ‘we have degenerate behavior, hypocrisy, and now cover-up’
 Archdiocese of Philadelphia announces abuse reparations fund
 Cardinal Nichols faces questions over his handling of sex abuse claims
 New Zealand announces inquiry into abuse in religious institutions
 Editorial: ‘The Catholic Church proves incapable of exorcising clergy sex abuse—again’
 Editorial: ‘After delaying bishop vote, can Vatican be trusted to right its own ship?’

Released Monday, Nov. 12

 Nigerian police free kidnapped priests
 Swiss president meets with Pontiff
 Pope bids Pontifical Academy of Science focus on climate change, nuclear tension
 Cardinal Zen reports new moves against ‘underground’ Chinese Catholics
 US bishops table key votes on response to scandal, at Vatican’s request
 Leading Holy See diplomat calls for ‘ruthless’ honesty in addressing human trafficking’s causes
 Pope, at weekday Mass, warns against idolatry of money in the Church
 Reject the culture of war, Pope says on 100th anniversary of WWI armistice
 Imitate the poor and generous widow, Pope tells pilgrims
 School bells ring again at Mosul’s Christian school
 Priest held hostage in Yemen: ‘I have witnessed the power of prayer’
 UK commits £12M to support religious liberty worldwide
 16 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified in Barcelona
 Pope Francis offers thanks to God on 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence
 Apostolic nuncio meets with Pope on eve of US bishops’ meeting
 Cultivate life of prayer in order to evangelize with song, Pope tells young Turin singers
 Pope Francis: a ‘Eucharistic culture’ fosters communion, service, and mercy
 Greece to take clergy off its payroll in agreement with Orthodox Church
 Pope praises German Catholic journalism school, calls for ‘journalism by the people, for the people’
 Pope receives Ireland’s new Vatican ambassador
 Ukrainian Catholic leader writes book
 Vatican sends message of friendship as delegation attends Thai Buddhist anniversary celebration
 Jewish attorneys’ group meets with Pope
 ‘A child is always a blessing,’ Pope Francis affirms

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