Stories for week of November 12, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 17

 Pope sends video message to Myanmar in advance of visit
 Vatican press office profiles Church in Myanmar before Pope’s visit
 Italian bishops deny funeral for notorious Mafia boss
 Papal intervention resolves Catholic-Syriac dispute on church property in Istanbul
 English city council vows to block pro-life prayer vigils
 Irish archbishop: role of women and abuse scandal have alienate youth from Church
 Chaldean prelate: Iran needs new constitution to revive secular rule
 Bishops of Korea, Japan join in call for peace in Asia, decry saber-rattling
 Buddhist-Catholic dialogue on nonviolence concludes with joint statement
 House tax reform bill ‘unacceptable’ as written, say US bishops chairmen
 Resignations and appointments (11/16)
 Papal audiences (11/16)
 Ecuador’s bishops emphasize importance of stable families, parental rights in education
 Vatican Secretary of State laments global disparity in access to basic health care
 Leading Mexican prelate: recent natural disasters have spurred some to turn to God, help others
 Dangerous abortion drug pulled in France still pushed on global south
 US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body
 At Nigeria’s reconsecration to Our Lady, participants reported seeing the sun dance
 Missionary priest, abducted in Nigeria and released, meets with Pope
 Pope Emeritus Benedict pays tribute to St. Bonaventure
 Pope Francis: through the Holy Spirit, the kingdom of God grows quietly within us
 France and Germany call for greater effort to curb climate change
 ‘Worried’ UN appeals for peaceful end to Zimbabwe crisis

Released Thursday, Nov. 16

 Egyptian court hands down death sentence for killer of Coptic priest
 Saudi media cite Lebanese cardinal’s visit as sign of warmer ties
 China gives recognition to another bishop approved by Holy See
 Euthanasia is always wrong, Pope insists, in message to Pontifical Academy for Life
 Pope urges priests to develop ‘spirituality of communion’
 Islamic group issues threat of Christmas attack on Vatican
 Austrian president meets with Pope
 Belgian priest faces charges for failing to reveal man’s suicide plans
 US bishops choose Synod delegates
 FBI: 62 anti-Catholic hate crimes in 2016
 Papal message to UN climate change conference
 ‘Resilience, resistance, and persistence’ is theme of annual mainline Protestant ecumenical gathering
 FBI requests Planned Parenthood documents, signaling possible investigation
 Pakistan: protestors take to streets, demand death of Asia Bibi
 Patriarch Kirill asks Putin to back prisoner exchange proposal in eastern Ukraine
 7 million face starvation, lack of medical care in Yemen
 Vatican official: World Day of the Poor is opportunity to be with the poor, change attitudes about poverty
 California bishop laments school shooting
 San Antonio archbishop decries racism, divisive rhetoric
 Resignations and appointments (11/15)
 France, Germany urge more action on climate after Trump quits
 US bishops vote for conference secretary, chairman and chairmen-elect of 6 committees
 UN criticizes EU migration policy toward Libya as ‘inhuman’
 Zimbabwe coup: Mugabe remains under house arrest while priest mediates dictator’s ‘honorable exit’
 ‘The Mass is prayer’: full text of Pope’s 11/15 general audience

Released Wednesday, Nov. 15

 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ hopes for more international action on climate change
 Lamborghini donated to Pope
 Conflicting advice for Pope on mentioning Rohingya during visit to Myanmar
 Maronite Patriarch, in Saudi Arabia, meets with outgoing Lebanese premier
 Australians back same-sex marriage in national poll
 Profile of a psychiatrist who evaluates patients for exorcists
 Indonesia: protestors decry appearance of Jakarta’s Muslim governor at Jesuit school
 Zimbabwe archdiocese: the military has taken control of nation’s capital
 Buddhist-Catholic dialogue focuses on nonviolence
 Missionary order: western media spread ‘massive disinformation’ about Africa
 Vatican announces initiatives for 1st World Day of the Poor
 Pope Francis: Wednesday general audience (summary)
 Prelate opposes Trump administration’s termination of Central American Minors (CAM) program
 US bishops approve 2018 budget, diocesan assessment increase, Order of Baptism for children; elect CRS board
 Archdiocese of Detroit begins to develop marriage catechumenate
 Russian Orthodox patriarch’s condolences for Sutherland Springs shooting
 Cardinal Marx: ‘climate-damaging emissions must be reduced, there’s the world at stake’
  Vice President Pence meets with Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
 Constructive dialogue only way out of political crisis, Kenyan bishops say
 Prelate: ‘we are European citizens committed to the construction of Europe’
 Pope to preside at special prayer service for peace in South Sudan, DR Congo
 Resignations and appointments (11/14)
 UK: bishop calls on government to continue resettling unaccompanied child refugees
 British Brexit minister offers parliament new vote on any Brexit deal
 Thousands of Iran quake survivors living outdoors as death toll continues to rise
 S&P says Venezuela has defaulted on its debt
 Sexual difference runs deep, new genetic research shows
 Austria’s new leader, Sebastian Kurz, seen as Christian chancellor
 Vatican gravely concerned about Palestinian refugees in Syria
 Syria war: air strikes on Atareb market ‘kill more than 50’

Released Tuesday, Nov. 14

 In signal vote, USCCB chooses Archbishop Naumann to head pro-life committee
 Scranton diocese, citing budget constraints, to cut adoption and foster-care services
 France fuels ethnic tensions in Cameroon, cardinal charges
 Maronite Patriarch makes unprecedented visit to Saudi Arabia
 Racism still a factor in US, says bishops’ committee chairman
 In handwritten note, Pope thanks Colombian soldier for keepsake
 Legionaries held offshore companies to control assets, new report shows
 One year after release of dubia, Cardinal Burke renews appeal for clarity
 Polish prime minister offers to save St. John Paul II statue after French court orders removal of cross
 800th anniversary of St. Bonaventure’s birth
 Philippines: Muslim militants desecrate Catholic chapel on Mindanao
 Religious freedom advances in Indonesia as high court recognizes indigenous beliefs
 Bishops warn that Kenya ‘is now threatened with disintegration and conflict’
 Central African Republic: tensions flare between Christians, Muslims following explosion at coffee bar
 Eritrea seen as ‘Africa’s North Korea’
 Consolata Sisters rejoice at Pope’s decision to declare nun slain in Somalia a martyr
 Ecumenical Patriarch pleads for greater efforts ‘to save planet’
 Zambian prelates discuss youth leaving Church for Protestantism
 Brazilian Franciscan brother arrested in Zimbabwe, freed
 Pope Francis laments scandal given by Christians who do not live according to their faith
 Pax Christi leader weighs in on disarmament, North Korea crisis
 Program of Pope’s apostolic visit to Chile and Peru released
 Trump says he believes Putin’s election meddling denials
 Lebanese prime minister, in Saudi Arabia, denies he’s a hostage
 60 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified
 Pope sends condolences to Iran, Iraq following deadly earthquake

Released Monday, Nov. 13

 Laicized priest resigns academic post after abuse charges become public
 Filipino prosecutor charges military officers plotted priest’s death
 Cardinal Zen fears Vatican on ‘brink of precipice’ in dealing with China
 Retired Patriarch of Jerusalem given ‘Arafat Prize’ for help to Palestinian cause
 Papal condolences to Iran, Iraq after earthquake
 Cardinal Parolin praises public activities of US bishops
 San Diego’s Bishop McElroy: gun control is urgent justice issue
 French Cardinal Bernard Panafieu dead at 86
 Church of England encourages primary schools to help children explore gender identity
 Pope meets with leaders of Roman Curia
 Pope Francis: Angelus address on parable of the 10 virgins
 Sierra Leone’s president meets with Pope
 Resignations and appointments (11/11)
 Papal audiences (11/11)
 Emphasizing ecology, Pope addresses 11 Pacific leaders
 Pope distinguishes conscience from ‘egolatry’
 Pope Francis reflects on education in a ‘liquid’ culture
 Vatican conference on health care
 Resignations and appointments (11/10)
 Papal audiences (11/10)
 Vatican newspaper article criticizes ‘dissenters’ from Amoris Laetitia
 Sutherland Springs church holds 1st service since mass shooting
 Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal mark 30th anniversary
 6 prominent pro-lifers reflect on Roe v. Wade
 Elderly lose their rights as court-appointed guardians sell assets, control lives
 Biblical Roman stables discovered in area where Jesus lived and preached
 Museum in State of Washington has world’s largest Rosary collection
 Scholar: only 1/6 of Catholics in 2050 will be European

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