Stories for week of November 17, 2019

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 22

 Argentine bishop blasts prosecutors for seeking his arrest
 Vatican officials tapped suspect Swiss bank for controversial loan
 Vatican diplomat calls for stronger commitment to international law
 Erdogan claims to be defender of Christians, but Christians in Turkey and Syria are afraid
 Uttar Pradesh proposes ‘even tougher’ anti-conversion law
 French church desecrated
 Catholic Relief Services works to discourage migration from Liberia
 British government ‘concerned’ by Iran’s treatment of Christians
 Argentine court dismisses transgender lawsuit against archbishop
 Over 2,000 Jesuit school students push for action in Washington
 Belgian priest convicted of abuse became Caritas director in Central African Republic
 Bolivian parish becomes makeshift morgue as violence continues
 Bear witness to Jesus but do not proselytize, Pope tells US Catholic youth
 ‘See, stop, touch’: Pope sends message to conference on Catholic social doctrine
 Agreement between Angola, Holy See grants legal recognition to Church
 Pope calls for ‘merciful care born of love and respect’ in Catholic health care
 ‘Go forward in the footsteps of the first missionaries,’ Pope preaches to Thailand’s Catholics

Released Thursday, Nov. 21

 Korean Christian pastor murdered in Turkey
 ‘Absolutely no mercy’: leaked files expose how China organized mass detentions of Muslims
 1st ‘religious freedom index’ finds broad American support for religious liberty
 Make non-Western cultures better known, Pope tells journalists
 60 churches damaged by Venice floods
 Pope denounces exploitation of women, children as he begins Thailand trip
 Indigenous people have right to autonomy, leading Vatican diplomat says
 For 1st time, Vatican sends official observer to World Evangelical Alliance meeting
 Archbishop Viganò criticizes interreligious initiative as ‘temple of the world syncretistic Neo-Religion’
 Prelates recall 1989 murder of Jesuits in El Salvador
 Keep your hearts open to God and ‘keep journeyng,’ Pope tells Thai youth
 Pope meets with Thailand’s supreme Buddhist patriarch, underscores commitment to dialogue

Released Wednesday, Nov. 20

 Cardinal Parolin takes responsibility for troubled Italian hospital loan
 Prosecutor seeks arrest of Argentine bishop in Rome, fears flight from trial
 Vatican-backed London development plan involved demolition of parish hall, rectory
 Vatican agency applauds Louisiana governor’s re-election
 Vatican reaffirms hope for ‘two-state solution’ in Holy Land
 Vatican financial overseer suspended by international watchdog
 Human rights should be focus of UN’s work, leading Vatican diplomat says
 ‘I just wanted to be a priest’: Archbishop Gomez reflects on election as USCCB president
 Catholic family culture ‘changed human psychology forever,’ study claims
 More crosses torn down from Chinese churches
 Hindu political leader links Christian governor to ‘forced conversions’ in Andhra Pradesh
 Mob enters cathedral in Nicaragua’s capital, attacks priest, hunger strikers
 Colombian bishops declare day of prayer as protests continue
 Churches destroyed in Syria will be rebuilt, Erdogan claims
 Bishops, EU, UN convene national dialogue in Bolivia
 USCCB, Knights of Columbus offer prayers, solidarity to Eastern Catholic patriarchs
 The Church is your home, Pope says in message to Vietnamese Catholic youth
 Pope arrives in Thailand at start of his 32nd apostolic journey

Released Tuesday, Nov. 19

 Pittsburgh diocese cannot tap trust fund for abuse payments, court rules
 Vatican financial authority an ‘empty shell,’ says departing board member
 Pope visits St. Mary Major before Asian voyage
 December beatification for Archbishop Sheen
 The Pope understands the Diocese of Buffalo’s difficulties, Bishop Malone says
 In Vietnam, Catholic teacher sentenced to 11 years for ‘anti-state propaganda’
 ‘Serious internal fracture’ reported in Georgian Orthodox Church
 Maronite patriarch: Lebanon is a boat sinking amid economic and financial collapse
 EU Parliament raps new Polish law on sex education
 Bishops call on EU nations to ‘enhance social policies,’ tackle poverty’s causes
 Bishop, nun decry rise of miltant attacks in Mozambique
 Nicaraguan police surround parish, prevent worshippers from entering
 Chile’s bishops lament violence, call for prayer and penance, will consecrate nation to Blessed Virgin
 Cardinal Parolin: Pope will emphasize mission, environmental protection, and peace in Thailand, Japan
 Pope Francis, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi issue joint declaration on global health
 Pope praises apostolate’s efforts at parish evangelization
 Promote interreligious fraternity without loss of identity, Pope tells Argentine group
 President of Cyprus meets with Pope
 Pope offers encouragement to UN progam’s campaign against food waste

Released Monday, Nov. 18

 A ‘turning point’ in Australian perceptions of Cardinal Pell’s appeal?
 Top Vatican financial regulator removed
 Cape Verde’s president meets with Pope
 Jury orders pro-lifer to pay Planned Parenthood $870,000 for undercover videos
 Sexually abused as a child, Minnesota diocese’s judicial vicar feels revictimized by attorney’s disclosure
 Pope blesses palace given to homeless on the doorstep of the Vatican
 Pope Francis: ‘Move the deacons away from the altar’
 Experienced Vatican diplomat named new nuncio at United Nations
 As Vatican children’s hospital celebrates 150th anniversary, Pope blesses hands of doctors, nurses
 1,500 poor people have lunch with Pope
 Jesuit martyr beatified in Ecuador
 Become ‘witnesses of hope in a future of salvation and resurrection,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Jesus warns us against haste, self-centeredness, Pope preaches on World Day of the Poor
 Pope addresses ‘words of friendship’ to Japanese people as visit approaches
 Pope rips ‘idolatry of the market,’ weighs Catechism change for ‘ecological sin’
 Grand Imam of Al-Azhar meets with Pope Francis at Vatican
 New York bishops meet Pope at end of ‘ad limina’ visits
 Pope speaks to Havana’s people of faith, charity, and hope on city’s 500th anniversary

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