Stories for week of November 21, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Nov. 24

 Christmas tree arrives in St. Peter’s Square
 Catholic universities show bond between faith and science, Pope writes in book preface
 Latin American bishops must ‘revive Aparecida’ and go to peripheries, leading prelate says
 Pontifical academy laments approval of Italy’s 1st assisted suicide
 CWN closed for Thanksgiving holiday
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: St. Joseph in salvation history
 Parish council members file lawsuit against Louisville priest
 Vatican diplomat deplores violence against women
 Bishop Rhoades: ‘The Holy Spirit was at work’ in USCCB Eucharist document
 Myanmar military raids Loikaw cathedral complex
 Relic of St. John Paul II stolen from historic basilica
 English, Welsh bishops say vulnerable do not yet need to return to Mass
 US bishops encourage cooperation with federal Indian boarding school investigation
 After McWilliams, Cleveland seminary faces questions
 Papal telegram for victims of Wisconsin Christmas parade car rampage
 Pope calls for renewed biblical humanism, enriched by classical tradition and other cultures
 Pittsburgh priest receives Vatican promotion
 ‘Work and dignity from waste’: Vatican newspaper highlights Benin company
 The ‘beatitudes of the bishop’: Pope offers guidance to Italian episcopate

Released Tuesday, Nov. 23

 Archbishop Cordileone writes to students after pro-life walk-out
 South Carolina bishop restricts Latin Mass
 Bishop: Pakistan’s Christians are ‘the poorest of the poor’
 The beauty of Christmas opens the heart to gratuitousness, Pope tells contest participants
 Papal encouragement to youth: be protagonists in Church’s mission
 Reflect on ‘listening’ and ‘overflow,’ Pope urges Latin American Ecclesial Assembly
 Church among targets of Congo rebel attack
 Leading Russian Catholic priest resigns over Moscow church sale
 US designates China, Russia, 8 others as ‘egregious’ violators of religious freedom
 Former economy czar Cardinal Pell warns the Vatican is facing major deficit
 Vatican organizes conference on Dante
 Vatican cardinal calls for ‘new cultural model’ to address ‘educational catastrophe’
 Pope Francis reflects on Jesus’ liberating kingship

Released Monday, Nov. 22

 Cameroon: Catholics protest army raid on hospital
 Last survivor of Tibhirine massacre dies at 97
 US bishops set new investment guidelines
 Mass protests worldwide against vaccine mandates
 Pro-life Catholic wins spot in Chile’s presidential finals
 Be dreamers, ‘dazzled by the light of the Gospel,’ Pope preaches to youth on feast of Christ the King
 Colombian nun freed after 4-year captivity in Mali returns home
 ‘Mothers and sisters’ of God’s beloved poor: Pope addresses Daughters of Charity via video
 Priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland
 Be ready, be oblates, be ‘confident in God like Mary’: papal encouragement for secular institute
 In new book, Cardinal Sarah calls priests to spiritual renewal
 Prelate preaches on Christ the King and Philippine politics
 Papal tribute to Pro Petri Sede
 L’Osservatore Romano pays tribute to late Chinese bishop
 Michigan Covid survivor says vision of Blessed Solanus Casey saved his life
 On the Pope’s team ‘there are no barriers’: papal encouragement before soccer match
 Vatican newspaper, Pontiff urge respect for children’s rights

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