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Stories for week of October 25, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 30

 Archbishop Cordileone on Catholic voters’ duties [Exclusive]
 Brooklyn diocese pressing lawsuit against shutdown
 French authorities arrest 2nd suspect in Nice terror attack
 Irish primate protests ban on public Masses
 Grand Imam of Al-Azhar condemns terrorist attack on French basilica
 Bishops: Dutch university can no longer call itself ‘Catholic’
 ‘Strictly observe the promulgated rules,’ Belgian bishops urge as Covid surges
 Pope to halt in-person weekly general audience, resume livestreaming
 Chile’s bishops call on Catholics to be actively involved in drafting new constitution
 ‘The darkest and saddest day for Kumba’: Cameroon prelate laments massacre at school
 Archbishop Cordileone: Christian culture endures in health care workers’ sacrificial commitment
 French bishops order ‘death knell’ after 3 killed in Nice basilica
 US bishop chairmen commend administration for Geneva Consensus Declaration
 Pope recalls late Malaysian cardinal
 Pope deplores attack on Nice basilica, prays for victims and their families
 Leading Italian cardinal tests positive for Covid
 Cardinal-designate Grech discusses vision for Synod of Bishops

Released Thursday, Oct. 29

 Pakistani prelate protests court decision allowing kidnapping of Christian girl
 French government to ban all religious ceremonies
 Three killed in Islamic terror attack on Nice basilica
 Seattle archbishop: Pope’s ‘focus on civil unions is more about public policy than Church teaching’
 At Vatican abuse trial, victim petitions to sue pre-seminary
 Notorious former priest O’Grady sentenced to 22 months
 Federal appeals court: Detroit bus ad inviting Muslims to convert is constitutional
 What the 2020 electorate looks like by party, race and ethnicity, age, education and religion
 Pope calls for Poland to protect life amid protests over abortion law
 El Salvador prelate concerned by border militarization
 Holy See calls for recognition of ‘right to live in a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment’
 Missionary sees rising paganism in Africa
 Nigerian youth are tired of police brutality and corruption, bishops say
 US bishop chairmen back legislation preventing male students from participating in girls’ sports
 Vatican, International Jewish Committee mark 55th anniversary of Nostra Aetate
 Evo Morales says Pope called him, pleaded for peace after Bolivia’s election
 Pope bestows pallium on newly appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
 8 sainthood, beatification causes advance
 Pope prays for victims of Cameroon school shooting

Released Wednesday, Oct. 28

 Peru’s bishops insist on priority of reopening churches
 Police violently shut down church reopenings in Gabon
 Irish priests could be arrested for celebrating Mass
 New Orleans seeks to laicize all accused priests
 Pope reflects on Jesus as man of prayer
 New Orleans archbishop congratulates Amy Coney Barrett
 Denver archdiocese issues voter guide with hierarchy of values
 Cardinal Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysia’s 1st cardinal, dies at 88
 Europe’s Jewish population has dropped 60% in last 50 years
 At Florida State University, student court orders reinstatement of Catholic student senate president
 In overview of Fratelli tutti, leading Vatican diplomat notes 10 ‘questions raised’
 Iraqi archbishop recognized for saving priceless manuscripts from ISIS
 Interfaith coalition in Pakistan calls for release of abducted Catholic girl
 CCD grants $80K to biblical literacy, interpretation projects
 In India, bail denied to imprisoned elderly Jesuit
 Venezuela’s Maduro, citing Pope, asks congress to consider same-sex marriage
 Speakers at Vatican press conference discuss relaunch of Economy of Francesco

Released Tuesday, Oct. 27

 Texas diocese shuts down churches again
 China continued religious crackdown during renewal of Vatican deal
 Pope sketches vision for Europe’s future
 Man arrested after allegedly vandalizing altar of Louisville parish
 Colorado ballot initiative would end most late-term abortions
 Popular movements meeting supported by Francis presents proposals for new economic system
 Benedict XVI distances himself from embattled Catholic Integrated Community
 Asian bishops’ solidarity with jailed Indian Jesuit
 Pope Francis appeals for end to unrest in Nigeria
 Police in Gabon prevent churches from holding Mass
 Syria: Friars are caring for Christians living under Sharia law
 French cases lead Focolare to promise investigation of handling abuse claims
 Federal court rules Indianapolis archdiocese may be sued for discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
 Benin’s bishops, in election statement, decry ‘insidious promotion’ of homosexuality
 DR Congo bishops lament politicians’ ‘revolting indifference,’ receive death threats
 Treaties do not apply to nations that have not ratified them, Vatican diplomat emphasizes at UN
 Archbishop Gomez: Decision to name Archbishop Gregory a cardinal is ‘powerful message of hope and inclusion’

Released Monday, Oct. 26

 Former spiritual director of the 6 Medjugorje visionaries excommunicated
 Poland: Masses disrupted after court’s abortion ruling
 Michigan’s clergy abuse probe identifies 454 accused priests, 811 victims
 Ohio priest indicted on charges of sex trafficking and coercion
 Poland’s top court rules out abortions due to fetal disabilities
 There is no international right to abortion, US and 31 other nations affirm
 Vatican official encourages children, youth to evangelize their peers
 Renewing criticism of government, bishops see Nigeria as ‘failing state’
 Pope announces creation of 13 new cardinals, including Archbishop Gregory of Washington
 Love of God and neighbor are inseparable, Pope tells pilgrims
 Papal message to Focolare initiative highlights ecological conversion
 Church Slavonic is the official liturgical language, Ukrainian Catholic leader reminds faithful
 Archbishop Pizzaballa appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
 Spain’s prime minister and Pontiff visit maskless at Vatican
 Plenary indulgence for faithful departed extended to entire month of November
 Human fraternity award committee meets with Pope

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