Stories for October 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Monday, Oct. 31

 Over 34,000 Catholics left Church in Switzerland in 2020
 Italian cardinal leads traditionalist pilgrimage
 Abortions down in US after Dobbs decision
 ‘Jesus looks at us to restore our dignity,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 Pontifical commission starts planning global report on child protection efforts
 Pope emphasizes ‘human maturity’ in address to soccer players
 Vatican presents overview of Church in Bahrain ahead of papal visit
 Digital technology must serve the common good, Vatican officials say at UN conference
 Christmas 2022: Vatican to display hand-carved wooden nativity scene
 Vatican newspaper rues ‘diseased climate’
 Synod’s North American phase begins in December; each diocese to send 3-5 delegates
 Archbishop Cordileone, USCCB president pray for Paul Pelosi following attack

Released Friday, Oct. 28

 Virginia bishop decries Biden’s abortion advocacy
 Canada’s Catholic population in decline
 Russia is ‘willing’ to speak with Pope Francis about the war in Ukraine, Putin’s spokesman says
 Lansing church vandalized with anti-Christian symbols and foul words
 New York judge paves way for recognition of ‘multi-person relationships’
 Pope urges religious sisters to put relationship with Christ first
 Theme announced for 2024 International Eucharistic Congress
 Papal tweet: ‘Women must be entrusted with greater positions and responsibilities’
 Mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis discusses the ‘secret of my son’
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ visits Algeria
 ‘They remained praying’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to attack on Iranian shrine
 Cardinal Parolin at Caritas conference: ‘Much still to be done to empower women’
 Unity and closeness to Christ bring true joy, Pope tells priests, religious from Madagascar
 US bishops share vision of ‘life-affirming society,’ call for congressional action

Released Thursday, Oct. 27

 New Synod document calls for more inclusive Church
 US State Department decries Hong Kong conviction of Jimmy Lai
 Two European bishops’ conferences choose lay secretary-generals
 Pope names new chief assistant to Sostituto
 Aragon governor invites Pope Francis to Spain, asks for reappraisal of antipope
 Slain journalist’s family meets with Pope at the Vatican
 ‘Let us never grow resigned to war,’ Pope Francis pleads
 Pope calls upon priests to be close to the people, warns against pornography
 ‘We don’t want to live in war,’ says bishop in violence-plagued Mexico
 Israeli researchers say magnetic fields provide way to securely date biblical events
 California judge rules in favor of baker who declined to bake same-sex wedding cake
 Exiled Nicaraguan priests speak out
 ‘We’re in a kind of new apostolic era,’ Welsh archbishop believes
 Holy See: Joint efforts needed to face environmental, social crisis
 USCCB: Extend non-minister religious worker visa program

Released Wednesday, Oct. 26

 Pope voices ‘horror’ at latest massacre in Congo
 Pope speaks on desolation, discernment at weekly audience
 Catholic voters rate economy at top issue
 New York diocese, in plea agreement, accepts oversight on abuse policies
 US religious-freedom commission ‘tremendously disappointed’ with Vatican-Beijing deal
 Questions on abortion stands of two more new members of Pontifical Academy for Life
 Hong Kong’s Catholic chief executive pledges renewed crackdown
 Questions in Poland after Macron hands Pope book with Polish stamp
 Thousands honor memory, social justice advocacy of Archbishop Fiorenza
 Vatican diplomat calls for cooperation to combat human trafficking
 Ecumenical Patriarch, King Charles meet in Buckingham Palace
 Bangkok conference: Asian dioceses can contribute to the whole world
 Ukrainian Catholic leader laments attacks on Sacrament of Marriage
 13-year-old, killed during an attempted rape, is beatified in Brazil
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to ‘second life for garbage’
 Chad’s bishops condemn ‘unjustified violence’ against peaceful demonstrators
 Yeshiva University creates new LGBTQ student group amid litigation
 Archbishop implores President Biden to end ‘single-minded extremism’ on abortion

Released Tuesday, Oct. 25

 Pope closes ‘Cry for Peace’ event at Rome’s Coliseum
 Vatican dicasteries join International Olympic Committee in plea for peace
 Rochester diocese appeals court decision on bankruptcy case
 Vatican’s UN envoy condemns arms trade
 Hong Kong court finds Jimmy Lai guilty on new charges
 Son of Vietnamese ‘boat people’ named auxiliary bishop of Atlanta
 Nigerian archbishop defends accepting government award

Released Monday, Oct. 24

 French hierarchy kept silent on abuse by disciplined bishop
 A double standard for German prelates?
 Cypriot president meets with Pontiff
 French President Macron speaks with Pontiff about Ukraine
 Hostages freed in Cameroon; ransom payment denied
 Pope encourages ‘theology of the conjugal bond’
 China missionary assesses Vatican-Beijing accord
 Biden ‘not in communion with Catholic faith,’ Archbishop Chaput says
 Pro-life Dobbs decision is an attack on women’s liberty, another new member of Pontifical Academy for Life says
 Papal announcement: World Youth Day registration is open
 Macron urges Russian Orthodox Church to resist Kremlin pressure on Ukraine
 Reject euthanasia, Pope urges French politicians
 Pope to business leaders: Use gifts to promote common good
 ‘To rise,’ ‘to descend’: Pope reflects on the Pharisee and the publican
 ‘Desolate country’: abusive Jesuit priests clustered at Native American mission schools
 Cardinal Tagle defends renewal of secret Vatican-China accord
 NY gun ban at places of worship violates 2nd Amendment, federal court rules
 USCCB announces 2023 home mission grantees

Released Saturday, Oct. 22

 Vatican renews secret accord with Beijing

Released Friday, Oct. 21

 World’s Catholic population grows; number of priests and religious declines
 Pentagon will pay for abortion-related travel expenses
 Nun among victims of killing, kidnapping in Congo
 Benedict XVI lauds ‘necessary’ work of Vatican II
 Cardinal Parolin urges EWTN to promote unity
 Vatican-Beijing deal to be renewed without changes?
 Spanish bishop: ‘no signs of supernaturality’ in reported apparitions at Garabandal
 UK abuse panel calls for mandatory report, regardless of confessional seal
 English town forbids making sign of the cross, using holy water near abortion center
 Vatican to host ‘Lectio Petri’ events to explore St. Peter’s legacy
 The Catechism is not ‘rigid, fixed, definitive, untouchable,’ former Vatican spokesman says
 Motorola Solutions CEO meets with Pope
 Pope pens preface to Holocaust survivor’s book
 Pope encourages Mariannhill Missionaries in holiness
 Cameroon captors release video of priests, other hostages
 Work for fair elections in Nigeria, USCCB committee chairman urges Secretary Blinken
 Doctors challenging HHS transgender policy win class certification
 Cardinal Eijk speaks out against Flemish bishops’ blessing for same-sex couples

Released Thursday, Oct. 20

 Honduran president meets with Pontiff
 Leading cardinal says Vatican II saved Church from obscurity
 Pope encourages Cistercians in their witness to community and poverty
 Vatican lays the groundwork for World Youth Day in Portugal
 Archbishop renews call for dialogue on ridding world of nuclear weapons
 In Russia, 1st criminal conviction for opposing war in Ukraine on religious grounds
 WCC leader, Patriarch Kirill agree that war cannot be holy
 Pontifical Academy for Life defends appointment of member who supports abortion ‘rights’
 Canadian bishops say it will take 4 more years to raise $30M for survivors
 California preschool teacher sues after being fired for opposing same-sex marriage
 Ecuador’s government, indigenous protestors conclude dialogue under mediation of bishops
 Papal prayer for victims of devastating floods in Nigeria
 Pope to World Food Forum: Eradicate hunger with spirit of fraternity

Released Wednesday, Oct. 19

 American priests not confident in their bishops, survey shows
 Discernment involves reflecting on our lives, Pope tells audience
 Syro-Malabar Catholics block archbishop from entry in troubled archdiocese
 Pope plans November visit to Italian relatives
 French bishop resigned, disciplined by Vatican, after abuse investigation
 Biden promises top priority to codifying Roe
 Georgetown med school offers instruction in ‘gender reassignment’ for minors
 Warning against ‘backward looking,’ Pope says Synod’s encounter and prayer can change the world
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores mass rapes of women in Russian captivity
 Holy See diplomat condemns threats of nuclear escalation
 Private companies may ban the wearing of all signs of religious belief, European court rules
 Spokesman for Ghana’s bishops warns against illegal gold mining
 Mormon leader calls abuse ‘abomination’ amid policy scrutiny
 Do not be indifferent to ‘the 92,’ Vatican newspaper editor urges
 US bishops’ migration chairman issues ‘Migration and the Judgement of the Nations’
 German synodal way leaders welcome extension of worldwide Synod
 African bishops should be ‘important voices’ at Synod, US bishop says
 Church in Asia ‘exists to evangelize,’ cardinal tells bishops

Released Tuesday, Oct. 18

 Bishop and priests arrested in Eritrea
 Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria
 Pope urges children to pray the Rosary for peace in Ukraine
 2 priests martyred by Nazis beatified in Italy
 Prayer revitalizes the soul, Pope says at Angelus
 Pope Francis names supporter of abortion ‘rights’ to Pontifical Academy for Life
 Delegation from Bain Capital meets with Pope
 Preserve unity in ‘time of crisis,’ Pope tells Communion and Liberation
 Nicaraguan regime has detained 11 priests in past 6 months
 Wisconsin city sued over ‘conversion therapy’ ordinance
 Bolivian bishops call for judicial reform
 Advocates list 100s of allegedly abusive San Francisco priests

Released Monday, Oct. 17

 Cardinal Farrell boosts preparations for World Youth Day 2023
 Be prophets of a new economy, Pope urges Spanish entrepreneurs
 Norway bishops oppose bill to ban ‘conversion therapy’
 Fired for refusing to work on sex-reassignment surgery, woman sues hospital
 Abuse charge sidelines controversial Chicago priest
 German diocese appoints women to ‘represent’ vicar general
 The Zanchetta affair (Part 6): the Sostituto intervenes
 120 Christian refugee families being evicted in Baghdad
 Pope Francis announces decision to extend Synod on Synodality to 2024
 Italian nun beatified
 Pope to participants in Christmas contest: Use talents for the cause of peace
 Papal message for World Food Day: In a world at war, put fraternity first
 Follow in the footsteps of your martyrs, Pope tells El Salvador pilgrims
 European Court: Sentence for protest in Catholic church violated free-expression rights of abortion activist
 USCCB committee chairman expresses concerns about Biden administration’s Africa strategy
 Following controversial report, Church in France starts compensating victims

Released Friday, Oct. 14

 Google bans anti-porn apps
 Pope again says we are caught up in “third world war”
 Archbishop applauds life sentence for school shooter
 Return to Mass, bishops in Philippines encourage faithful
 Vatican diplomat urges more accountability by nations for crimes against humanity
 East Timor’s Catholics rally behind accused Nobel bishop
 Eucharistic Revival aims to inspire local efforts with new playbook
 New Ways Ministry lauds New Zealand bishops’ new gender policy for Catholic schools
 Kyiv bishop speaks about Russian attacks on religious institutions
 Cardinal asked Vatican police to keep woman’s embezzlement secret, court told
 Recalling ‘forgotten wars,’ Pope asks PIME to ‘be the voice of the voiceless’
 Federal appeals court rules against church leaders who gave bologna sandwiches to homeless
 Don’t countenance corruption, Honduran bishops urge faithful
 US bishops’ general counsel, NCEA lodge objections to proposed Title IX changes

Released Thursday, Oct. 13

 Belarus: officials seal off historic Catholic church in Minsk
 Brazilian bishops uneasy as campaigning president visits shrine
 Michigan parish catches spray-painting vandals on security camera
 Diocese of Steubenville may merge with Diocese of Columbus, bishop announces
 YouTube adds abortion info to Catholic, pro-life videos
 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recalls importance of Vatican II
 Catholic organizations in Colombia call Bogotá cathedral attack by militants ‘terrorism’
 Vatican Secretary of State calls for truce in Ukraine
 Synod advisers meet outside Rome to consider ‘time for change’ in Catholic Church
 Cardinal Becciu, at trial, challenges Vatican cop over hostage payments
 Mexican archdiocese suspends priest who advised carrying guns
 Conflict and protracted refugee situations cannot become the ‘new normal,’ Vatican official says at UN
 Physician assistant sues hospital that fired her for declining to participate in transgender procedures
 Holy See diplomat: Respect for freedom of religion, conscience is ‘litmus test’ for other human rights

Released Wednesday, Oct. 12

 In message to Asian bishops, Pope highlights value of regional conferences
 Papal audience: desire as an aspect of discernment
 Pope renews appeal for peace in Ukraine
 Vatican II seen as a necessary failure
 Pope urges unity as he marks Vatican II’s 60th anniversary
 Historic Portugal Church sex abuse ‘truly endemic’ at times, commission leader says
 Canadian bishops issue pastoral letter to young people
 Pope to Scalabrinian missionaries: To be inclusive we must be creative
 ‘Be creative and ambassadors of peace,’ Pope tells Belgian youth
 Patriarch Kirill recovers from Covid-19
 A million march throughout Mexico for women, life, and peace
 9 scientists critique Pontifical Academy for Life’s ‘Theological Ethics for Life’
 Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church condemns Russian annexation
 US Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal

Released Tuesday, Oct. 11

 French group fights bid to remove beloved statue
 Bahrain—site of next papal trip—criticized for death-penalty abuses
 Vatican silent on funds in troubled bank
 Humanitarian crisis in Sudan: ‘we ask God to continue to give people strength,’ bishop prays
 Mexican governor meets with Pontiff, senior Vatican officials
 Creating jobs is key to ‘inclusive’ development, Pope says
 Armenian Catholic Patriarch briefs Lebanon’s president on Vatican trip
 Renewed papal call to abolish death penalty
 Pope pays tribute to St. Artémides Zatti
 Vatican diplomat, at UN, speaks out against abortion, child pornography, surrogacy
 Poll: US Catholics have strong belief in angels, but Eucharistic devotion lags
 In long-awaited English translation, Vatican proposes a catechumenate model for marriage preparation
 Ukrainian bishops of US condemn Russian annexation of territory

Released Monday, Oct. 10

 Mozambique bishop says terrorists not motivated by religion
 Washington Post takes aim at Catholic hospitals
 Synod will continue work of Vatican II, Vatican statement says
 Swiss bishop resigns, cites burnout
 Montenegro premier meets with Pontiff
 New video connects Planned Parenthood, U. of Pittsburgh
 City’s harassment of private prayer services in rabbi’s home violated 1st Amendment, court rules
 Moscow’s Catholic archbishop prays for peace
 Pope canonizes 2 new saints, deplores situation of migrants to Europe
 New cardinals appointed as members of dicasteries
 Papal prayer for an end to threat of nuclear warfare
 Over 1 million displaced in Myanmar, Vatican newspaper underlines
 ‘Your presence near young people is necessary,’ Pope tells Swiss school chaplains
 Cardinal Nichols to PM Truss: No valid reason to move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
 Archdiocesan official analyzes arrest of pro-life activist
 ‘Adamant originalist’ is chief architect of Notre-Dame cathedral restoration

Released Friday, Oct. 7

 Response to Belo allegations raises questions about Vatican’s anti-abuse efforts
 Priest describes Iran’s ‘continuous bombardment’ of Iraqi Kurdistan
 Philly synod artwork misrepresented our views, Catholic students say
 Papal telegram following Thai mass murder
 Patriarch has light form of coronavirus: Russian Orthodox Church
 Pope’s Bahrain trip blends Muslim outreach, Catholic ministry
 Ukrainian Catholic leader deplores Russian annexation of territory
 At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says
 Pope Francis meets with Methodist-Catholic dialogue team
 Following court decision on DACA, US bishops’ migration chairman renews plea for congressional action

Released Thursday, Oct. 6

 Italian priest suspended for gay advocacy
 Opus Dei calls special meeting to adapt to Pope’s directives
 Pope addresses Vatican conference on holiness, saints
 Former leader sees troubles for Knights of Malta, urges loyalty
 Bishop reports massacre of Christians in Mozambique
 California governor signs 13 pro-abortion, contraception laws
 Bishop Bode spokesman: Zollner did not advise remaining in office after abuse report
 Holy See diplomat: All of society is harmed when women’s dignity is not respected
 Extreme hurricanes show time of climate change denial is over, Vatican cardinal says
 Man topples ancient Roman busts in Vatican museums
 In historic first, Pope Francis approves an ‘ecclesial conference’ instead of bishops’ conference
 Karnataka’s law against conversion criticized as ‘contrary to the Constitution and human dignity’
 Academic conference on Mary, Mother of God, brings together Russian and Ukrainian scholars
 Pope, in video, comments on synodality
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman affirms Church teaching on dignity of human life

Released Wednesday, Oct. 5

 Strife in Cameroon has become ‘a question of money,’ bishops’ spokesman says
 Know yourself, Pope urges faithful
 Pakistani Christians protest rape, abduction, forced conversion of teenage girl
 Papal nuncio asks Timorese to accept discipline of Nobel-laureate bishop
 Medical associations seek federal clampdown on investigation of gender surgery
 ‘Proclaim the Gospel of hope,’ Pope tells Oblates of Mary Immaculate
 Pope recognizes ‘countless acts of kindness and charity’ of Stella Maris, Apostleship of the Sea
 Bahrain papal visit furthers outreach to Muslim world, bishop says
 Pope Francis YouTube documentary launches from Vatican City
 Papal prayer for victims of Hurricane Ian, soccer tragedy in Indonesia
 Each of us must defend the nation, Ukrainian Catholic leader says
 Pro-life volunteer shot while going door to door in Michigan
 Blessed Sacrament found intact in tabernacle of church burned by armed men in Cameroon
 USCCB announces candidates for conference president, VP
 Zelensky advisor meets with Pope

Released Tuesday, Oct. 4

 Russian Orthodox spokesman says dialogue with Rome nearly ‘frozen’
 US Catholics want different presidential candidates, poll finds
 Vatican cardinal, unwelcome in Germany, cancels visit
 Welcoming growth as world population hits 8 billion
 Apple CEO Tim Cook meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
 Why Anglican evangelicals are becoming Catholics: an interview with Msgr. Nazir-Ali
 Pope tells Vatican security to stay strong in mission of service, faith
 Witnesses in Vatican mega trial paint bleak picture of how Secretariat managed funds
 Pastoral care of tourism moved to Dicastery for Evangelization
 Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop
 Pope warns Redemptorists against abandoning prayer and community life
 Vatican diplomat calls for enforcement of environmental laws, warns against drug legalization
 Pope: May sport be home for all, open and welcoming
 USCCB, Catholic organizations ask Senate to pass human trafficking legislation

Released Monday, Oct. 3

 The Zanchetta affair (Part 5): the Pope speaks
 Pope names new members to commission for protection of minors
 ‘Allow your beauty to shine!’: papal message to Ursuline Global Education Compact
 UN, abuse survivor groups seek Vatican investigation of Nobel laureate Belo
 Your mission also has a maternal aspect, Pope tells Thomas Aquinas fraternity
 Pope warns of nuclear war risk; appeals to Putin on Ukraine
 Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president
 Archbishop offered to meet with State Department officials about Korea trip
 US bishops’ president offers prayers in solidarity with those impacted by hurricanes
 Papal prayer intention for October: for the Church

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