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Stories for week of April 14, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 19

 Ukraine court rejects bid for house arrest of Orthodox leader
 Orthodox prelate in Russia convicted for criticizing Ukraine war
 New motu proprio sets standards for Vatican tribunal judges
 Vatican clinic offers breast-cancer screening for homeless
 Palestinian Christian woman in ‘administrative detention’
 Rupnik remains listed as Vatican liturgical consultant
 Dream big, build peace: Pope exhorts young students
 Vatican puts Texas Carmelite convent under supervision of national association
 Finnish lawmaker facing 3rd trial for citing Bible on homosexuality
 Papal encouragement for Global Christian Forum
 DC Knights call for Rupnik art removal
 British court upholds school’s ban on student prayer
 Vatican cardinal reflects on vocational discernment
 Cardinal Dolan meets with Israeli, Palestinian leaders, speaks of local reactions to Pope
 7 major Italian sees no longer led by a cardinal
 USCCB leadership meets with Pontiff
 Parish priest who served as missionary named archbishop of Florence
 ‘Climate change is splitting the world in two,’ Vatican newspaper warns

Released Thursday, Apr. 18

 Congo nears chaos, cardinal warns
 Kentucky bishop sees confusion in papal teaching
 Quebec’s bishops see mounting crisis of hunger
 Pope urges renewal for Discalced Carmelites
 More abuse charges against retired Australian bishop
 Episcopalian bishops oppose Catholic group’s use of seminary property
 Palestinian Christian woman arrested without warrant, detained without charges
 Support indigenous efforts to ‘take care of their roots,’ nuncio tells UN forum
 Papal condolences following death of Colombian cardinal
 Pope Francis pays tribute to St. Pius X
 Program announced for international meeting of parish priests at Vatican
 Pope Francis intends to visit Argentina this year, governor says after audience
 Indian cardinal calls voting a ‘sacred duty,’ urges faithful to put it before pilgrimage
 Vatican diplomat calls for immediate action, aid to address Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis
 Torture is inhuman, Pope says

Released Wednesday, Apr. 17

 Key witness in landmark Vatican trial confirmed in post
 Swiss bishop defends attendance at predecessor’s SSPX funeral
 Chartres pilgrimage faces flood of registrations
 National Conservatism Conference resumes in Brussels
 Pope prays for release of prisoners of war
 Pope, at general audience, reflects on temperance
 Florida bishops oppose extreme abortion amendment
 Holocaust scholar contrasts welcome at Catholic college, close-mindedness at secular college
 Federal appeals court rules against West Virginia’s ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’
 Young vandals cause significant damage to Kentucky parish
 Malaysia: Catholic woman’s conversion to Islam declared invalid
 Zimbabwe: 4 men sentenced to 21 years for robbing parish, assaulting priest
 NY Attorney General: Brooklyn diocese mishandled abuse allegations; agreement announced
 Pope, Council of Cardinals continue discussion of women in the Church
 USCCB committee chairman backs Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act
 Typical new US priest: 34-year-old who prays Rosary, takes part in Eucharistic adoration

Released Tuesday, Apr. 16

 Brussels police shut down conservative conference
 Baltimore archdiocese unveils parish consolidation plan
 Congo authorities restrict cardinal’s access at airport
 Stabbing of Orthodox prelate seen as ‘terrorist incident’
 Colombian Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz dead at 91
 Fake priest arrested for stealing from churches across the US
 Abuse victims reject NY diocese’s $200M settlement offer
 USCCB committee chairman affirms Church’s closeness to immigrant laborers
 Leading EU official meets with Pontiff; demography discussed
 Criminals attack church facility in Odisha state in India
 Polish bishops launch day of prayer for unborn after lawmakers advance pro-abortion bills
 Lower religious practice correlates with lower mental health
 Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on transgender procedures for minors
 Papal prayer for victims of Australian stabbings
 Pope calls for Mideast peace, religious freedom for region’s Christians

Released Monday, Apr. 15

 Orthodox prelate attacked during sermon at Australian service
 Pope sides with Peruvian farmers against Catholic group
 Council of Cardinals meeting this week
 Catholics remain 20% of US population
 Vatican tribunal rejects prosecutor’s complaint against Italian journalist
 Vatican protests French court ruling against Cardinal Ouellet
 Turkish government official, Pontiff discuss Mideast peace, threats to family
 3 beatification, sainthood causes advance
 Pope makes unannounced visit to catechism class
 Papal tribute to life lessons of past Spaniards
 Crib, carpentry workshop, forest: papal encouragement for scout projects
 Malawi’s bishops deplore abduction, torture of nun
 Vatican letter marks National Day for the University of the Sacred Heart
 Priest pepper-sprayed during confession in Texas cathedral
 Pope pleads for military restraint in the Middle East
 Sudan civil war leaves no seminarians and almost no Catholic Church
 Share with others your encounter with Jesus, Pope tells pilgrims

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