Stories for week of August 25, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Aug. 31

 Background: World Day of Prayer for Creation
 September papal prayer intention: for the cry of the earth

Released Friday, Aug. 30

 African bishops decry Western ‘missionaries of evil’
 Chicago archdiocese introduces ‘green’ burial sites
 Pope speaks on new vision for Pontifical Urban University
 Future of Pontifical Urban University at stake in special Vatican meeting
 Vatican approves devotion to 1876 French Marian apparitions
 Vatican spokesman decries new Afghan law forbidding women from speaking in public
 Pope encourages Catholic community organizers from US to act, move forward
 Archbishop Paglia pens book on old age
 Papal meeting with Spanish governor
 OAS leader meets with Pontiff

Released Thursday, Aug. 29

 Body of St. Teresa of Avila still incorrupt
 Father Rosica faces sex-assault charge
 ‘Vatican Girl’ brother voices no confidence in Vatican probe of her fate
 Abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope’s visit brings new attention
 Pope encourages youth to go to Mass, Confession; pays tribute to St. Augustine, prays for peace
 No American groups present at 3 consecutive papal general audiences
 Pope makes quiet visit to St. Monica’s tomb in Rome
 ‘Know yourself, choose yourself, grow yourself, give yourself’: religious community confronts future
 Bishops, in Labor Day statement, lament wage theft, other violations of human dignity

Released Wednesday, Aug. 28

 Biblical faith requires opposition to homosexual agenda, African archbishop says
 Preserve human dignity in a time of ‘anthropological revolution,’ Pope urges
 Keep hope alive, Pope exhorts bishops in Arab countries
 Pope, at general audience, laments plight of migrants, condemns ‘militarization of borders’
 Strengths, pitfalls seen in the rise of the diocesan COO
 Northern Ireland: diocese will welcome 1st seminarian in 6 years
 Papal message on liturgy emphasizes chorality, hymns, silence, ministeriality
 Vatican newspaper: ‘Save the oceans in order to save the planet’
 Cardinal Tagle assesses Pope’s upcoming trip to Asia, defends missionaries from charge of colonialism
 Vatican prefect warns of ‘colonizing invasion of mass media’
 Holy See calls for moratorium on AI weapons

Released Tuesday, Aug. 27

 Sober realism about pro-life political prospects
 Vatican welcomes China’s recognition of bishop
 Rabbi rips Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury, for criticism of Israel
 Protest against ‘shakedown’ of pilgrims, tourists, at St. Peter’s basilica
 Mosque visit will highlight Pope’s trip to Indonesia
 Questioning Vatican silence on Venezuela’s Maduro regime
 Differing from Pope, Ukrainian Catholic leader says ban on Moscow-affiliated church protects religious freedom
 Federal court prevents NY attorney general from taking action against pro-life pregnancy centers
 ‘Hiddenness, fatherliness, and attention to the least’: Pope encourages Oblates of St. Joseph
 Member of movement investigated by Vatican becomes Ecuador’s ambassador to Holy See
 Listen to young people and imitate Christ in forming them, Pope tells Catholic Scout leaders
 Israeli, Palestinian fathers meet with Pope
 Cardinal Parolin: It is useless to construct a society that excludes God

Released Monday, Aug. 26

 Lebanon pays a price for Israel-Palestine conflict, Pope tells families of blast victims
 Chicago pregnancy-help center vandalized after Democratic convention
 Trump would veto national abortion ban, Vance says
 World Council of Churches cautions on Ukraine law against Russia-backed churches
 Nigerian archbishop sees government ‘sitting on a time bomb’
 Luxembourg Catholic charity scandal deepens
 Pope denounces Ukraine’s ban on Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church
 ‘Renew your hope in Jesus’: papal encouragement for Nicaraguans
 Papal solidarity with monkeypox victims
 Papal Angelus address: Christ alone has the words of eternal life
 Pope calls on Catholic lawmakers to renounce war as a means of solving conflicts
 Barcelona’s mayor meets with Pontiff
 Leading Ugandan lawmaker, accused of corruption, meets with Pontiff
 Papal message: Eucharistic adoration helps you become the Christian you are called to be

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