Stories for week of October 27, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 1

 November papal prayer intention: for anyone who has lost a child
 CWN closed for All Saints Day

Released Thursday, Oct. 31

 British law now bars silent protests near abortion clinics
 Cardinal Cupich: no Mass obligation in Chicago on feast of Immaculate Conception
 Vatican diplomat condemns military attacks on civilians
 Missouri bishop bans use of ‘problematic’ hymns
 Speak the heart, Pope urges Vatican communicators
 Brazilian bishop resigns following allegation of financial impropriety
 For 15th time, Pope raises Buenos Aires priest to the episcopate
 Lebanese displaced by Israeli attacks take refuge in Catholic institutions
 Act against cyberattacks and apply international law to cyberspace, Vatican diplomat urges
 Leading French prelate expresses support for Ukraine’s struggle for freedom
 ‘Trial of the century’ was ‘fair and transparent,’ Vatican spokesman says
 Pope encourages Latin American ministry to women who have had abortions
 Pope to visit Pontifical Gregorian University, celebrate recent merger

Released Wednesday, Oct. 30

 Confirmation should not be ‘sacrament of departure,’ Pope tells audience
 Congo cardinal questions push to beatify Belgian King Baudoin
 Cincinnati archdiocese breaks ties with Girl Scouts
 Vatican tribunal report explains ‘trial of the century’ verdicts
 ‘Newman Guide’ Catholic colleges report enrollment surges
 Father Belda, key figure in Zanchetta affair, is Pope’s delegate to Pope Francis Memorial Foundation
 We cannot surrender to ‘cycle of retaliation and revenge,’ Jerusalem Patriarch preaches
 Ukrainian priest discusses 18 months in Russian prison; ‘their goal was to break us’
 Papal tribute to late Cardinal Martino
 Religious freedom is a basic human right, USCCB committee chairmen emphasize
 Holy See ‘deeply disturbed’ by rise in global military spending, Vatican diplomat says

Released Tuesday, Oct. 29

 Papal abuse commission presents first annual report
 Texas nuns dismissed from Carmelite order
 Seminary rector is latest Nigerian kidnap victim
 Leading Albanian lawmaker meets with Pontiff
 Cardinal Renato Martino, longtime Vatican diplomat, dies at 91
 Warm meeting between Ukrainian Catholic leader, Ecumenical Patriarch
 Pakistani Christian father jailed after daughter abducted, forced to marry, convert to Islam
 Vatican unveils mascot for 2025 world fair, jubilee; announces cultural events
 Papal prayer for Philippine tropical storm victims
 Pope to open holy door at Roman prison at beginning of 2025 jubilee year

Released Monday, Oct. 28

 Cellphones in confessionals: a security risk?
 Serve migrants, Pope encourages Scalabrinian missionaries
 Pakistani Christian man arrested for protesting daughter’s forced marriage
 Abrahamic Family House delegation meets with Pontiff
 Iranian archbishop: quest for supremacy bars path of peace
 Michigan ranked last among US states on religious freedom
 Leading Vatican diplomat laments violations of right to life
 Spend time in prayer with new Sacred Heart encyclical, USCCB president advises
 ‘An endless party,’ not an ‘aged marriage’: Pope approves synod’s final document, will not issue apostolic exhortation
 Pope concludes synod with call for a missionary Church
 Jesuits, Pope mourn slain Mexican priest
 Pontiff mourns destruction of hospitals, schools in wartime; renews appeal for prayers for peace
 Papal encouragement of Catholic-Jewish relations
 ‘The cry, faith, the journey’: papal reflection on Christ’s healing of Bartimaeus

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