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Stories for week of November 03, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Nov. 9

 Pope names new Preacher of the Papal Household

Released Friday, Nov. 8

 Emergency-room visits increase with OTC abortion pill
 Microsoft to unveil AI-enhanced experience of St. Peter’s basilica
 Paris again hears the bells of Notre Dame
 Missouri bishop reconsidering list of banned hymns
 Bishop Conley: Catholic Hospitals Must Protect Children from Gender Ideology
 Convert becomes foundress of 1st Ethiopian Catholic convent
 Cardinal Schönborn pays tribute to 1947 Marian apparition
 Charity and justice demand welcome for migrants, pontifical academy president says
 Leading German prelate emphasizes importance of peace, upholds just-war theory
 USCCB president discusses bishops’ priorities for Trump presidency, links violence to abortion
 Vatican newspaper highlights plight of Rohingya refugees
 Teach the art of prayer with joy, Pope advises Augustinian nuns
 Hope is ‘a gift from God and a task for Christians,’ Pope writes in book introduction

Released Thursday, Nov. 7

 Bishop’s ordination postponed for 2nd time in English diocese
 Nigerian seminary rector freed by kidnappers
 Survey of likely relations between Vatican, Trump
 Stay close to bishops, Pope urges seminarians
 Pope praises Italian soldiers for humanitarian efforts
 Cardinal Parolin offers Vatican views on Trump victory
 US bishops’ president congratulates Trump, notes Church is ‘not aligned with any political party’
 Risk, effort, goal: faith is a pilgrimage, Pope writes in book introduction
 Chicago priest appointed to Vatican ecology post
 Pope again condemns killing of civilians in Gaza
 Ukrainian Catholic leader, at Lourdes, thanks bishops of France
 Papal condolences following Serbian railway station deaths
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for Valencia

Released Wednesday, Nov. 6

 Catholic prelates join in statement condemning anti-Semitism in Canada
 Vatican opens visitors’ center for St. Peter’s
 Pope visits home of ailing Italian abortion advocate
 Prayer must be spontaneous, Pope tells weekly audience
 Catholic vote moved toward Trump, poll shows
 Abortion ballot initiatives pass in most states, fall short in others
 Vatican diplomat calls for universal access to digital technology, ethical framework for AI
 Details announced for jubilee of artists
 Cardinal Tagle: new encyclical makes Christian foundation of recent encyclicals more explicit
 Papal praise for Notre-Dame’s reopening, Sacred Heart devotion
 Vatican announces sports photo competition for Jubilee
 Pope calls Rome’s Jesuit-run university to ‘self-criticism’

Released Tuesday, Nov. 5

 Pope adds one more prelate to list of new cardinals
 Soldiers escape death sentence for ransacking parish in Congo
 Nigerian bishops’ leader says drug use fuels crime
 Abortion on the ballot in 10 states
 USCCB, Lutherans mark 25th anniversary of ecumenical milestone
 IAEA director thanks Pontiff for commitment to peace, multilateralism
 December papal visit to Corsica under consideration
 Missionaries of Charity convent looted, burned in Haiti
 Vatican newspaper sees rural Midwesterners’ voting rights as major US election issue
 Holy See criticizes use of ‘gender,’ ‘diversity’ in UN refugee documents

Released Monday, Nov. 4

 Pope should not govern Vatican City, convicted cardinal says
 Papal encouragement for ‘Field Hospital Churches’
 Chinese diocese pays homage to Communist leaders
 Church rebuilding after ISIS amid uncertainty, Iraqi prelate reports
 Ukrainian Orthodox denounce Russian interference
 Kidnapped Nigerian rector offered himself to replace hostages
 Texas nuns vow to continue Carmelite path despite dismissal
 Catholics should not attend SSPX liturgy: Fort Worth bishop
 Papal prayers for deceased bishops
 New archbishops for Milwaukee, Warsaw
 Papal letter for 100th anniversary of apostolic adminstration in Estonia
 Be ‘big-hearted educators’ in ‘the labyrinths of complexity,’ Pope tells Italian Catholic Action movement
 The love of God and neighbor are ‘the heart of life and faith,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 On All Souls Day, Pontiff concelebrates Mass, prays at graves of miscarried infants
 Pope renews call for prayer for peace, denounces killing of civilians in Gaza
 Papal appeals for Valencia
 Papal closeness to Chad’s people following Islamist terrorist attack, flooding
 The path of holiness is God’s gift and our response: papal Angelus address on All Saints Day

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