Stories for week of December 08, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Dec. 13

 Cardinal Pizzaballa expects break in Gaza warfare
 Interim Lebanese leader meets with Pontiff
 Imitate St. Lucy, Pope Francis urges people of Italian archdiocese
 Euthanasia among leading causes of death in Canada
 Pope adds two women, two cardinals to Synod council
 Vatican workers cite tensions, poor morale
 USCCB, American Jewish Committee publish Translate Hate to combat anti-Semitism
 Vatican spokesman says popular piety is ‘real motivation’ for papal visit to Corsica
 Bishop appointed for troubled Argentine diocese
 Mary’s motherhood is the essence of Guadalupe, Pope preaches at Mass
 Be shepherds according to the Heart of Christ, Pope tells Spanish seminarians
 Cooperation among Christians is ‘first instrument of evangelization,’ Pope tells evangelical mission
 ‘You do not look away’ from plight of migrants: papal praise for Mediterranean rescuers

Released Thursday, Dec. 12

 Britain bans puberty blockers for children
 Former arms dealer backs Pontiff’s plea for peace
 Palestinian leader in ‘cordial’ talks with Pontiff
 Pope demands restoration of just international order in Peace Day message
 Catholic school director named an archbishop
 Caritas leader laments populism, calls for stronger EU
 Spain’s religious leaders oppose repeal of law banning anti-religious insults
 EU bishops pledge to pray, advocate for Syria
 New Ukranian cardinal: Pray the Rosary, a ‘spiritual sword’
 On Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, US bishops condemn racism, xenophobia
 Italian priest hospitalized for burns after ingesting acid from chalice

Released Wednesday, Dec. 11

 First-ever Nativity scene display on steps of US Capitol
 President of Vatican tribunal resigns
 Quebec prelates oppose ban on public prayer
 Church leaders have ‘positive meeting’ with new Syrian regime leaders
 Report shows pattern of anti-Catholic violence in Mexico
 Vatican removes controversial Nativity scene
 Papal prayer for peace especially in Syria
 Archbishop Cordileone: pray for Pelosi
 Pelosi rejects bishops’ authority, raps Vatican’s China policy
 Pope concludes series of general audiences on the Holy Spirit with reflection on hope
 UN official deplores oppression in Nicaragua
 War deprives millions of human rights and is ‘mother of all poverty,’ Pope says
 In China’s rapid aging cities, young people flee, and few babies are born
 Sistine Chapel Choir’s former director found guilty of embezzlement
 Papal encouragement for Human Economic Forum
 Pope rues male-dominated culture as he praises women who fight hunger
 Pope venerates Mary Immaculate, prays for jubilee year, Rome’s mayor

Released Tuesday, Dec. 10

 Pope urges Biden: commute all death sentences
 Slovak leader meets with Pontiff
 Former queen’s chaplain urges King Charles to abdicate
 Italian nun denies charges of organized-crime involvement
 Murders mount in Haiti; bishops plead for peace
 Nicaragua’s nuns to face exile?
 Syrian prelates urge prayers for safety
 Pontiff urges new approaches to theology
 Papal Angelus address: Place your hope in God, as Mary did—and go to Confession
 Papal homily: Mary was daughter, bride, and mother
 Papal encouragement to diplomats to address climate change, other problems
 Vatican concert with the poor is ‘beautiful sign of synodal harmony’: papal address
 Vatican’s Christmas tree was cut down ecologically, Pope says
 Walk in the path of Jesus, Pope Francis tells 21 new cardinals
 Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens, 5 years after fire
 Irish government official meets with Pontiff
 All Christians are called to evangelize, Pope tells Carmelite sisters

Released Monday, Dec. 9

 CWN closed for feast of the Immaculate Conception

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December 21, O Oriens (O Dayspring); Opt. Mem. of St. Peter Canisius, Priest & Doctor; Ember Saturday

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597), who was born at Nijmegen, Holland, at the very time that Luther began to rebel against the Church and St. Ignatius Loyola was laying the foundations of the Jesuit Order. After studying the arts, civil law and theology, St.…

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