Daily News

Morning must-reads

April 24

DDF is finalizing document on discerning apparitions

Last such was issued in 1978 under Pope Paul VI

Cdl. Grech: Fiducia has ‘nothing to do’ with Oct. Synod

Reveals that he had no prior notice about its release

Spanish bishops: Church is singled out in gov't scheme

Sole institution to make 'reparation' to abuse victims

Ohio judge halts law saving adolescents from trans

After lawmakers overrode governor’s veto & passed it

Sri Lanka: Church seeks to recognize mass martyrdom

Of the 171 Catholics killed at Easter Mass in 2019

S. Korea: 80 Catholics among 300 reps in Nat'l Assembly

Over double the percentage of Catholics in total population

April 23

Pope to meet with 6,000 grandparents, grandchildren

At special Vatican event 'to give a new vision of old age'

Tex. Carmelite nuns reject Vatican-approved overseers

Call plan 'hostile takeover'; feud with bishop continues

Conn. archbp. on transgenderism: ‘Biology is biology’

In interview, Coyne says all are still welcome in Church

Pro-life expert panel discusses 'eugenic' dangers of IVF

Doctor: Industry operates like 'Wild West,' scant oversight

Ex Knoxville bishop threatens whistleblower priests

Stika contacts them directly with threats of lawsuit

Nine pro-lifers face 11 years in prison for D.C. rescue

Eight await sentencing in jail; court dates are May 14-17

April 22

Tex. Catholic Charities accused of misusing fed. funds

San Antonio org defends buying airfare for migrants

USCCB decries new abortion leave-time mandate

Employers, incl. religious ones, are forced to participate

Cardinal Müller rebukes Belgian mayor Emir Kir

As 'absolutist ruler' who strips citizens of their liberties

Finnish lawmaker faces third trial for quoting Bible

She was twice acquitted; now prosecutors eye high court

Eucharistic Congress scales back attendee numbers

Indy stadium's useable capacity is 50,000, not 80,000

Beijing institute creates 'little girl' AI humanoid/robot

She 'learns' with experience; may have role in senior care

April 19

K of Cs call for Rupnik art removal at JPII shrine in D.C.

Replace with art 'suitable to celebration of sacraments'

Missionary priest is named archbishop of Florence

Gambelli served archdiocese in Chad from 2011-2023

Scotland pauses trans/puberty-blocker drugs for kids

Weeks after English gov't questions efficacy, also bans

Francis reinstates papal title 'Patriarch of the West'

No explanation given; some guess 'ecumenical' reason

Mich. priest resigns amid parochial school dispute

Had announced vetting policy after gay author's visit

WA: Religious bigotry exposed at elementary school

Interfaith prayer club not allowed but 'Pride' Club is

April 18

Arizona lawmakers vote to retain 1864 pro-life law

Republicans block so-called 'abortion ban repeal' bill

Swiss bishop defends attending predecessor’s funeral

Which was held at the seminary church of SSPX in Écône

Vatican diplomat urges action on Ethiopia famine

Crisis due to conflict, disease, worst drought in decades

Belgian court overturns ban of conservative conf.

Cdl. Müller: Attempt to stop it was ‘like Nazi Germany’

Episcopal bishops oppose leasing to Catholic group

Disapprove of School of Sacred Music's LGBT 'stance'

Nuns continue fight against NY abortion mandate

After Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings in '21

April 17

Brussels police shut down conservative conference

Featuring top European thinkers including Cdl. Müller

Fed. court rules against WV ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’

In case of teen claiming Title IX sex-based discrimination

Fake priest arrested for stealing from U.S. churches

He would pose as 'Fr. Martin' to get access, then burgle

Catholics in Gaza bury dead in Muslim cemeteries

Christian cemeteries are all in northern area, inaccessible

Cdl. Sarah: Church is facing ‘temptation of atheism’

Says many seek 'a compromise between truth and lies'

Child labor/slavery ensnares 160M children globally

Work in Pakistan's brick industry, Congo's cobalt mines

April 16

Supreme Court: Idaho can halt sex changes for kids

Can enforce state ban while various lawsuits proceed

Baltimore archdiocese announces major merger plan

To turn 61 parishes into 21; or 59 'worship sites' to 26

Vatican protests French court ruling on nun’s case

Which held Cdl. Ouellet liable for her unlawful dismissal

Pope's call for Israel two-state solution echoes JPII

JPII developed relations with both Israel and the PLO

Kansas gov vetoes bill to ban sex changes for minors

And vetoes bill that would criminalize coerced abortion

Oregon sees highest-ever number of assisted suicides

43% of whom cited concern about being 'a burden'

April 15

Pope pleads for military restraint in the Middle East

After Iran launches 100s of drones, missiles at Israel

Australia: Eastern bishop stabbed in attack at church

Male suspect has been arrested; motive as yet unknown

Iraqi cardinal returns to Baghdad after 9-mo. self-exile

Sako returns at personal invitation of the prime minister

Pro-lifers shocked by Trump balk on abortion ban

Now 'most pro-life president in history' tag rings hollow

Sudan has no seminarians, almost no Catholic Church

Parishes, hospitals, schools cease amid third civil war

China: Online translator blocks info on Luther, Calvin

Search sets off error warning to abide by socialist values

April 12

Mayo Clinic: Puberty blockers cause irreversible harm

Adolescent boys may suffer infertility, atrophied testes

Chaldean Patriarch rededicates parish in Mosul, Iraq

Which was desecrated in 2014 as IS took over the city

Dignitas Infinita asserts death penalty violates dignity

Document likely to reenergize debate on tough issue

Swiss Church plans to create 'synodality commission'

Will 'test forms of decision-making' in five-year trial

Pope to go to four Southeast Asian countries in Sept.

Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor, Papua New Guinea

Abuse orgs: Cleveland diocese among most secretive

Say bishop 'is leaving dozens and dozens off his list'

April 11

Pope Francis reshapes the Church in western Ireland

Changes imply that 6 dioceses will eventually become 3

Vatican gets new complaints of abuse by Rupnik

Two women already known, three heretofore unknown

Major UK study: ‘Gender care’ based on poor science

Expert notes that doctors exercise no caution on this

New Idaho law protects against forced 'pronoun' use

Nixes punishment for declining to speak falsehoods

Deacons notably absent in Synod on Synodality plans

Odd since in U.S. they're a growing force in the Church

Indigenous leader asks Pope to help restore Amazon

Polluted due to mining; Pope says he'll talk to Brazil prez

April 10

Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ receives widespread praise

Document is compelling rearticulation of Church teaching

Arizona high court okays 1864 law banning abortion

Rules that state law does not guarantee right to kill babes

EU bishops: Abortion can never be fundamental right

Statement ahead of vote to include 'right' in EU Charter

Nigerian diocese: 700 baptized despite persecution

On Easter, in diocese just erected by Pope last October

Shanghai diocese reports 470 baptisms at Easter Vigil

In Beijing: 142 baptisms at cathedral, another 125 nearby

A few trans Catholics & allies criticize Dignitas Infinita

Including a deacon from FL & a diocesan worker in L.A.

April 9

Vatican document condemns attacks on human dignity

Dignitas Infinita says no to surrogacy, gender theory, trans

Trump: 'States will determine' future of abortion in U.S.

Does not endorse hoped-for national policy/limit on it

Aussie bishop’s former secretary exposes ‘hush money’

Says he posted list of dozens of Aboriginal youth to pay

Mo. bishops plead for death row inmate pre-execution

Murderer's killing is state’s first execution of 2024

Russian Far East in urban & rural demographic decline

Expert: If we don't populate it, 'someone else will'-- China

Small-college conf. bans men from women’s sports

Firm NAIA stance causes eyes to turn toward NCAA

April 8

Netherlands study: Most kids outgrow trans inclination

Meanwhile, Finnish study debunks intervention rationale

Wis. bishop charges Archbp. Viganó with defamation

After he criticized 'shamanic' ritual before Chrism Mass

USCCB: Oppose bills that claim so-called ‘right’ to IVF

Proposals in Congress threaten human life, rel. freedom

Diocese of Rome shake-up: Pope transfers vicar of Rome

After centralizing diocesan management under himself

Missionaries in Haiti hang on despite crucial shortages

Border with Dominican Republic closed, airport inactive

Netherlands: 9,068 reported euthanasia deaths, 2023

Increase in requests from young psychiatric patients

April 5

Global Church stats: More Catholics, fewer vocations

Highest growth in Africa, which now boasts 273M Catholics

CRS boosts efforts in Gaza despite aid workers' deaths

UN says 196 aid workers have been killed since Oct.

Will Fernández botch gender-ideology document?

Unlike FS, it has undergone rigorous consult process

Sierra Leone: Sisters rescue girls from sexual violence

In chaotic culture, most males regard rape as normal

Priest: 'Trans’ people I've pastored have 'deep wounds'

As children they were 'broken' by hard life experiences

Nurses group: Abortion pills are hurting women

They come to ER with hemorrhaging, raging infections