Today’s Catholic must-reads: 29/06/11
Benedict XVI conferred the pallium on Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles and 40 other archbishops at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica this morning (video). The Pope has told an Orthodox delegation that...
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Fighting between Muslims and Christians in the central Nigerian town of Jos has left at least 16 people dead. A mob of masked vandals has attacked a Catholic church in Kerala, southern India....
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Vatican doctrinal watchdog Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller has said he “did not speak of any end to the discussion” on Communion for the remarried in his article for L’Osservatore Romano in November...
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The temptation of Jesus shows that “one can’t dialogue with Satan because he is so cunning“, the Pope said in yesterday’s Angelus address (full text, full video). Francis left the Vatican on a bus with...
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God’s goodness “knows no boundaries and does not discriminate against anyone“, Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Pope celebrated a thanksgiving Mass for the equipollent...
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The United Nations must take urgent steps to guarantee the safety of the Middle East’s religious minorities, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in New York has said. The disappearance of Iraqi...
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Francis highlighted “the profound Marian devotion” of Blessed Paul VI in his Angelus address after Sunday’s beatification Mass. The papal visit to Sri Lanka is in doubt after reports that president...
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We must always believe that peace is possible, “despite any appearances to the contrary”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, short video, full video). The Turkish government has...
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Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has issued a six-point plan for rebuilding Iraq after ISIS. Unidentified perpetrators have burned down a Catholic church in southern Chile. At least 14 of Ireland’s 26...
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China and the Holy See will seek “to finalise a deal on the ordination of bishops” at a meeting in Rome this month, reports Reuters. Political dialogue must continue in Venezuela despite serious...
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Pope Francis has discussed Donald Trump, immigrants and the poor in a new interview with La Repubblica’s Eugenio Scalfari (Italian text). More than 20 million pilgrims have visited Rome during the Year...
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Pope Francis could visit South Sudan or the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, reports Gerard O’Connell. Up to 18 million people are expected to attend the feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila on...
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Pope Francis urged the Venezuelan government and opposition “to avoid all further forms of violence” in his Regina Caeli address yesterday (full video). The Brothers of Charity in Belgium have...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 23/05/17
Belgium’s bishops have said they disagree with the decision by the Brothers of Charity to allow euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals (French report, French full text). Ivanka Trump will discuss...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 28/06/17
Pope Francis will create the smallest group of new cardinals since 1977 today. Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako will receive the red hat despite health problems (Joe Slama). Full communion between...
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Pope Francis will “almost certainly “ visit Burma and Bangladesh this year, according to Reuters. A new ISIS video shows a jihadist threatening the Pope. Francis’s letter to Buenos Aires bishops about...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 30/11/17
A priest has gone missing in Bangladesh on the eve of the Pope’s visit. The Russian Orthodox Church added 10 dioceses in 2016, Patriarch Kirill has said. Bishops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Three Catholic bishops were among the delegates at the National People’s Congress who made Xi Jinping China’s president for life (Courtney Grogan). Hindu nationalists have “beaten up nurses and pushed...
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