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Overlooked: ‘Final draft’ of Vatican constitution
April 25, 2019
What happened? The Council of Cardinals has reportedly approved the final draft of a new Vatican constitution. Praedicate Evangelium (Preach the Gospel) will replace Pastor Bonus (The Good Shepherd), promulgated by St John Paul II in 1988. The apostolic constitution outlines the structure of the Curia and its workings. Why was it under-reported? Catholic media
Best of the web: The response to the Notre-Dame fire
April 25, 2019
Parisians knelt to pray, even as the flames rose At his blog, William Newton reflected on the scenes in Paris after the fire broke out. “Hundreds of Parisian Catholics, many of them young people, were kneeling together on the streets around the burning Cathedral for hours.” To some, it was a baffling sight: “Like the
Meanwhile: Media struggles to report on Notre-Dame
April 25, 2019
There was some bleak amusement to be had in the media’s struggles as it reported on the Notre-Dame fire. Some news sources seemed surprised that a cathedral might be a sacred site: “Tourist mecca Notre-Dame also revered as place of worship,” was the flat-footed headline on an Associated Press report. Another venerable publication to commit
Mass readings
April 25, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, April 28: Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118; Rev 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19; Jn 20:19-31 Monday, April 29: St Catherine of Siena Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday, April 30: St George (England); St Pius V (Wales) Apoc 12:10-12; Ps 125; Jn 15:18-21 Weekday of Easter
Letters & emails
April 25, 2019
Make Confession available again SIR – I would like to endorse the comments made by Dr Holly Ordway (Letter, April 12) on the subject of the Confession crisis. I now live in Antwerp, Belgium, where, due to a shortage of priests and perhaps lack of penitents, Confession is normally available only on request. Until two
How to… celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday
April 25, 2019
Divine Mercy Sunday was introduced by Pope St John Paul II in 2000 when he canonised St Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun and visionary who received apparitions of Our Lord in the 1930s. It falls on the Second Sunday of Easter, a day when the Gospels speak directly of the mercy of Jesus. Many churches
World News: From Caracas to Khartoum
April 25, 2019
Toronto Priest’s praise of Francis plagiarised from anti-Catholic site Allegations of plagiarism against a prominent priest have taken an unexpected turn. Fr Thomas Rosica, a Vatican adviser and CEO of the Salt+Light TV network, has apologised for multiple cases of using other writers’ work without attribution. Fr Rosica has gone on sabbatical. Now it has
How to… Feast at Easter
April 18, 2019
Eastertide lasts for 50 days, compared to the 40 days that span Lent, meaning the celebrations last longer than the fasting. It is good to be a Catholic… Traditionally, the feast involves heartily enjoying some of those legitimate pleasures we might have denied ourselves (an attitude exemplified in the giving of chocolate eggs to children),
Letters & emails
April 18, 2019
No excuses for shunning the persecuted SIR – John O’Sullivan (Cover story, April 5) refers to de facto discrimination by some governments against Christian asylum seekers from Syria, under cover of nominally non-discriminatory policies, citing Australia as an example. The UK government has a formal policy of not discriminating on grounds of faith. Yet, in
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Mass readings
April 18, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, April 21: Easter Sunday Acts 10:34A, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Monday, April 22: Easter Monday Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday, April 23: Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday, April 24: Easter Wednesday Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday,
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April 11, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week II Sunday, April 14: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14 – 23:56 Monday, April 15: Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7; Ps 27; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday, April 16: Tuesday of Holy Week Is 49:1-6; Ps 71; Jn 13:21-33,
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