Luke Coppen, Author at Catholic Herald

Luke Coppen

July 12, 2019

Many abuse accusations against priests are false, Vatican Cardinal João Braz de Aviz has said during a trip to Paraguay (Spanish report, French report). A teacher is suing a Catholic school after her contract was not renewed because of a Facebook post supporting abortion. The Canadian Mgr Carl Reid will be installed as the new

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/07/19

July 11, 2019

Attacks on Christian sites in France quadrupled between 2008 and 2019. Myanmar (Burma) is producing the most priests in the world relative to its Catholic population. The Pope has been “bombarded with abuse” after tweeting in support of migrants. US Catholics are crowdfunding the launch of a new magazine. Elisabetta Povoledo explains why the search

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/07/19

July 09, 2019

A Colombian bishop will exorcise an entire city this weekend. Police in Uganda have said that a gang was responsible for the murder of a Catholic Brother. A German priest has faced a “screaming mob” after urging parishioners to forgive clerical abusers. Sandro Magister asks what happened to the Pope’s rumoured “gift” to Ukrainian Catholics.

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/07/19

July 08, 2019

The Vatican has lifted the diplomatic immunity of the apostolic nuncio to France following sexual harassment allegations. Around 10,000 people have attended a Rally for Life march in Dublin. Listening to abuse victims is the only way to break “the spiral of silence”, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said. More than 1,000 Syro-Malabar lay people have

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/07/19

July 07, 2019

Pope Francis appealed to governments to open humanitarian corridors for migrants at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). Polish bishops have accused Ikea of promoting “LGBT indoctrination”. The Church must “wholeheartedly accept secularised society”, Cardinal Jozef De Kesel has said. John Allen asks if Pope Francis is planning another July surprise. Robert Mickens says Francis

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/07/19

July 05, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked Pope Francis for yesterday’s “very substantive” talks. The Syro-Malabar Church will hold an emergency synod today. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has accused the Pope of ignoring accusations against “the third most powerful figure at the Vatican”. Mattia Ferraresi argues that Matteo Salvini has “has occupied a space that the

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/07/19

July 04, 2019

Pope Francis has told 75-year-old Cardinal Seán O’Malley that he will grant him “a few more years” in Boston. Terrorists have reportedly killed four more Catholics in Burkina Faso (French report). A man accusing the Apostolic Nuncio to France of sexual harassment is planning to take his complaint to the Vatican. Senior churchmen were warned

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/07/19

July 03, 2019

The world is “becoming more elitist and cruel towards the excluded”, Pope Francis has said in a video message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. A man convicted of killing five members of his family has joined Fontgombault Abbey. The Russian Orthodox Church is reportedly planning to “construct its own Vatican City”. Mgr

Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/07/19

July 01, 2019

Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi has described Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan as “the slap of the century”. Armed gangs are “sowing death and desolation” in the eastern Congo, the country’s bishops have said. Belgium’s bishops have issued guidelines on pastoral care before euthanasia. A French civil court has for the first time forbidden a

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/07/19

June 30, 2019

The Church has been sent “to bring the Gospel to the streets”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). An Ordinary Public Consistory is expected to approve the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman today. Some 200 priests have protested against the Vatican’s decision to reinstate Cardinal George Alencherry. Robert Mickens argues

Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/06/19

June 28, 2019

The Vatican has published an English translation of the Amazon synod’s working document. A Global Rosary Relay is seeking a billion Hail Marys for priests today. Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s body has arrived in Peoria. Bishops should leave diocesan administration to “competent laity”, Filipino Bishop Francisco de Leon has said. Fr Raymond de Souza, Fr Roger

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/06/19

June 27, 2019

Catholics in Eritrea are fasting and praying after the forced closure of Church health clinics. Catholicism requires a “new theology” to recover from the abuse crisis, a German bishop has said. Sandro Magister argues that the choice of the next Bishop of Hong Kong is a “considerable puzzle”. Frédéric Martel recalls what Steve Bannon told

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