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Week ahead: Homelessness, John Bosco and Irish music

January 23, 2020

Tonight sees the launch of Catholic Theological Ethics and Street Homelessness by Rosanne Haggerty, described as the first book to look at “street homelessness as an area of development for Catholic Social Teaching”. It starts at 6pm at the University of Notre Dame, London: see eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-street-homelessness-catholic-theological-ethics-tickets-84588260765 *** The feast of St John Bosco (right) falls

Overlooked: Chinese authorities make bishop homeless

January 23, 2020

What happened? A bishop who has refused to join the state-run Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) has been made homeless after being evicted by the local authorities. Bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin, former the Bishop of Mindong, was told to leave along with the priests who work for him. Electricity and water was cut off to the

World news: from Montréal to Mar del Plata

January 23, 2020

Montreal Religious curriculum to be removed The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) curriculum, the Catholic News Service reports. In announcing a public consultation about what should replace the programme, education minister Jean-François Roberge (pictured) said there was still “too much” religion in schools. This revision process “is

The best of the web: an occupied cathedral, Roger Scruton and the McCarrick delay

January 16, 2020

The Catholics who occupied a cathedral At Charlotte Was Both, Amy Welborn praised an academic article by Jennifer Scheper Hughes, which looked at reforms in the Mexican Diocese of Cuernavaca in the 1950s. The bishop renovated the cathedral, removing saints’ images – which he said were a distraction from the Eucharist – and replacing the

Overlooked: Hungarian government to offer free IVF

January 16, 2020

What happened? The Hungarian government has announced that it will offer free IVF to women, in a move likely to increase tensions with the country’s Catholics. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán brought the country’s six fertility clinics under state ownership last month. He said that “we want Hungarian children instead of immigrants”. Why was it under-reported?

The big story: Benedict XVI defends celibacy amid authorship furore

January 16, 2020

What happened? Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has entered the debate over the future of the priesthood, contributing to a book by Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican’s liturgy chief, which defends the general rule of clerical celibacy. The book’s publication was marred by confusion over Benedict’s role. It was first announced as a jointly authored book,

The week ahead: Novena for Life, Christian unity, turnip throwing

January 16, 2020

On Tuesday January 21, the Nine Days for Life novena begins. It includes the Day for Life on January 22, which the General Instruction of the Roman Missal calls a “day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to the dignity of

World news: from Covington to Caracas

January 16, 2020

Covington, Kentucky CNN reaches settlement with Covington student CNN has reached an undisclosed settlement with Nick Sandmann, a Kentucky Catholic high school student who sued the cable news outlet for defamation over its coverage of a confrontation that occurred after last year’s March for Life, the Catholic News Service reports. Sandmann, a junior last

Meanwhile: Two popes, two nominations

January 16, 2020

You wait ages for an actor to receive an Oscar nomination for playing the pope, and then two come along at once. Jonathan Pryce has been nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pope Francis in The Two Popes, while Anthony Hopkins is in the running for Best Supporting Actor for his role opposite

The best of the web: dangerous disconnects, Ethiopian Christianity and a ‘miracle’

January 09, 2020

Dangerous disconnects in Catholic teaching? Seminary formation and Catholic theology are becoming increasingly cut off from the real lives of Catholics, and not enough is being done to remedy this, with married priests being much higher on the agenda sheet. This is a real problem, wrote the academic Massimo Faggioli at Commonweal. “Seminary life is

Meanwhile: why atheists adore cats

January 09, 2020

Churchgoers are much less likely to be cat people, according to a study which found that those who had never entered a church owned on average two pets, while people who worshipped more than once a week owned 1.4. Samuel Perry from the University of Oklahoma, who conducted the study, argued that atheists seek in

World news: from Mexico City to Maiduguri

January 09, 2020

Washington, DC Supreme Court considering Louisiana abortion law More than 200 senators and members of Congress have signed an amicus brief supporting the abortion legislation in Louisiana. The law, which places strict restrictions on when and where abortions can be performed, was challenged in court when it was introduced in 2014. It was barred by

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