Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/10/19
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‘Life Empowers’: March for Life unveils 2020 theme
The march will honor the centennial of votes for women in the United States
Missionary: Married priests in Amazon wouldn’t get to the root of the problem
The real problem is the ‘lack of serious and profound processes of evangelization,’ the Salesian priest said
Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/10/19
A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Vatican promotes ‘smart rosary,’ selling for $109
The eRosary is ‘aimed at the peripheral frontiers of the digital world where the young people dwell,’ a Jesuit priest said
New York will get statue of Mother Cabrini
The announcement comes after a New York City committee refused to build a statue of Mother Cabrini, despite the saint topping a poll
Pope names members of drafting committee for Amazon synod final doc
Members include Cardinal Schönborn and Argentinian Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Bishop Byrne: Newman would be surprised to be canonised a saint
The bishop said it was ‘the saintly Cardinal’s relentless and heroic search for truth and holiness’ that brought us to his canonization
Archbishop and parish priest killed in California car accident
Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong and Fr Mathew Vellankal died in the crash last week
Pope Francis appoints new head of Vatican security
The Pope named Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, current second-in-command, as the new head
Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/10/19
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Also in this issue…
Letters from the Synod 2019: October, 16
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region: “New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology”
What the police chief’s resignation tells us about the Vatican power struggle
It has become apparent over the past couple of weeks that there is a major power struggle underway in the Vatican
The Attorney General is right about secularism – but he missed a crucial point
Christians must start seeing their faith as fundamentally public as well as personal
Newman’s canonisation showed the sanctity that surrounds us all
All through the weekend, the atmosphere in Rome has been intensely celebratory
Letters from the Synod: October 14, 2019
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region: ‘New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology’
Amazon synod: where we are after week one
Priestly celibacy, the role of women, and Scalfari’s latest claims: this has been an intense week at the Vatican
Newman’s life is a miraculous sign which points to a divine cause
The miracle of his converted life shows us not simply the man, but God through the man
Letters from the Synod – October 11, 2019
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region: “New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology”
The Vatican flatly rejects claim that Pope denied divinity of Jesus
Nonagenarian journalist Eugenio Scalfari made the claim in La Repubblica
Married priests may look like a solution, but they could raise a whole host of new problems
A change in discipline would certainly be a major one, and would bring with it several new challenges
Letters from the Synod – October 9, 2019
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region: “New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology”
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