Luke Coppen, Author at Catholic Herald

Luke Coppen

September 18, 2019

The state seizure of Catholic schools is motivated by “hatred against the faith”, Eritrea’s bishops have said. Bishops have deplored the “crisis of trust” in Nicaragua. The New York Times has accused French authorities of playing down the public health threat after the Notre-Dame fire. John Allen says that for Pope Francis ecology is evangelisation.

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/09/19

September 16, 2019

Pope Francis has urged Catholics to pray for politicians. Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors have met again in Rome. An archbishop has confronted Argentina’s president during Mass, reports Inés San Martín. Sandro Magister asks why the Pope “has not said one word” about the Hong Kong protests. Joseph Hellweg examines

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/09/19

September 15, 2019

God “saves with love, not with force”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). It is “utopian or even insane” to see the Eastern Catholic Churches as an obstacle to ecumenism, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said. The Pope may visit a death row inmate in Japan. Britain will return an image of

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/09/19

September 13, 2019

Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider have announced a “crusade of prayer and fasting” ahead of the Amazon synod. Police have arrested a bishop in Papua New Guinea after he criticised them on Facebook. Cardinal Christian Tumi has welcomed a “major national dialogue” in strife-torn Cameroon. Marie Collins describes how Vatican officials undermined the

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/09/19

September 12, 2019

A Christian library set on fire by ISIS has reopened in the Iraqi city of Qaraqosh. Church leaders have appealed to the governor of India’s Jharkhand state after a 500-strong mob vandalised a Jesuit mission. Pope Francis has elevated the Diocese of Dili in East Timor to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese. Rod Dreher,

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/09/19

September 11, 2019

Priests in the Australian state of Victoria will face up to three years in jail if they fail to report abuse disclosed in the confessional. The Vatican has urged all parties in Nicaragua to return to the negotiating table. Cardinal Reinhard Marx will reportedly attend the Amazon synod. Many who practise mindfulness have “effectively abandoned

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/09/19

September 09, 2019

Cardinal Peter Turkson has appealed for an end to xenophobic violence in South Africa. A bishop has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte over plans to mark 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines. A new Catholic church in Oman has been built in just 18 months. Inés San Martín describes a remarkable moment during Pope

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/09/19

September 08, 2019

Pope Francis prayed at yesterday’s Angelus that Our Lady would “accompany the journey of Madagascar in peace and hope”. The Eritrean government has reportedly seized Catholic schools. The Archbishop of Madrid has refused permission for Franco to be reburied in the crypt of Almudena Cathedral (Spanish report). John Allen says the University of Notre Dame

Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/09/19

September 06, 2019

Bishop Erwin Kräutler has described the Amazon fires as a “true apocalypse”. The Pope has ordered officials to tackle the Vatican’s soaring budget deficit (Shawn Carter). A priest captured by Islamists in the Philippines has revealed that he was forced to make bombs under threat of torture. The Economist argues that Africa is “difficult terrain

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/09/19

September 05, 2019

Pope Francis has arrived in Mozambique at the start of a week-long trip to Africa (Gerard O’Connell). Cardinal Walter Brandmüller and Cardinal Raymond Burke have written to fellow cardinals expressing concerns about the Amazon synod’s working document. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray has died aged 96. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia has expressed confidence that the controversy over the

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/09/19

September 04, 2019

Pope Francis begins his fourth trip to Africa today. Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has condemned xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Ruth Graham interviews Theodore McCarrick. Edward Pentin and Fr Thomas Reese SJ comment on the 13 new cardinals. Mélinée Le Priol says parishioners of a historic church in Paris are upset that Notre-Dame has taken over

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/09/19

September 02, 2019

Asia Bibi has given her first interview since she went into exile. The healing of a woman at Knock “defies medical explanation”, a bishop has declared. A Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee, has reportedly banned the Harry Potter books. A bishop in the Philippines has appealed for a ban on homework at weekends. Nigerian police

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