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From betrayal to benediction: three cities, two paintings and the one and only Caravaggio
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/05/19
May 13, 2019
The Amazon synod “will have universal repercussions”, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes has said. There is an “increased trust” between the Vatican and China, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has told the Global Times. Andrea Tornielli explains why Pope Francis has permitted pilgrimages to Medjugorje. Mary Rezac profiles the new US priests of 2019. Gretchen Crowe hails Bishop Robert
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/05/19
May 12, 2019
Jesus the Good Shepherd “is attentive to each one of us”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Regina Caeli (full text, full video). The Pope has invited young economists to join him in Assisi in 2020. Former Maronite Patriarch Sfeir has died aged 98. A German Catholic women’s group is boycotting Mass. John Allen, Archbishop Mark
Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/05/19
May 10, 2019
Cardinal Blase Cupich has hailed the Vatican’s new norms on reporting abuse as “revolutionary”. Jesus and the Pharisees “must have had much in common”, Pope Francis has told members of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Quebec bishops have criticised a pro-life leader for signing a letter accusing the Pope of heresy. John Allen, JD Flynn, Rocco
Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/05/19
May 08, 2019
The Amazon synod will “probably” call for married priests, German Bishop Franz-Josef Bode has predicted. The Pope has sent Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to help refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has received a pilgrim group led by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Rome. Lucetta Scaraffia discusses life after
Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/05/19
May 08, 2019
The Vatican commission on women deacons did not reach agreement, Pope Francis has said (full text). The Pope has praised the late Jean Vanier for caring for “those who are discarded by the world”. The nephew of an arrested underground Chinese bishop has said he doesn’t know whether his 87-year-old uncle is dead or alive.
‘Death will certainly be something really beautiful’: an interview with Jean Vanier
May 07, 2019
This interview was first published in the February 1, 2002 edition of the Catholic Herald In the early 1960s a young philosophy teacher from one of Canada’s most distinguished families gave up his job and moved to France. He had no idea what he was going to do there. Just an itching notion that he
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/05/19
May 06, 2019
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has sharply criticised the new draft Vatican constitution. Cardinal Renato Martino has objected to Steve Bannon’s plan to create an academy in Italy. Maria Concepcion Cabrera has become the first Mexican laywoman to be beatified. Pope Francis has invited Ukrainian Greek Catholic leaders to Rome. Andrea Gagliarducci says L’Osservatore Romano’s move outside
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/05/19
May 05, 2019
Jesus “does not expect to encounter people without problems, disappointments, sins or limitations”, Pope Francis said at Mass in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Sunday (full text, full video). Christians are united by “the ecumenism of blood”, the Pope told Bulgaria’s Orthodox leaders yesterday. A Vietnamese diocese is planning to demolish its 134-year-old cathedral on
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/05/19
May 03, 2019
An archbishop has said that “Christians are being killed like chickens” in northwestern Nigeria. Sunday Masses have been cancelled again in Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe’s bishops have approved the opening of John Bradburne’s Cause. Peter Kwasniewski explains why he signed a letter accusing the Pope of heresy (Ed Condon). Fr Thomas Reese SJ fears the new
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/05/19
May 02, 2019
Archbishop Wilton Gregory has expressed “full support” for an abuse investigation by Georgia’s Attorney General. Authorities in Henan have demolished crosses in a campaign to “sinicize” the Catholic Church. Australia’s bishops have called for an “economy of inclusion” in a new pastoral letter (full text). Support for church taxes remains strong in six European countries,
Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/05/19
May 01, 2019
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has accused Sri Lanka’s leaders of indulging in “blame games” after the Easter Sunday bombings. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seeking to “sow terror everywhere” with his latest message, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has said. A German tribunal has placed an injunction on a documentary claiming that priests use nuns
Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/04/19
April 29, 2019
Indian police have concluded that documents implicating Cardinal George Alencherry in financial wrongdoing were forged. The Pope has named Anchorage Archbishop Paul Etienne as coadjutor archbishop of Seattle (Rocco Palmo). Pope Francis may name a woman to succeed Cardinal Pell as prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Religión Digital has reported. Simon Roughneen says
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