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July 06, 2017
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Saint of the week Clelia Barbieri (July 13)
July 06, 2017
A devout childhood As a little girl growing up in 1850s Bologna, Clelia Barbieri asked: “Mother, how can I become a saint?” Mrs Barbieri’s reply is not recorded, but Clelia’s life would provide its own answer. As well as working hard, particularly at weaving hemp (the local trade), Clelia would often be seen at her prayers
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July 06, 2017
Canada ‘increasingly hostile to religion’ A new poll suggests a growing hostility to religion in Canada. Ipsos Public Affairs surveyed 1,001 Canadians online. Fifty-one per cent agreed that “religion does more harm in the world than good”, a seven-point increase since 2011. Nigerians rally against papal ultimatum About 3,000 Nigerians protested on Sunday against the
The big story of the past seven days
July 06, 2017
✣ Cardinal Pell to face trial over abuse claims What happened? Cardinal George Pell, appointed by Pope Francis to reform Vatican finances, will return to Australia to face charges of historic sex abuse. At a press conference at the Vatican, the cardinal said he was innocent and had faced “relentless character assassination”. Pope Francis has granted
Charlie Gard cannot be moved to Vatican hospital, Boris Johnson says
July 05, 2017
The foreign secretary said the terminally ill child cannot leave Great Ormond Street Hospital for legal reasons
Cardinal Joachim Meisner, one of the four ‘dubia’ cardinals, has died aged 83
July 05, 2017
Cardinal Meisner, who was Archbishop of Cologne for 25 years, was one of the four cardinals who submitted the 'dubia' to Pope Francis
French bishop urges Macron not to ‘reopen divisions’ by allowing assisted procreation for lesbian couples
July 04, 2017
Archbishop of Rennes Mgr Pierre d'Ornellas said such a decision could cause similar social divisions to the same-sex marriage vote in 2013
Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù hospital offers to take baby Charlie Gard
July 04, 2017
The hospital said they were willing to take the terminally ill child, whose life support is due to be turned off
Pope Francis says authorities must respect Charlie Gard’s parents’ wish to care for him ‘to the end’
July 02, 2017
Vatican says Holy Father is following Charlie Gard situation 'with affection and commotion'
Government condemned after agreeing to fund free abortions for Northern Irish women
June 29, 2017
The government agreed to the measure to head off defeat in the Queen's Speech
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
June 29, 2017
Take a look inside this week’s Catholic Herald
Saint of the week: Phocas the Gardener (July 3)
June 29, 2017
Growth in holiness In WH Auden’s long poem “Horae Canonicae”, he says that to desert the “formidable shrines” of the pagan gods and “to pray instead to St Phocas … or whoever one’s patron is, / that one may be worthy of their mystery, /what a prodigious step to have taken.” What might you pray
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