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December 10, 2015

Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: Opens Westminster Cathedral Door of Mercy during Liturgy of Vespers and Benediction, 3.30pm. Tue: Preaches at Metropolitan Police Carol Service, Westminster Abbey, 6pm. Wed: Meeting with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, 10am, Christmas Celebration Reception, Archbishop’s House, 6.30pm, Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Thu: Christmas Celebration, Archbishop’s House, 6.30pm, Christmas Celebration, Westminster

Briefly noted

December 10, 2015

Archbishop Pole by John Edwards (Ashgate, £75). As the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Reginald Pole had a tragic destiny. Edwards has written a life that does full justice to his subject’s complex ecclesiastical and political roles, both as a Plantagenet nobleman and a cardinal. Although focusing particularly on Pole’s last years, between 1556

Church criticises report on religion in public life

December 10, 2015

Christianity should be scaled down in public life and especially in education, a report has argued. The report, by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life, was issued on Monday, and called for the next coronation to have a multi-religious nature and for non-Christian representatives to sit in the House of Lords. The

The big story of the past seven days

December 10, 2015

✣ Report calls for less Christianity in public life What happened? Non-anglican religious leaders should be given places in the House of Lords and schools should hold an “inclusive ‘time for reflection’” rather than a compulsory Christian assembly, according to a report that says Christianity should not have such a central a role in British public

Cardinal: synod didn’t back Communion move

December 10, 2015

Cardinal Raymond Burke has said that if the family synod opened the way for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion then it has “departed from Catholic teaching in a very fundamental matter”. The cardinal, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, made the comments in an interview with Mass of Ages, the

Air strikes ‘defensible’, says cardinal

December 10, 2015

Cardinal Vincent Nichols said that “effective action is necessary” against ISIS in a statement issued hours before MPs voted overwhelmingly for air strikes over Syria, last week. The Archbishop of Westminster said in a statement: “Effective action is necessary to stop the grave harm being inflicted by ISIS on civilians. “While indiscriminate violence is never

Pope Francis launches the Year of Mercy

December 10, 2015

Pope francis has called on Catholics to “experience joy of grace” during the Year of Mercy, which began on Tuesday as the Pontiff opened the Holy Door in St Peter’s Basilica. Benedict XVI was among those in attendance when Francis opened the door. Before opening the door, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square,

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

December 10, 2015

✣ Highlights from the week online Papal forecast for 2016 At cruxnow.com John Allen offered a few predictions for the “unpredictable” Pope Francis in 2016. First, that the next American cardinal he appoints “will be a shocker”, because the Pontiff “likes to bypass the usual centres of power”, as he has shown in Italy and

Vatican unveils key details for jubilee year

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis has asked that Holy Doors be opened in every Catholic cathedral in the world to mark the start of the Year of Mercy. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, said such an action, scheduled for this Sunday, would be a first for a jubilee year.

Mother Angelica’s health declines

December 10, 2015

Mother Angelica, who spearheaded the founding of the Eternal Word Television Network, has been placed on a feeding tube as she fights the lingering effects of two strokes she suffered 14 years ago. A spokesman for her order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of Angels Monastery in Hanceville, said the 92-year-old

In brief

December 10, 2015

Archdiocese hires two full-time evangelisers The Archdiocese of Birmingham has appointed two people to promote evangelisation full-time. Natalie Orefice, a member of Catholic Voices and a former police officer, and Paul Northam, a youth worker, will be based at the Maryvale Institute. Sciaf welcomes pledge from Nicola Sturgeon Sciaf, the Scottish Church’s aid agency, has

Pope criticises ‘fundamentalist’ Catholics

December 10, 2015

During an inflight press conference on his way back from Africa last week Pope Francis criticised “fundamentalists” within the Church. Asked about religious fundamentalism in light of the Paris attacks, the Pope responded by saying that “we are all God’s children, we all have the same Father … we need to live peacefully alongside one

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