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November 16, 2018

Pushkin, cat who met the Pope and published a book, dies aged 19

November 16, 2018

The author, papal confidant, archivist and cat Pushkin has died aged 19. He had been suffering from thyroid problems and went off his food on Sunday. It was during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK in 2010 that Pushkin emerged as one of the Church’s most influential and highly-regarded felines. When the Supreme Pontiff

A photo that reveals what faith is all about

November 16, 2018

In their series of biographies for young people entitled “Portraits in Faith and Freedom”, Bethlehem Books, a small publishing house in North Dakota dedicated to reviving for youthful readers out of print books of particular merit, has recently republished Padre Pro: Mexican Hero by Fanchon Royer. It will introduce this most attractive of men, beatified

Italian bishops vote to change translation of the Our Father

November 16, 2018

The Italian bishops approved an updated translation of Mass prayers, including a change in the translation of the Our Father, and they passed a proposal to create a national office dedicated to serving dioceses in safeguarding minors and vulnerable adults. During the general assembly of the Italian bishops’ conference, which met Nov. 12-15 at the

Milan court rules against Archbishop Viganò in inheritance lawsuit

November 16, 2018

A civil court in Milan has ordered Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a longtime diplomat and former Vatican nuncio to the United States, to return close to €2 million plus interest and legal fees to his brother Fr Lorenzo Viganò. After their father’s death in 1961, the archbishop managed both their inheritances, which amounted to millions

Bishop Malone criticized for $200,000 house renovation

November 16, 2018

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York has come under fire for reportedly spending an estimated $200,000 to renovate his new home – a former convent near St. Stanislaus Church. Malone had announced in April that he would sell his bishop’s mansion to help pay for compensation for victims of sexual abuse in the diocese.

Sex abuse inquiry examines England’s Birmingham archdiocese

November 16, 2018

An independent government inquiry is investigating how the Archdiocese of Birmingham handled allegations of child sexual abuse made against four priests. Fr John Tolkien, who died in 2003, allegedly abused a boy during Saturday morning “reading lessons” at the priest’s home in 1970, and afterwards told the boy to keep the abuse a secret. Fr

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/11/18

November 16, 2018

The Church risks “becoming disoriented by falling prey to … polarisation”, Pope Francis has told Latin American priests (video). Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has thanked Pope Francis for fighting anti-Semitism (video). An Italian court has ruled that Archbishop Viganò must repay $2 million to his brother. Joan Frawley Desmond, Fr Raymond de Souza, Sandro Magister,