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March 13, 2019

Bishop hospitalised after parishioners attack him

March 13, 2019

A Catholic bishop was hospitalized after a group of parishioners attacked him, a security guard and a priest in a five-decade-old land dispute in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel of Kuzhithurai left the hospital March 12, two days after he was attacked by a crowd of about 130 Catholic

Bishops and priests receive death threats in Philippines

March 13, 2019

Three Catholic priests, known for being outspoken against a wave of drug-related killings, claimed they have received death threats in recent weeks, reported ucanews.com. Jesuit Father Albert Alejo, Divine Word Father Flavie Villanueva and Fr Robert Reyes told a media briefing on March 11 that they fear for their lives. “We’re not safe,” said Fr

Catholic soldier posthumously awarded Medal of Honor

March 13, 2019

President Donald Trump will award the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Travis W. Atkins, who was killed on June 1, 2007, after tackling a suicide bomber in Al Yusufiyah, Iraq. The White House announced March 12 that the Medal of Honor would be posthumously awarded to Atkins, a Catholic, on March 27, 2019. Atkins’

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/03/19

March 13, 2019

Pope Francis will not meet Xi Jinping when the Chinese president visits Italy this month, Taiwan’s foreign ministry has said. Nuncio Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag has met political prisoners in Nicaragua. A Kenyan archbishop has denied claims that the Church accepts donations from corrupt politicians. A priest “credibly accused” of sexual misconduct has been shot

Cardinal Pell sentenced to six years in prison

March 13, 2019

Cardinal Pell has been sentenced to six years imprisonment following his conviction on five counts of sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys. Judge Peter Kidd announced the sentence during a hearing that was broadcast live across the world. The cardinal will be eligible for parole after serving three years and eight months. In a 70-minute-long

Accepting suffering is hard, but not impossible

March 13, 2019

Professing Christians always tremble a little at Christ’s commission, that we take up our cross daily in order to follow him. Yes, we want to do so – but to accept the suffering this will entail is, humanly speaking, hard; indeed, without grace it is impossible. My thoughts are occasioned by reading Defying Gravity: How