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April 03, 2019

Pope Francis: God desires solidarity among Catholics and Muslims

April 03, 2019

Reflecting upon his recent apostolic journey to Morocco, Pope Francis said Wednesday that God desires a greater sense of fraternity among Catholics and Muslims as “brother children of Abraham.” “Some may ask, ‘But why does the Pope visit the Muslims and not only the Catholics?’” Pope Francis said in St Peter’s Square on April 3.

Pope Francis’s words are being drowned out by the abuse crisis

April 03, 2019

Pope Francis can’t seem to gain traction in the press this week, several major media events notwithstanding, in which he made several quotable statements. There was no shortage of controversial issues from which to choose, either. It’s just that — with rare pertinent exceptions — we’ve heard it all before. Despite being hailed as, “Magna

The Catholic Herald is looking for a US sales representative

April 03, 2019

The Catholic Herald’s weekly US edition, based in Washington, DC, is seeking a part-time sales representative to sell display advertising in our print magazine. The position may also include helping to sell the magazine to parishes and independent bookshops. The suitable candidate will be someone who has a passion for sales and doesn’t mind making

Pro-lifers file petition to bring Born Alive bill to the House floor

April 03, 2019

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) filed a discharge petition for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Tuesday. The petition needs 218 signatures to force a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill would make it a crime for a doctor to refuse to provide age-appropriate medical care to an infant

Pope Francis asks youth for help in ‘preventing atrocities’ of abuse

April 03, 2019

Pope Francis has called upon young people to be vigilant in the face of “horrible crimes” of clerical sexual abuse, and to confront priests “at risk” of betraying the trust of their office. The pope issued the plea in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation on youth, Christus vivit, published Tuesday. “If you see a priest at

British missionary found dead in Peru

April 03, 2019

Brother Paul McAuley, a British Lasallian missionary, has been found dead at a hostel in Peru. According to media reports, his body had been burned. McAuley, who was aged 71, had worked in Peru since 1995 and spent much of his time working with indigenous peoples. He frequently clashed with the authorities, opposing deals with

From our archives: English Brother risks all for the Indians

April 03, 2019

This article was published in the July 30, 2010, edition of the Catholic Herald. Brother Paul McAuley’s burnt body was discovered on April 2, 2019, in the Amazon city of Iquitos. When the news of Brother Paul McAuley’s potential expulsion from Peru filtered through to the indigenous people, protests were held and an influx of

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/04/19

April 03, 2019

Environmental activist Brother Paul McAuley has been found dead in the Amazon city of Iquitos in Peru. Regular Mass attendance in Australia has fallen from 12.2 per cent in 2011 to 11.8 per cent in 2016, according to new figures. Hindu militants have reportedly ransacked a Catholic school in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Chesterton was a unique and loveable writer. Was he also a saint?

April 03, 2019

I have just been charmed, provoked and stimulated by reading Knight of the Holy Ghost: A Short History of G.K. Chesterton by Dale Ahlquist (Ignatius Press). Only someone who is not merely familiar with Chesterton’s enormous body of writing but who is saturated with it could succeed in conveying his uniqueness and lovableness in only