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October 16, 2019

Missionary: Married priests in Amazon wouldn’t get to the root of the problem

October 16, 2019

A South American missionary to Angola who is participating in the Amazon Synod at the invitation of the Pope has said the proposal to ordain as priests married men to solve the lack of evangelization in the Amazon is “illusory”. “Is the lack of vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the Amazon a

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/10/19

October 16, 2019

Cardinal Pell’s legal team has accused Victoria’s crown prosecutors of “mischaracterising” his appeal. Work has begun on the “largest seating capacity Catholic parish church” in the United States. The theme of the next March for Life in Washington, DC, will be “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman”. Edward Pentin explores the “intrigue and mystery” behind the

‘Life Empowers’: March for Life unveils 2020 theme

October 16, 2019

The 2020 March for Life will honor the centennial of women’s suffrage in the United States, promoting a pro-life message of “empowerment” of women and taking aim at the false equation of abortion with independence. “Our hope and prayer for this year’s theme,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, at a Tuesday

Letters from the Synod 2019: October, 16

October 16, 2019

What Would John Paul II Have Said? Forty-one years ago today, the cardinal archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyła, was elected Bishop of Rome, the first Slavic pope ever and the first non-Italian pope in four hundred fifty-five years. He brought to the papacy an abundance of supernatural as well as natural gifts, and the two