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October 25, 2019

Relics of Canadian saints stolen from Quebec Cathedral

October 25, 2019

The Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame de Quebec in Quebec City is working to replace relics of Canadian saints that were stolen after a break-in last month. Monsignor Denis Bélanger told CNA that on the night of September 11, someone broke into the cathedral by breaking a window. The money had already been collected for

Pope Francis apologises that Amazon synod ‘Pachamama’ was thrown into Tiber River

October 25, 2019

After controversial statues were thrown into Rome’s Tiber River, Pope Francis has issued an apology during Friday’s afternoon session of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. “As bishop of this diocese,” Pope Francis, who is Bishop of Rome, said, “I ask forgiveness from those who have been offended by this gesture.” Pope Francis

‘A path is open for the ordination of women’ synod bishop claims

October 25, 2019

A Brazilian bishop has called for the ordination of women to the diaconate for service in the Amazon region. The bishop said that 2009 revisions to canon law could allow for the ordination of women deacons, but a leading canon lawyer in the Vatican has disputed that idea. Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, OFM leads the

The music about Fatima that wowed a London audience

October 25, 2019

Earlier this month, Sir James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 5 received its London premiere at the Barbican, alongside the UK premiere of his work commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, The Sun Danced. It was a remarkable evening, at which Sir James confirmed again his standing as the leading lay Catholic voice in these

Archdiocese of Indianapolis faces new lawsuit over same-sex marriage school policy

October 25, 2019

An Indiana guidance counselor has filed a lawsuit against an Indianapolis Catholic school which placed her on administrative leave after she contracted a same-sex marriage, and did not renew her contract when it expired. Shelly Fitzgerald, who worked at Roncalli High School for 15 years, filed suit in federal court on Monday against the Archdiocese

Monks at Valley of the Fallen denounce irregularities around Franco exhumation

October 25, 2019

The prior of the Benedictine Abbey at the Valley of the Fallen, whence the body of Francisco Franco was exhumed Thursday, has written that the exhumation fails to respect the inviolability of the abbey as a sacred place. Fr. Santiago Cantera, prior of the Abbey of the Holy Cross, sent a message to Pope Francis;

Nearly 1,000 N Ireland medical personnel say they won’t perform abortions

October 25, 2019

A Northern Ireland doctor opposed to abortion said he collected the signatures of 911 health care professionals in the region who will refuse to perform abortions under a new measure that legalized the procedure. Dr. Andrew Cupples, a general physician in Northern Ireland, collected the signatures for a letter he sent to the Northern Ireland

How many Catholics will truly stand up to the new paganism?

October 25, 2019

On Wednesday, in an acceptance speech for the Saint John Paul II New Evangelization Award, Robert George said that there is no longer any need to pretend about liberal neutrality. Liberals have always smuggled in substantive commitments through procedural pretenses of viewpoint neutrality, but now they feel this is no longer needed given their triumph

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/10/19

October 25, 2019

The Catholic population of Iceland is reportedly rising rapidly. The Heralds of the Gospel have rejected a Vatican investigation as “absolutely invalid and completely illegal”. Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said he will give oral evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse on November 6. JD Flynn says the Vatican financial scandal “comes at