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November 05, 2019

Lust gets more headlines. But avarice darkens the soul and hardens the heart

November 05, 2019

The financial scandals of Rome do not exercise many of us the way that the sexual scandals of the past have done. That is understandable. Money is more abstract. It seems less personal. We are less sensitive to the harm it causes. But all of the other disorderings of the world which we rightly lament begin

French cathedral robbed in battering-ram raid

November 05, 2019

A cathedral in southwestern France was robbed of chalices and other religious items after a gang rammed open the door of the church with a specially-outfitted car early in the morning of November 4. At approximately 2 a.m., a car outfitted with a battering ram was driven into the door of Cathedral Sainte-Marie d’Oloron, breaking

Priest assisting in identification of Essex lorry deaths

November 05, 2019

After 39 people were found dead in a semi trailer in eastern England last month, a Catholic priest has joined efforts to identify these victims. On Oct. 23, the bodies of eight women and 31 men were found in a refrigerated lorry trailer at an industrial site in Grays, fewer than 15 miles south of

Bishop Bransfield disinvited from US bishops’ meeting

November 05, 2019

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has canceled their invitation for Bishop Michael Bransfield, former head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, to attend their upcoming annual fall meeting due to allegations of sexual abuse and financial misconduct. Chieko Noguchi, the director of public affairs for the USCCB, confirmed that Bransfield had been disinvited from

Venezuelan cardinal says Maduro has ‘led the country to a terrible ruin’

November 05, 2019

Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino has said that if the administration of Nicolas Maduro “truly had love for Venezuela they would have already left power.” In an interview published by the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, Cardinal Urosa, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, noted that the Maduro administration “has really led the country to a terrible ruin

Chinese authorities offer land for new church after demolition protest

November 05, 2019

Chinese authorities have offered a compensation to a Catholic community for the destruction of their church. The offer comes after parishioners barricaded themselves in the Church building overnight in protest of the demolition. In an apparent concession to the protestors, government officials have agreed to provide a piece of land for the church to be

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/11/19

November 05, 2019

The Vatican’s $200 million London property deal was financed with borrowed money, reports the Catholic News Agency. Pope Francis has urged universities to “overcome the legacy of the Enlightenment”. A new book-length papal interview will be published today. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has posted a video on Twitter seemingly comparing the Brazilian bishops to hyenas.