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November 13, 2019

Pope Francis denounces rise in anti-Semitism

November 13, 2019

Pope Francis denounced rising anti-Semitism on Wednesday as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian. “The Jewish people have suffered so much in history … And, in the last century, we saw so many brutalities on the Jewish people and we thought that this was over,” Pope Francis said in St Peter’s Square on November

Murdered Syrian priest was gunned down for his faith

November 13, 2019

An Armenian-Catholic archbishop has spoken out about the murder of a priest of his Church which ISIS (Daesh) claimed responsibility for. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need about the attack that killed Armenian-Catholic priest Father Hovsep Hanna Bedoyan on Monday (11th November), Armenian-Catholic Archbishop Boutros Marayati of Aleppo said: “The war in

US Bishops call for St Irenaeus to be declared doctor of the church

November 13, 2019

The US bishops added their assent to a call to have St Irenaeus declared a doctor of the church. The action came on November 12, the second day of their general meeting in Baltimore. “This is perhaps a way to correct an oversight of history,” said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana,

Chilean Priest whose church was desecrated warns against seeking retribution

November 13, 2019

A priest, whose church in Chile was attacked and covered in satanic imagery and graffiti by hooded protestors, has begged his parishioners not to respond in anger. The demonstrators broke into the Church of the Assumption, in Santiago, the capital, and set fire to pews, statues and other sacred images, many of which were dragged

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/11/19

November 13, 2019

Archbishop Mark Coleridge has said he hopes that the High Court’s judgment on the Cardinal Pell case will “bring clarity and a resolution for all”. A Syrian hospital supported by Malteser International has been hit by airstrikes. The number of men enrolling in Poland’s seminaries this year is 20 per cent lower than in 2018.