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November 29, 2019

Washington and Lincoln weren’t theocrats – but they believed in the common good

November 29, 2019

George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation reads, “it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.” Nearly seventy-five years later, to a nation torn asunder by the Civil War, Lincoln would say

Irish abuse commission says it overestimated numbers in religious-run homes

November 29, 2019

More than 10 years after its final report, the commission set up by the Irish government to investigate claims of abuse in religious-run institutions has admitted that it overestimated the number of children in the homes. In a statement, the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse said the number of children housed in the institutions

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/11/19

November 29, 2019

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said that “certain people in the Vatican lied” over abuse. Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta has appeared at a court hearing in Argentina. A new church has opened on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Bishops in the Philippines have criticised the sacking of the country’s “anti-drug czarina”. Nine priests have been kidnapped