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June 23, 2020

George Weigel: ‘Catholic lite’ and Vatican finances will top next pope’s agenda

June 23, 2020

“Catholic lite does not work,” Weigel said. “It does not work in Germany; it doesn’t work in Switzerland, it doesn’t work in Belgium, it doesn’t work in the Netherlands, it doesn’t work anywhere.”

Cross and graves vandalized at Catholic university cemetery

June 23, 2020

A man has been arrested and charged with vandalism and assault after swastikas were painted on the graves of several Dominican friars

Guernsey legislature rejects efforts to prevent disability discrimination in abortion

June 23, 2020

Bishop Egan said proposals to 'modernise' the island's abortion law were 'fundamentally detestable'

Places of worship in England to reopen for services from 4 July

June 23, 2020

Places of worship in England can reopen for prayer and services, including weddings with a maximum of 30 people, from 4th July, the Prime Minister has announced

Obituary: Mgr Antony Conlon, a transformer of parishes

June 23, 2020

Mgr Antony Conlon, who has died at the age of 72, was a man of infectious fun and profound friendship, who had a wonderful ability to bring his friends together. His quality of openness, while sometimes misunderstood by those who seek clerical detachment in their priests, was an essential part of his priesthood. His educated

‘Feminism is kind of a tricky label’: A new kind of women’s movement

June 23, 2020

What would a women’s movement motivated by the desire to celebrate feminine genius and the complementarity of the sexes look like? One that celebrates the differences between men and women without boxing people into reductive stereotypes, and sees men and women as equal in dignity, two parts of a whole that needs to work in

Claim Cardinal Ranjith politically exploited church bombings ‘appalling’

June 23, 2020

The Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has condemned recent claims by the country’s former Sports Minister, Harin Fernando, that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith weaponised the 2019 Easter church bombings to help the rival party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) win the subsequent general election. Speaking at an election rally in support of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB)

Government backs down on Sunday trading changes

June 23, 2020

The British government has reportedly shelved plans to suspend Sunday trading laws

President Trump talks statues, Archbishop Viganò in EWTN News interview

June 23, 2020

Trump said he will issue an executive order to protect public statues and described Viganò's letter as 'beautiful'

Toppling statues of Junipero Serra ‘fails test’ of history, California Catholic bishops say

June 23, 2020

The bishops said the saint was 'ahead of his time' in defending the rights of indigenous peoples

Underground bishop detained in China

June 23, 2020

Chinese officials reportedly arrested an elderly bishop of the underground Catholic Church last week

Austrian bishop says he launched study, but not book, on Catholic blessings for same-sex couples

June 23, 2020

The newly elected president of the Austrian bishops’ conference has been connected to a controversial book concerning the possibility of “official” liturgical blessings of same-sex unions.