February 12, 2026

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/05/19

Luke Coppen
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Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has accused Sri Lanka’s leaders of indulging in “blame games” after the Easter Sunday bombings.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seeking to "sow terror everywhere" with his latest message, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has said.

A German tribunal has placed an injunction on a documentary claiming that priests use nuns as sex slaves.

Infant baptisms in the US state of Michigan have dropped by 49 per cent since 2000.

The Vatican has unveiled a new editorial team for its troubled women’s magazine.

Marc Roscoe Loustau explains why Pope Francis is “going to pray with Hungarians in the middle of Romania”.

And ChurchPOP asks if the Avengers’ Infinity Gauntlet is inspired by a relic of St Teresa of Avila.

Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has accused Sri Lanka’s leaders of indulging in “blame games” after the Easter Sunday bombings.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seeking to "sow terror everywhere" with his latest message, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has said.

A German tribunal has placed an injunction on a documentary claiming that priests use nuns as sex slaves.

Infant baptisms in the US state of Michigan have dropped by 49 per cent since 2000.

The Vatican has unveiled a new editorial team for its troubled women’s magazine.

Marc Roscoe Loustau explains why Pope Francis is “going to pray with Hungarians in the middle of Romania”.

And ChurchPOP asks if the Avengers’ Infinity Gauntlet is inspired by a relic of St Teresa of Avila.

Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.

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