A woman has pushed the celebrated Brazilian priest Fr Marcelo Rossi off a stage during Mass. Priests in Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese have refused to read out a letter from Cardinal George Alencherry. Church leaders have criticised the Indian government’s decision to introduce the death penalty for child abusers. Fr Allen Figueroa Deck argues that a “vocal chorus of vigilantes” is undermining reverence for the papacy (Robert Mickens). Inés San Martín says that Pope Francis appears unpopular in his homeland. Michael Warsaw suggests that Fulton Sheen blazed a trail for EWTN. And Casey Chalk explains why Evelyn Waugh said that Vatican II “knocked the guts out of me”. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/07/19
Luke Coppen

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