February 12, 2026

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/11/18

Luke Coppen
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The Church risks “becoming disoriented by falling prey to ... polarisation”, Pope Francis has told Latin American priests (video).

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has thanked Pope Francis for fighting anti-Semitism (video).

An Italian court has ruled that Archbishop Viganò must repay $2 million to his brother.

Joan Frawley Desmond, Fr Raymond de Souza, Sandro Magister, Carl Olson, Fr Sam Sawyer SJ and Amy Welborn comment on the US bishops’ meeting.

The Economist highlights “one of the great paradoxes of the current papacy”.

Shawn Tribe praises the liturgical colour black.

And a new parish priest in Malta has been paraded through the streets in a Porsche.

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

The Church risks “becoming disoriented by falling prey to ... polarisation”, Pope Francis has told Latin American priests (video).

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has thanked Pope Francis for fighting anti-Semitism (video).

An Italian court has ruled that Archbishop Viganò must repay $2 million to his brother.

Joan Frawley Desmond, Fr Raymond de Souza, Sandro Magister, Carl Olson, Fr Sam Sawyer SJ and Amy Welborn comment on the US bishops’ meeting.

The Economist highlights “one of the great paradoxes of the current papacy”.

Shawn Tribe praises the liturgical colour black.

And a new parish priest in Malta has been paraded through the streets in a Porsche.

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

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