Vietnam has reportedly agreed to allow the Holy See to appoint a resident nuncio “in the near future”.

Pope Francis met the Nobel Prize-winning former ISIS slave Nadia Murad yesterday.

No churches will be seized from the Moscow Patriarchate, the head of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine has said.

Rocco Palmo explains how the abuse crisis “claimed a fourth American prelate”.

Stephen White sees “the beginnings of a workable, credible way to handle allegations of misconduct by bishops”.

Daniel Finnan says the Church is “caught in the middle of an escalating crisis” in Cameroon.

And Brantly Millegan argues that Evangelicals “turn Catholic” at Christmas.

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The next Morning Catholic must-reads will be on Wednesday, January 2. A very happy Christmas to readers.