Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/01/19

Burmese Cardinal Charles Bo has said that a dam project funded by China would “destroy our nation's destiny and dignity”.

A missionary priest has urged Kenyan dioceses to “set a good example” on financial transparency.

The new Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul has invited Pope Francis to visit the city.

The German Archdiocese of Paderborn has said it will accept celibate gay candidates for the priesthood.

K B argues that “the flattening of social hierarchies paradoxically empowers those with ultramontane tendencies to relentlessly attack the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church”.

Katherine Willis Pershey explains what happened when her psychiatrist sent her on retreat.

And Bernardo Aparicio García hails new Catholic artist Giovanni Gasparro.

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