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Analysis: The non-trial of Theodore McCarrick
while recent media reports suggest that a trial of archbishop theodore mccarrick is underway, vatican sources have told cna that his case is...
Ed Condon/CNA
Trial begins for French cardinal accused of abuse cover-up
french cardinal philippe barbarin, archbishop of lyon, began trial on monday on charges of failing to report allegations that a priest in hi...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/01/19
retired cardinal john tong has been named apostolic administrator of hong kong diocese after the death of bishop michael yeung ( charles col...
Luke Coppen
Chad Pecknold joins Catholic Herald as contributing editor
as we announced last week. c.c. pecknold will be joining the catholic herald as a contributing editor. an associate ...
Michael Warren Davis
Pope Francis sends Christmas greetings to Coptic Christians
pope francis sent christmas and new year’s greetings to coptic christians and all egyptians upon the inauguration of a major coptic cathedra...
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Like the Magi, follow Christ's light, Pope Francis says
to be clothed in the divine light of christ, follow the example of the three magi, who put aside worldly power and success and rose to follo...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Hong Kong bishop dies aged 73
bishop michael yeung ming-cheung of hong kong died in hospital on thursday at the age of 73, after suffering liver failure due to cirrhosis....
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/01/19
“we must not let our fears close our heart," pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). to find jesus, we must fol...
Luke Coppen
Archbishop urges Irish Catholics to resist new abortion law
the primate of all-ireland has insisted that the country's new abortion law that took effect on january 1 has "no moral force" and it "must ...
Michael Kelly
Cardinal Marx urges change in tradition ahead of celibacy discussion
The cardinal said that 'truth is not final' and Church teachings could be 'adapted' to modern culture
Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Cardinal Dolan urges aid for abuse victims 'no matter who their abuser was'
cardinal timothy dolan of new york wrote in a recent an op-ed that while he fully supports victims of sexual abuse, proposed legal reforms i...
Catholic News Agency
Hysterectomy can be morally licit in limited situations, Vatican says
the catholic church teaches that sterilization is morally unacceptable, but a hysterectomy could be morally acceptable if the uterus could n...
Carol Glatz
New US Congress is nearly one-third Catholic
the 116th congress was gavelled into session on january 3, bringing almost 100 new lawmakers into office, and with catholics making up nearl...
Catholic News Agency
Doctors, bishops express concerns as legal abortions begin in Ireland
january 1, 2019 marked the beginning of legalized abortion in ireland, drawing dismay from irish pro-life groups, who campaigned extensively...
Catholic News Agency
Pope calls for ‘change of mindset’ in letter to US bishops
pope francis has written to the bishops of the united states calling for a “change of mindset” to restore the church’s credibility and trust...
Catholic News Agency
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/01/19
pope francis has urged the us bishops to tackle the abuse crisis as “a united body” ( full text , amy welborn ). the church “has made enormo...
Luke Coppen
Three reasons you should subscribe to the Herald this New Year
there’s a chestertonism for every day of the year; why should the first be any exception? on this third day of 2019, here’s the big man hims...
Michael Warren Davis
How the Nativity Fast helped my journey back to the Church
two months ago i wrote in these pages of embarking on the 40-day nativity fast of the byzantine rite. this was partly a spiritual preparatio...
Paul Nizinskyj
Solzhenitsyn saw how suffering could be redemptive
last december saw a significant centenary: 100 years since the birth of alexander solzhenitsyn, the russian writer and winner of the nobel p...
Francis Phillips
Why the Soviet Union failed to eradicate religion
there is a very affecting scene at the end of turgenev’s mid-nineteenth century novel, fathers and sons, when bazarov, the resolute young at...
Francis Phillips
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