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Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/05/19
cardinal robert sarah has criticised the “wretchedness and coarseness” of responses to benedict xvi’s abuse crisis essay. french bishops wil...
Luke Coppen
Why the Via Crucis is not just for Lent
it might seem unseasonal to blog about caryll houselander’s the way of the cross after easter (gracewing/angelico press, £5.95); my justific...
Francis Phillips
Regardless of Salvini's views, there is nothing wrong with rosaries in politics
the deputy premier and interior minister of italy, matteo salvini has said he would like to meet pope francis. salvini is one of italy’s mos...
C C Pecknold
Humility should be the foundation of media work, Pope tells journalists
pope francis told journalists on saturday that their profession has a great responsibility, the foundation of which should be humility. “hum...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Vatican court clears official accused of solicitation in confessional
the vatican's highest court has cleared a vatican official accused of the crime of solicitation in the confessional. the apostolic signatura...
Carol Glatz
Argentine doctor on trial for refusing to perform abortion
pro-life advocates in argentina have called for the acquittal of dr. leandro rodríguez lastra, whose trial started may 13 in rio negro provi...
Catholic News Agency
Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/05/19
“the only force capable of transforming our heart is the love of jesus,” pope francis said at yesterday’s regína caeli ( full text , full vi...
Luke Coppen
Pope Francis: Wasting food shows a lack of concern for others
in a meeting with members of the federation of european food banks saturday, pope francis warned against food waste, which he said shows a l...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Pope Francis tells medical professionals to defend life
pope francis friday encouraged medical professionals to defend and promote life, highlighting the practice of conscientious objection in tod...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
A scientist who had the 'gift of tears' will be beatified tomorrow
a scientist and educational pioneer will be the first opus dei lay member to be beatified. guadalupe ortiz was a spanish chemist who worked ...
Fr Joseph Evans
The next World Meeting of Families will focus on holiness in married vocation
the vatican announced friday that the next world meeting of families will focus on the vocation of married life as a path to holiness with a...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
The day Catholic students took on the KKK - and won
the ku klux klan seems like a bit of a joke to most people today, but in the 1920s the organisation was extremely influential. in some state...
Filipe D'Avillez
It's time to unleash the latent forces of Catholic America
pope leo xiii’s 1895 encyclical longinqua , on “catholicism in america,” begins with effusive praise of the nation. “we highly esteem and lo...
C C Pecknold
Detroit archdiocese cancels sporting events on Sundays
the archdiocese of detroit has announced that it will no longer hold required sporting events on sundays, in an effort to refocus the day on...
Catholic News Agency
Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/05/19
south sudan’s president salva kiir mayardit has said he “was shocked and trembled” when the pope kissed his feet. a former official at the c...
Luke Coppen
May 17th 2019
The Catholic Herald
In an iconoclastic age, Memorial Day survives
this year, memorial day falls on may 27. in my far-off childhood, it was fixed on may 30. but like so many other civil holidays, in 1971 it ...
Charles Coulombe
The bishops' challenge in Baltimore
last november, following the pennsylvania grand jury allegations of episcopal cover-up in clerical abuse cases, the us bishops met in baltim...
C C Pecknold
Is pro-choice activism taking an aggressive new turn?
pro-choice activists have long argued that prayer vigils outside abortion clinics constitute a form of “harassment” towards women who come t...
Michael Warren Davis
Language, symbols and self-understanding
a reporter once asked two men at the construction site where a church was being built what each did for a living. the first man replied: “i’...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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