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Severely disabled French man returned to life support

a severely disabled french man, who has been artificially fed and hydrated in a hospital in northeastern france for over 10 years, was taken...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Pope Francis: Bishops who do not know their priests weaken the Church

pope francis said on monday that each bishop has a duty to have a strong, close relationship with his priests with a firm warning that episc...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

South Sudan president: I was ‘almost trembling’ as Pope Francis begged me to make peace

in an unprecedented gesture last month, pope francis kissed the feet of several south sudanese leaders, who were visiting the vatican for a ...
Alejandro Bermudez and Jonah McKeown/CNA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like the early Christians, we know both joy and suffering

fifth sunday of easter acts 14:21-27; rev 21:1-5; jn 13:31-35 (year c) “paul and barnabas, on their arrival at antioch, assembled the church...
Bishop David McGough

We're rubbish at saving food

i am ashamed of a process that i go through every weekend, as i put out the sunday night rubbish bins to be emptied on monday mornings. what...
Mary Kenny

The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001

pope francis has long argued that a thoroughgoing response to sexual abuse requires a conversion of heart and of ecclesial culture, rather t...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Why a papal press conference 'upset the faithful' in Croatia

when the pope mentioned the projected canonisation of a communist-era cardinal, the reactions demonstrated the passions still surrounding th...
Jonathan Luxmoore

The proof of the pudding is in Buffalo

an interesting question in the wake of pope francis’s reform of reporting law and bishop accountability measures is: who will be first? in t...
Christopher R. Altieri

Will the new abuse law work in practice?

pope francis introduced reform legislation last week requiring all clerics and religious – men and women – to report abuse, cover-up, or sus...
Christopher R. Altieri

The Best of the Web: March for Life, Fatima and comedy

marching for life and a positive future on the letters page of the financial times, john green took issue with another letter-writer, barbar...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Pope dampens expectations of women deacons

what happened? pope francis has disappointed campaigners for women deacons, saying that the commission he appointed to study the subject was...
The Catholic Herald

The Big Story: Vatican introduces new law on reporting abuse

what happened? whistleblowers will be protected and bishops given extra scrutiny under new laws promulgated by pope francis last thursday. v...
The Catholic Herald

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