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French minister calls on Holy See to revoke nuncio's diplomatic immunity over abuse claims

france's european affairs minister encouraged the holy see last week to aid in an investigation of the apostolic nuncio to france, who has b...

Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/03/19

pope francis has appealed for “a new presence of catholics” in latin american politics. the rome-beijing agreement "will greatly help the ca...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/03/19

a good person “draws good from his heart and from his mouth” , pope francis said at yesterday’s angelus ( full text , full video ). the pope...

‘Disgraceful rubbish’: Video of Pell’s police interview released

a video of cardinal pell’s first police interview over 1996 abuse allegations has been released, showing him describing them as a “completel...

'Rot in hell, Pell': Amid the rage, was a fair trial possible?

the last thing a raging fire burning out of control needs is for a jet of petrol to be sprayed on it. but cardinal george pell’s defence cou...

Catherine Lafferty

Police investigate desecration of Virgin Mary statue as hate crime

new york police officials have declared an act of vandalism against a statue at a local catholic church last week to be a hate crime. the in...

Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/03/19

nicaragua’s bishops have called for prayers ahead of new talks between government and opposition leaders. pope francis has chosen an italian...

You need to watch this German masterpiece

never look away tells kind of the story that invites superlatives and deserves them. based upon the life of painter gerhard richter, it tell...

The war on priestly celibacy

the consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in catholicism. which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to ral...

The best thing that could emerge from the abuse summit

fine words butter no parsnips. nor indeed can jargon take the place of an attempt to serve a better quality of vegetable. at the risk of see...

Fr Dominic Allain

The myth of the Bridge on the River Kwai

to the kwai – and back: war drawings 1939-1945 by ronald searle souvenir press, 308pp, £12.99/$19.99 this is a welcome reprint by souvenir p...

David Oldroyd-Bolt

The row over Franco's body exposes divisions in the Church

controversial plans by spain’s governing socialists to rebury general francisco franco will not be opposed by the vatican, which has now ins...

Jonathan Luxmoore

The trouble with lists of 'credibly accused' priests

frédéric martel’s new book, inside the closet of the vatican, was supposed to expose a “velvet mafia” calling the shots in the eternal city....

Michael Warren Davis

This week's Catholic news from around the world

burbank, california comic book series cancelled after outcry a comic book series has been cancelled after protests from christians. dc comic...

The week in quotations

"one has to report the defects to correct, but when … you make known the defects, you love the church" pope francis on reporting scandals sp...

Meanwhile: A masterpiece rediscovered, football club denies using exorcist

✣ it’s a long way from venice to sydney. but that seems to have been the journey taken by a hugely important 16th-century drawing of our lad...

The big story of the past seven days: Francis calls for 'all-out-battle' against abuse

what happened? pope francis has called for an “all-out battle” against the sexual abuse of children, following a major vatican meeting on th...

The Holy See is finally calling Maduro's bluff

the italian newspaper corriere della sera recently published a three-page letter purportedly from pope francis to venezuelan president nicol...

The Catholic Herald

March 1, 2019

The Catholic Herald

What happens to priests who father children? Vatican cardinal explains the guidelines

when the vatican congregation for clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first obje...

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