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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.

Murdered archbishop to become Lithuania's first beatified Soviet-era martyr

Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis will be the first Lithuanian beatified on native soil

Staff Reporter

Polish bishops: Amoris Laetitia does not allow Communion for the divorced and remarried

Couples in non-sacramental unions should instead by led to 'true repentance', the bishops said

Staff Reporter

Pope gives priests 30 days to accept bishop or face suspension

Clergy in Nigerian diocese must write to Holy Father asking for forgiveness by July 9

Cindy Wooden

Babies recognise faces while still in the womb, research shows

Unborn babies were more likely to turn their heads in response to face-like shapes

Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/06/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Catholic who died saving a woman's life at London Bridge hailed as a hero

Friends say that Ignacio Echeverria, who attacked a terrorist with a skateboard, was deeply committed to his faith

Staff Reporter

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online the devil is more than a symbol in his column for the archdiocese of philadelphia website, archbishop char...

Staff writers

Jesuit leader suggests the Devil is symbolic

christians have “formed” the devil as a way of expressing evil, the jesuit superior general has said. in an interview with spanish newspaper...

Staff writers

In brief

papal trip to south sudan is postponed pope francis’s proposed trip to south sudan with justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, has been...

Staff Reporter

Spokesman for Jesuit chief: Devil remarks must be read in context

Asked whether Fr Sosa believed the Devil was an individual, the spokesman said he believes what the Church believes

Staff Reporter

Christians in the Middle East need your help, says priest who survived kidnap ordeal

In a video appeal Fr Douglas Bazi has asked for urgent funds to help save Christianity in the region

Josephine von Dohlen

Philippines military asks Facebook to remove video of church desecration

Officials have also urged people not to share the video, saying the militants sought to fan hatred between Christians and Muslims

Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/06/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

'Signs of torture' found on body of bishop who allegedly committed suicide

Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia disappeared last week

Catholic News Service

VIDEO: ISIS-affiliated militants destroy church in Philippines

The Bishop of Marawi described the desecration as 'blasphemy' and 'demonic'

Staff Reporter

Bishop of Lancaster restricts Neocatechumenal Way liturgy

Bishop Michael Campbell said there was a 'growing sense of unease' about the movement’s liturgical practices

Staff Reporter

President of US Bishops' Conference prays for victims of London attacks

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo condemned the "sinister attacks on innocent men and women in the heart of London"

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/06/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Italian exorcist responds to Jesuit leader: 'The devil is real, not just a symbol'

Fr Sante Babolin said the existence of the devil was definitive Church teaching

Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/06/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

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