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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/04/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
Risen Christ calls all to follow him on path to life, Pope says
Francis urges Christians to be instruments of Christ's outreach to victims of war, famine and loneliness
Catholic News Service
May attacks ‘ridiculous’ airbrushing of Easter
theresa may has criticised the national trust after the word “easter” was dropped from its annual egg hunt, calling the decision “absolutely...
Staff writers
Small drop in number of priests worldwide
the number of priests in the world dropped by 136 during 2015, the vatican has reported. the increased number of priests in african dioceses...
Staff writers
Papal envoy praises Medjugorje’s ‘climate’
pope francis’s envoy to medjugorje has said that “there is a special spiritual climate” in the town. archbishop henryk hoser of warsaw-praga...
Staff Reporter
Britain’s unhinged row over Easter
on her way to saudi arabia last week, theresa may was asked about easter eggs – specifically, about the national trust dropping the word “ea...
Dan Hitchens
William Cash: How to dodge that EU divorce bill
some myths need to be cleared up about the reported £61 billion “divorce bill” that brussels hopes to force britain to pay before its depart...
William Cash
On the road
my favourite of the eastertide gospels is luke’s account of the disciples on the road to emmaus. it appears at first to be the sort of thing...
Anthony Esolen
Richard Ingrams: The Gospels as journalism
hearing the traditional easter gospel reading (john 20) always reminds me of graham greene’s reaction to it – that it is reportage, a factua...
Richard Ingrams
Word this week
easter sunday acts 10:34 & 37-43; col 3:1-4; jn 20:1-9 (year a) ‘they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards god...
Bishop David McGough
Lectio Divina
easter sunday: matthew 28:1-10 1 after the sabbath, as sunday morning was dawning, mary magdalene and the other mary went to look at the tom...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Stuart Reid: Why the NHS is like the BBC
the first hurdle i had to clear while waiting for a routine heart procedure at a large south london hospital last month was a dementia test....
Stuart Reid
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Nigerian bishop says Boko Haram attacks are 'demonic'
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said the battle was not limited to the 'physical realm'
Catholic News Service
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/04/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
Chinese authorities prevent priest from celebrating Chrism Mass
Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin of Mindong was forced to pay a visit to the religious affairs bureau and has not returned
Catholic News Service
Pope Francis opens free laundrette for homeless
The laundrette, near the Vatican, is free to use and has six washing machines and dryers
Associated Press
Bishop Declan Lang reiterates call for complete abolition of the death penalty
The bishop said that every execution is a violation of the innate dignity of the human person
Madeleine Teahan
'Civilian suffering brings me to uncontrollable tears' says South Sudan bishop
Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala has appealed to community leaders to condemn the killing of civilians as civil war rages
Catholic News Service
Pope Francis calls consistory to approve canonisation of Fatima seers
The consistory to approve the canonisation of Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto will take place on April 20
Staff Reporter
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