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

Why the 'travel ban' furore is a win-win situation for Trump

The president has given his voters what they asked for, but will surely never have to implement the unfeasible ban on all Muslims

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Pakistani court clears 155 people of burning Christian homes

Dozens of houses belonging to Christian residents were torched in Lahore in 2013

Associated Press

Pope stresses Order of Malta's sovereignty as Grand Master's resignation is confirmed

The order has accepted Fra' Matthew Festing's resignation

Associated Press

I've stopped writing my book about depression, and for the best of reasons

Last year, I was writing on mental illness and the Incarnation. It's nice to have a common-or-garden sickness instead

Stephen Bullivant

Pope Francis revokes all of Grand Master’s actions since December 6

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the Order of Malta's council that all decisions taken in recent weeks are 'null and void'

Staff Reporter

CRS president: Denying entry to refugees won't make US safer

People 'who walked through mine fields to escape ISIS ... are not the people we are afraid of'

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/01/17

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

Luke Coppen

A formidable nuncio

it was something of a mystery why archbishop antonio mennini was appointed apostolic nuncio to great britain in 2010. why did rome deploy on...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  donald trump takes office in divided america what happened? donald trump took office as the 45th president of the united states. in ...

Staff writers

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online the priest who used to live on the street catholic news agency told the remarkable story of fr clau...

Staff writers

Church closures: a path to growth?

pastoral letters from bishops announcing church closures usually try to hit an upbeat note. two current shake-ups, in wrexham and salford, e...

Madeleine Teahan

Spies, lies and the Catholic faith

last year the daily telegraph reported that a devout christian was rejected for a job at the government’s communications headquarters (gchq)...

Celia Chard

Cover

The Catholic Herald

Francis isn't the first Pope to intervene in an Order's affairs. But papal power can go too far

Protestant and Orthodox Christians may well ask what this says about the institution of the papacy

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/01/17

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

Luke Coppen

Order of Malta to hold emergency meeting following resignation of leader

The Order will meet to discuss the resignation of Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing

Associated Press

The Vatican has destroyed the Order of Malta's sovereignty. What if Italy does the same to the Vatican?

The curia remains a place where cliques have more authority than the law. It doesn't bode well

Ed Condon

Vatican: Pope Francis to name delegate to run Order of Malta

The Order's Grand Master, Fra' Matthew Festing, offered his resignation to the Pope on Tuesday

Associated Press

New Marist poll shows Americans strongly support abortion restrictions

A new poll in the US indicates shifting public attitudes to the issue of abortion

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/01/17

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

Luke Coppen

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