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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
A lesson from St Josemaría Escrivá in a Texas diner
Little acts of public piety make me feel self-conscious. Am I just being English?
Stephen Bullivant
An African cardinal asks a good question: What about Communion for polygamists?
Virtually every priest who has worked in Africa knows that this is a serious pastoral issue
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
To rebuild you need hope, not optimism, Pope tells earthquake survivors
Pope Francis greeted thousands of Italian earthquake survivors at the Vatican
Junno Arocho Esteves
The big story of the past seven days
✣ francis orders inquiry into order of malta row what happened? pope francis has ordered an inquiry after a controversy broke out at t...
Staff writers
Poll reveals ‘most spiritual’ parts of Britain
a poll for the times has found that the midlands and wales are the “most spiritual” parts of britain. only 31 per cent of respondents in the...
Staff writers
Kidnapped priest in desperate appeal to Pope
a video has emerged of salesian fr tom uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped by terrorists last year, in which the priest appeals for his release. t...
Staff writers
China tells bishops: follow socialism, not Rome
a leading chinese politician has told the country’s catholics to promote socialism and keep their distance from rome. speaking after a meeti...
Staff writers
Cardinals ‘may correct Pope privately’
cardinal walter brandmüller, one of the four cardinals who have asked pope francis to reaffirm church teaching, has discussed the possibilit...
Staff writers
Poles apart
warsaw when a polish bishop recently denied being in dispute with pope francis, it was only the latest sign of controversy over the pontiff’...
Jonathan Luxmoore
The improbable Secretary-General
in 2004, catholics in europe received an alarming wake-up call when the italian rocco buttiglione was turned down for a european commission ...
Filipe D'Avillez
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When a mother loses a child, respond with tears, not words, says Pope
Francis says that Rachel, in the book of Jeremiah, represents every mother throughout history who cries over 'irreparable loss'
Catholic News Service
Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/01/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
The improbable Secretary-General
He’s a practising Catholic who opposes abortion and gay marriage. How on earth has António Guterres been appointed head of the UN?
Filipe D'Avillez
Pope Francis: 'Prison conditions must be humane'
At his general audience, the Pope prayed for prisoners killed in recent riots in Brazil
Associated Press
Don't fall for fake Pope quotes on Islam, says Vatican
Widely shared quotes in which Francis calls for a merger of Christianity and Islam are 'invented', says spokesman
Associated Press
Leonardo Boff: 'Pope Francis may soon allow Brazil to have married priests'
The Liberation Theologian said the Pope wants to fulfil a request made by Brazil's bishops
Associated Press
Priest jailed for smuggling arms to Palestinian militants dies aged 94
Monsignor Hilarion Capucci had a history of activism linked to Middle East conflicts
Associated Press
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
Pope urges bishops to show 'zero tolerance' for child abuse
Francis writes to world's bishops on the feast of the Holy Innocents
Associated Press
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