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

This new attack on Humanae Vitae is either ignorant or disingenuous

Some good friends of mine have signed the Wijngaards statement. But it overlooks some basic points

Stephen Bullivant

Cardinal Schönborn: 'Europe's Christian legacy is in danger – but not because of Islam'

Cardinal Schönborn issued a clarification after suggesting many Muslims wanted an 'Islamic conquest' of Europe

Staff Reporter

PODCAST: The Christians in Iraq fighting fire with fire

Tune in and find out what's really happening in the Catholic Church

Madeleine Teahan

Younger teenagers sceptical about gay marriage and trans movement, study claims

The study said 'Generation Z' were more likely than older generations to call themselves 'conservative' on marriage and gender

Staff Reporter

Word This Week

The 25th Sunday of the Year: Am 8:4-7; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 (year c)

Bishop David McGough

From paranoia to metanoia

sometimes we’re a mystery to ourselves, or perhaps more accurately, sometimes we don’t realise how much paranoia we carry within ourselves. ...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

A victory for our schools

no one could blame the national secular society for feeling a little smug when it received an assurance last year that the government had no...

The Catholic Herald

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online jobless in the curia the vatican has been re-organised, with six of its departments now compressed ...

Staff writers

Francis fulfils wish of teenager with cancer

pope francis administered the sacrament of confirmation to a teenage cancer patient last week. francis confirmed 16-year-old giuseppe chiolo...

Staff writers

Vatican-appointed bishop arrested in China

chinese authorities have arrested the coadjutor bishop of wenzhou, reportedly to stop him taking over the diocese after the death of bishop ...

Staff writers

Word This Week

the 25th sunday of the year am 8:4-7; 1 tim 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13 (year c) ‘no servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the ...

Bishop David McGough

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The Catholic Herald

Mexicans march against gay marriage in 122 cities

The country's president is seeking to make changes to the constitution in favour of same-sex marriage

Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/09/16

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

Luke Coppen

Pope and Council of Cardinals discuss improvements to selection process for bishops

The Pope and the Council continue to discuss the process of identifying candidates for bishop roles

Catholic News Service

'Pastors should not act like princes', says Pope Francis

The Pontiff told his general audience that Church leaders should act like Jesus and be among the poor

Catholic News Service

US archbishop: 'Arguing for religious freedom is not bigotry'

The Archbishop of Baltimore defended religious freedom after a commitee chairman called it an 'excuse for discrimination'

Catholic News Service

Democratic Congo could be 'plunged into chaos' warn bishops

The secretary general of the Bishops' Conference has called for respect for the democratic process in order to stop violent protests

Staff Reporter

Three women charged over Notre Dame Cathedral gas canister plot

The women were charged with criminal terrorist association linked to the discovery of the car filled with gas cylinders

Associated Press

Pope Francis approves establishment of day of prayer for abuse survivors

Papal commission steps up work to educate Church about abuse

Carol Glatz

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