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After thousands protest in Paris streets, French Senate debates IVF law

debate began on a bioethics bill in the french senate on tuesday after tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of paris to p...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Pope Francis condemns clerics who engage in simony

in a homily on tuesday, pope francis condemned priests and bishops who use money to advance their careers. to be a priest or bishop, like be...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/01/20

a bishop has offered to mediate between ireland’s feuding gangs. an indian archbishop has said he is “terribly shocked” by the desecration o...
Luke Coppen

Pope tells Davos: Put good of the human person above power and profit

in a message to the global delegates of the 2020 world economic forum, pope francis stressed the duty of governments and businesses to place...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/01/20

pope francis has condemned the "barbaric resurgence" of anti-semitism. politicians blocking the formation of a new lebanese government lack ...
Luke Coppen

1 of 4 kidnapped Nigerian seminarians released after suffering serious injuries

a nigerian seminarian who was abducted this month was freed by his kidnappers after 10 days in captivity. three seminarians kidnapped with h...
The Catholic Herald

DiMarzio welcomes investigation, points to personal record fighting abuse

brooklyn’s bishop nicholas dimarzio has issued a statement welcoming an investigation into an accusation of sexual abuse made against him la...
Catholic News Agency

On St. Sebastian’s feast day, this Spanish town pummels men dressed as monsters with turnips

every year on the feast of st. sebastian, a young man from the spanish village of piornal dons a suit covered in colourful strips of cloth. ...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/01/20

like st john the baptist, we should not assume that "we already know everything" about jesus, pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( ful...
Luke Coppen

For goodness' sake, let's learn to reverence the name of God

the first time i heard the holy name uttered this week was as i stood in a packed bus during my morning commute into glasgow’s city centre. ...
The Catholic Herald