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Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/10/18

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

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 19

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

Pope Francis says he is open to visiting North Korea

The remark was made to South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in

Junno Arocho Esteves

Get real: What young religious hope to hear from the youth synod

Like other young people, they yearn for clarity, authenticity and truth

Let’s not pretend Catholic life is easy

We’re never truly alone with God but it’s perfectly normal to feel like you are, because I often do, too

St Paul VI saved my son

The isolated, gloomy Pontiff is a sympathetic figure - and I have an extra reason to be grateful to him

Matthew Walther

Saints reunited

on sunday, pope francis canonised two spiritual giants of the 20th century. from now on, st paul vi and st oscar romero will always be conne...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope accepts cardinal wuerl’s resignation what happened? pope francis accepted the resignation of cardinal donald wuerl as archbishop of w...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online should pope francis go to pyongyang? is a papal visit to north korea a good idea? that was the question as...

In brief

chicago cardinal: accused bishops must cede authority to lay people catholic bishops must renounce some of the authority they have over thei...